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Paved with good intentions
In a very thought-provoking post, Alanna Shaikh lists four ways that an NGO can unintentionally do…
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Budget support and corruption
Why it makes sense to give aid to governments in countries that suffer from corruption.
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Will Barack Obama reverse the global gag rule?
On his first day in office in 2001, President George W. Bush reinstated the so-called Mexico…
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Development assistance as permanent global redistribution
Jean Michel Severino says something you don’t often hear: What is at stake with the MDGs…
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Josh Lyman to be Chief of Staff
As a West Wing junkie, I’m thrilled that Rahm Emmanuel may become President Obama’s Chief of…
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Two new Development Drums podcasts
There are two new episodes of the Development Drums podcast now online. Episode 4 with Shanta…
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Google Alerts: now by RSS
If you have Google Alerts for your own name, or your company or website, you can…
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De-escalating the paperwork in development
Alanna Shaikk writes about the good and bad of working in international development. Here is a…
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Policies to tackle child soldiering
Chris Blattman and Bernd Beber are looking at the economics of child soldiering. Why do rebel…
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Development Podcast
The third edition of the development podcast, Development Drums, is now online. This week’s guests, Ngaire…
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