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Trillions of dollars of aid?
Aid sceptics like to say that the west has spent more than a trillion dollars on…
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The real Owen
Today’s Guardian newspaper has an article about Robert Owen, after whom I was named: the Scottish…
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How can the aid system be overhauled?
Two interesting new articles start with the premise that the aid system needs to be overhauled,…
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How to read blogs [tech for non-techies 2]
This is a non-technical introduction to how you can “subscribe” to blogs and webpages so that…
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(Not) about Ethiopian politics
People sometimes ask me to write more about political situation in Ethiopia (eg in a comment…
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Aid in the 21st Century – Oxfam paper
A new Oxfam paper, written by the excellent Jasmine Burnley, looks at 21st Century aid. Here…
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Wired | Tired | Expired
I’ve been gratified by the number of people who have contacted me (by email, twitter and…
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