Links: July 15, 2007

1) The software used by Hans Rosling in "http://roslingsblogger.blogspot.com/2007/06/debunking-myths-about-world.html
is freely available at http://www.gapminder.org/
More about Hans Rosling here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling

2) Mark Thirwell of Lowry Insitute discusses the rise of China, India and developing protectionism in the west:
http://www.lowyinstitute.com/Publication.asp?pid=614
and an earlier artcle "Roaring Tiger or Lumbering Elephant" about India here:
http://svc168.wic006v.server-web.com/Publication.asp?pid=452
Another optimistic post here: http://bayesianheresy.blogspot.com/2007/07/it-makes-sense-to-invest-in-india.html

3) Indranil Dasgupta and Ravi Kanbur say that 'Philonthropic acts do not necessarily reduce inequality':
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/342
Preprint here: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/poverty/kanbur/EgalExpropPhil.pdf
See http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/bwi-wto/critics/2000/kanbur2.htm about 'Ravi Kanbur's Resignation as World Development Report Lead Author'.