Sexy Jihad

Econbrowser has generated a cool map & analysis of world wealth distribution by multiplying GDP per capita by the number of people per square kilometer:
A paper by John Gallup, Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Mellinger in the International Regional Science Review in 1999 introduced the concept of “GDP density”, calculated by multiplying GDP per capita by […]

Photo-reports has a great gallery of current african kings. Included are Kings from Benin, Congo, Nigeria, Cameroun, South Africa & Ghana. From what I hear these guys really live it up.

The good old BBC has an eye opening piece on India’s current electricity predicament:
Slum dwellers’ unofficial hook-ups are the most visible sign of India’s power theft crisis, but there are yet bigger problems dogging the country’s energy sector.
Meter tampering by middle class households seeking to pay less than they should costs still more, says Sangeta […]

The BBC has a story on how debt relief could help countries in the disaster region in Asia rebuild their economy (duh). An excerpt:
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown wants the world’s richest nations to freeze foreign debt repayments for countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster.
The move would allow countries such as Thailand, India, Indonesia and […]