Author: Owen Barder

Owen Barder

April 29, 2015

Aid 2030

Future development challenges cannot be tackled by aid alone. The biggest risk of the ringfence around…
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Owen Barder

February 22, 2015

Pull Yourself Together

One reason I love London is stumbling across art installations like this.
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Owen Barder

February 19, 2015

Blog revamp

I’ve made some design changes to this blog. For those who are interested, here are the…
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Owen Barder

February 6, 2015

Zero inbox – an update

How to manage a lot of email, using (mainly free) tools in Outlook. Shows how to…
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Owen Barder

February 3, 2015

A twenty-first century development policy

It drives me crazy that so many people equate development policy with foreign aid.
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Owen Barder

January 25, 2015

The Pledge

I have resolved not to participate in a panel that does not contain at least one…
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Owen Barder

January 20, 2015

No smoking gun – DFID and the surge in spending

Press reports about the NAO report on DFID budget management in 2013 are wholly misleading. DFID…
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Owen Barder

January 7, 2015

Migration and Development: Small Tweaks for Big Benefits

With immigration policy potentially in flux, this might be a good time to think about how…
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Owen Barder

December 22, 2014

Thirty years a vegetarian

Reflections on the thirtieth anniversary of becoming a vegetarian
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Owen Barder

December 3, 2014

The governance deficit

I gave evidence this morning to the LSE Diplomacy Commission, which “seeks to understand Britain’s place…
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