Development: A Basic Human Right?

The University of Ottawa's International Development Week is February 2nd to the 7th. Scheduled speakers are:

• Feb.2: Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada
  
• Feb.3: Maude Barlow, Senior Advisor to the UN on questions of water
  
• Feb.4: The Honorable Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
  
• Feb.5: His Excellency S.M. Gavai, High Commissioner of India
  
• Feb.6: Alexandre Trudeau, Journalist
  
• Feb.7: Peter Levesque, Knowledge Mobilization Specialist
  

Contact hpihc@uottawa.ca or visit www.sdi-idw.uottawa.ca for more information.

Data and development

Here's a fascinating talk by Hans Rosling about international health and development. His presentation reminds me of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.

Thoughts?