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How can we raise awareness in Darfur of how much we are doing for them?
The Onion says that “the majority of people in Darfur are still unaware of how many…
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Could donor proliferation lead to better aid?
Tim Harford had an interesting article in the FT in August arguing that we are better off…
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Apart from aid, how are we doing?
Judging by the 2010 Commitment to Development Index, the UK is doing a better job at…
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Robin Hood Tax revisited
Development activists should not try to bypass the systems of democratic control of spending priorities, nor…
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How to spend $1m reducing climate change
We would get three or four times as much bang for our buck – in terms…
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The BBC sexed up a report about aid to Ethiopia
The BBC has today apologised for giving the false impression that a substantial part of aid given…
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Incentives, results and bureaucracy in aid
If better measurement of results is used by aid agencies to simplify the way they manage…
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UK spending plans protect development spending
The UK coalition government yesterday announced its spending plans for the next four financial years (to…