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    • Mr. Issa - please ask the Marines at Camp Pendleton.

    Banditry in the US Congress? USAID vs. Contractors.

    08 May 2012 | Building Markets
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    Holy Cow! Aid industry gets hit by 8.5 richter scale quake.

    17 Jan 2012 | Building Markets
    Well I just about fell off my chair when hit by an email 20 minutes ago. How can an email shove me off a chair? It told me that the biggest aid actor in the world was about ... More
    More White Bull and Less Black Gold?

    In beer there is freedom.

    06 Dec 2011 | Building Markets
    Apparently, Benjamin Franklin once said, "...beer there is freedom..." On a recent trip to South Sudan I was reading an article in a local newspaper and it made me think of B... More
    Global Field Support Strategy

    I do not do this often. "Dear UN: Much Belated Kudos!"

    20 Nov 2011 | Building Markets
    This doesn't happen often: Edward Rees offers kudos to the UN Mission in South Sudan. ... More
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    Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

    01 Aug 2011 | Timor
    Well what can I say? "Imitation is the highest form of flattery." Some years ago we painted many of the Tiga Rodas of Dili with this below logo.... More
    Timor Twitter - credit Lasakar (www.facebook.com/lasakartshirt)

    Timorese on Twitter

    27 Jun 2011 | Timor
    Well facebook is officially a bit of a craze in Timor-Leste. Underneath the surface of things there is really a wave of social change in Timor-Leste. Not really surprising gi... More
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    Latest Lonely Planet Timor-Leste is out.

    30 May 2011 | Timor
    Well the 3rd edition of the Lonely Planet Timor-Leste hits bookstores on 5 July 2011,... More
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    Music to my ears. "The engine of development".

    10 Feb 2012 | Building Markets
    A few days ago I was catching up on some long overdue reading. An old friend in UKAid, or it is Dfid, sent me something to look over 6 months ago. Once I starting reading it... More
    Kim Jong-Il in happier days.

    Buy Local. Build North Korea.

    19 Dec 2011 | Building Markets
    Captain Kirk once said "Space, the final frontier". I disagree. Its actually right here, on Earth. Its all about those marketplaces which are found beyond the frontier.... More
    Rwanda Development Board (www.rdb.rw).

    Rwanda (Development Board) is Serious

    22 Nov 2011 | Building Markets
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    Closed and Gone Fishin'?

    05 Aug 2011 | Timor
    Well yesterday we announced the closure of the Peace Dividend Marketplace project in Timor-Leste. There are some interested donors, but time was against us, so closure was an... More
    Safety standards notwithstanding - we fly every day - except for the ones we don't.

    Timor-Leste Air Warz Redux

    22 Jul 2011 | Timor
    Well here at PDT we are turning into something of plane spotters. We have blogged a bit on the nascent airline business in Timor-Leste December 2010, and February 2011. The l... More
    House for Rent

    Komoro Calls You. House for Rent.

    03 Jun 2011 | Timor
    So a chap asked me to help him out with renting his house. No problem!... More
    Front Entrance

    For Rent - Snazzy House with Pool.

    09 May 2011 | Timor
    Well there cannot be that many houses in Timor-Leste with a pool. Certainly when I first saw the pool in the back of this house in 2008 I was quite surprised. ... More
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    So what on earth is an INDABA?

    02 Feb 2012 | Building Markets
    Well a few months ago someone said to me are you going to the Indaba in Capetown in February? I raised and eyebrow and thought to my myself, should I ask the obvious question... More
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    It's Exam Time. Ditch Your Exam.

    09 Dec 2011 | Building Markets
    Some 21 years ago I was in Montreal studying History. One December morning I woke up at 7am and decided to ditch my exam. Why? Not that admirable a reason actually. I had n... More
    The flag of the Republic of South Sudan

    California to Juba. The Internet - its Powerful.

    21 Nov 2011 | Building Markets
    One 14 November 2011 I was in a hotel bar in Juba, South Sudan. Its a new country you know? With a new flag.... More
    Made in Timor-Leste!

    Made in Timor-Leste: manufacturing in Timor-Leste?

    01 Aug 2011 | Timor
    Well many people have often bemoaned the fact that Timor-Leste cannot not manufacture anything. Pessimism never got anyone anywhere - and the Timorese and their business partn... More
    Now this is a business matchmaking success story.

    CCI-TL: Good Things Grow in Timor-Leste

    29 Jun 2011 | Timor
    When it comes to business in Timor-Leste I would ask that you remember just five letters. C,C, I, T and L - they are important. Up at the top of Timor-Leste - in Ainaro, good ... More
    The Nakroma landing in Oecusse

    Sometimes we make mistakes.

    30 May 2011 | Timor
    In December 2008 we verified the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) as they offer flight services around Timor-Leste with a variable set of prices depending on the nature of th... More
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