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Hunger in an age of plenty
In the latest Development Drums podcast, Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman talk about their book Enough:…
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How to get feedback from aid beneficiaries?
What are good ways to get feedback from the intended benefiaries of an aid programme? Can…
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Aid projects and the wisdom of crowds
An extraordinary thing happened yesterday: an aid project (1 million t shirts for Africa) was subjected…
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Gapminder on the desktop
Gapminder Desktop has been released and it is free. Now you can do the same kind…
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Can aid create incentives for politicians in developing countries?
A post which argues: (a) Donors cannot, in practice, create incentives for developing countries through the…
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Gates discovers (at last) that vertical health programs don’t work?
Apparently Bill Gates now acknowledges that you fight diseases by strengthening health systems.
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Development policy in the UK election
We have been told that the three largest parties in the UK are committed to retaining…
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Aid policy vs development policy
The development policy debate focuses too much on aid. Aid policies may help to improve the…
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World Bank sets data free
The World Bank is today launching a new website, data.worldbank.org, from which you can get a…
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What can we learn from randomized evaluation? (podcast)
You may have heard talk about randomized evaluation as a way to understand the impact of…
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