Comments on: Deadlines; zapping mosquitoes; Rodrik is blogging again; Paul Collier is blaming the NGOs; why isn’t Britain more like Norway?, and pregnant breakdancers: links I liked http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=1957 duncan green poverty to power oxfam development Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:21:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Nicholas Colloff http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=1957&cpage=1#comment-11688 Nicholas Colloff Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:01:00 +0000 http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=1957#comment-11688 A former UK ambassador to Russia once asked a conferenceo n Russia whether it (Russia) wanted to be Norway or Nigeria thus demonstrating a certain lack of diplomatic spirit...! Personally I would be delighted if we were more like Norway, finally shedding all those post-imperial nervous ticks; and, focusing on delivery of services at home (rather than re-cycling endless initiatives) and doing good about the globe! A former UK ambassador to Russia once asked a conferenceo n Russia whether it (Russia) wanted to be Norway or Nigeria thus demonstrating a certain lack of diplomatic spirit…! Personally I would be delighted if we were more like Norway, finally shedding all those post-imperial nervous ticks; and, focusing on delivery of services at home (rather than re-cycling endless initiatives) and doing good about the globe!

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