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Saturday, August 11, 2007
A case study from a small island tourism economy
Via Paul at Truck and Barter.
For next week tutorial on globalization and development-watch this Al Jazeera documentary.
Related;
2007 Article IV Consultation with Maldives
The Maldives-Waving or drowning?1,200 islands; 600,000 tourists; 300,000 natives; two countries
Non-violent protest
In many places, non-violent protest is the only kind that has any hope of succeeding. But it can still fail.
Thank you Paul for posting this!
ReplyDeleteI have only watched the first of the four parts of the documentary and found that segment provided a very good context and background on the political situation of the last few years in the Maldives.
I wish the Maldivian people the very best in their attempt to have liberty, and more importantly, pray for the development of the sort of societal institutions that will allow the budding democracy to thrive, and not yet another kleptocratic autocracy by a different clan.