... The Villager (el Aldeano) was an anonymous author who gave us some of the most important socioeconomic descriptions of life in early post-independence Bolivia. He was, however, far from being the provincial he claimed to be, explicitly quoting Enlightenment authors like Benjamin Constant, Jeremy...

... What would it take to build an Internet café in a remote West African village without electricity and running water? Two Duke students set their minds to achieving that goal in summer 2012; this essay recounts the trials and tribulations of their endeavor. They began with a website to raise...

... For $4 a year, a family in the village of Kuwdé, in northern Togo, can sign up for health insurance at a local medical clinic. This system, created by Duke students in 2009, is a win for both sides. Insured villagers save money when purchasing medicines, while the clinic makes money from...