Wake up early, catch the Mazar e Sharif labour market in full swing. If you’re not hired by 9, chances are you won’t be for …



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Uploading airtime. One of the 170 creative commons photos from the Afghanistan mobile money project. Download all 170 photos here (43MB).
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I’ll be posting a selection of the 170 creative commons photos from the Afghanistan mobile money project over the coming weeks. This: manual labourers under …
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From the Afghanistan Mobile Money research: » Download Main Report: Mobile Money Afghanistan 2MB PDF » Download Presentation: the Mobile Frontier 17MB Powerpoint » Download 170 Free Photos/JPGs …
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Gun market, Kabul.
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The moment after the interview – when yours truly, the fixer, the connector and the participant – a hawala agent in the local money bazaar …
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A format ripe for subversion. But then again what isn’t?
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The urban etiquette for running a generator in Mazar e Sharif is to place it out by the open sewer and run a cable up …
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It still surprises me that teams let this one slip: if you’re running a field study – remove a simple barrier to communication by buying …
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One of the side effects of using road-side fueling stations such as this is the assumption that the fuel is not as pure as that …
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