Owen Barder

The full text of an article in Europe’s World by Stephanie Majerowicz and me, commenting on an article by José Antonio Ocampo about the future of the World Bank.

I’ve refreshed the design of the website, mainly to make it responsive (that is, show properly on mobile phones).

Diane Coyle talks on the latest edition of Development Drums about her book The Economics of Enough.

Britain’s National Audit Office (NAO) has published a glowing report on the British Multilateral Aid Review.  There are three lessons: the aid review increased aid effectiveness; was hampered by poor data; and will more effective if donors collaborate.

Owen Barder and Ben Ramalingam look at the implications of complexity for the trend towards results-based management in development cooperation. They argue that complexity provides a powerful reason for pursuing the results agenda, but it has to be done in ways which reflect the context.

Storing everything in the cloud is very convenient; but you need to take steps to keep your information safe. Set unique passwords for your mail and online banking; consider using a password manager like LastPass; and if you have a GMail account, you should consider turning on two-step authentication.

An explanation of why CGD in Europe is starting work on illicit financial flows.

This second of three blog posts looking at development policy through the lens of complexity thinking considers whether David Cameron’s ‘golden thread’ is good development policy.

This the first of three blog posts exploring the implications of complexity for development. In my lecture on complexity I argue that development is an emergent property of the economic and social system. This blog post explains what that means.

CGD in Europe is now embarking on an exciting new programme looking at how various kinds of illicit financial flows affect development and what, if anything, rich countries should be doing about them.