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In praise of Special Advisers
From the Financial Times comes news that David Cameron and Nick Clegg are planning to employ more…
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Don’t waste your time living someone else’s life
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by…
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Conservative Party gives up party political broadcast
This is very impressive. Here in the UK we do not have paid political advertising: instead…
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Aid or immigration?
There was an interesting programme on BBC Radio 4 on Monday night, Analysis, which looked at…
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What happens when donors fail to meet their commitments?
This joint post with Rita Perakis first appeared on the CGD blog. Has the aid industry…
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Power of Information Conference
Here is my talk at the Power of Information Conference about open aid data.
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Measuring Aid Effectiveness Effectively: Being clear about objectives
This blog post was first published on the CGAP Microfinance blog. It seems extraordinary that after…
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Government kill switch for social media?
David Cameron said in the House of Commons that the Government is going to consider a…
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The war on knowledge
I really believe that this is how some organisations and government departments view knowledge sharing: …
