Using a headline I borrowed from a smart colleague in DFID, there is an article by me in the current edition of the Public Service Review, which focuses on on international development. You can download a PDF of the article here. My article begins with a quote from Brian Eno: Read more…
The second of a pair of posts on aid transparency: this one looking at proposed next steps, particularly focusing on how we can provide meaningful transparency for citizens in developing countries.
I’ve spent the last three years working on aid transparency. As I’m moving on to an exciting new role this seems a good time to reflect on what I’ve learned in the last three years. Busy readers may want to read just the 8-point summary.
A new edition of the Development Drums podcast is now available online. Malini Mehra from the Center for Social Markets and Alex Evans from the Center on International Cooperation at NYU take a step back and look at the broad sweep of the big development challenges of the 21st century. Alex Evans and Read more…
Development advocates have to make the case for aid. They are right to say that development is in the national interest of the donor, but it may be a mistake to put this at the centre of the argument. Most people don’t need to be convinced that development is desirable; they need to be convinced that aid works.
Like Chris Blattman, I’ve just been ‘interviewed’ by email by a journalist writing a series of articles about poverty. She wanted, by return, some answers to some pretty preposterous questions. My answers are below. I’m sure readers of this blog would have interesting answers, so please put them in the Read more…
A shortened version of this article was published on the Guardian Development website on 28 January 2011.
Save the Children has today published a new report, <a href=”http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54_14725.htm”>No Child Born to Die: Closing the Gaps</a>. This blog post looks at what is good about the report (most of it) but quibbles with the recommendations to prevent the recruitment of health workers by developed countries, and with the call to drive down vaccine prices.
On the Oxfam blog, Max Lawson has an excellent guest post telling the story of how Malawi has used an extensive programme of fertilizer subsidies to generate seven years of economic growth, reduductions in poverty and child deaths. Max cites a forthcoming paper by Andrew Dorward and Ephraim Chirwa (ungated Read more…
Lots of people decide to start running at this time of year, usually to lose weight, look after their health or control stress. This year perhaps some people will have been inspired to become more sporty by the Queen’s Christmas message. In the hope that it will help other Read more…