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Yep, this is it. Walking the plank as of next Tuesday, so here are some parting reflections I've been putting up on the blog over the last few days, and links to a bunch of more normal FP2P fare, which I've had to leave out due to lack of time.
GELI Stories: - Building Coalitions between UN Agencies and Government Ministries in Eswatini- Working in closed and informal political spaces like Eritrea 4 posts on future of UK Aid under Labour:- Two from Andy Sumn
How Blogs can Change Government PolicySix big humanitarian policy trends for 2024What are the Grounds for Hope in a World of Wrecks?The Rise of 'Trust-Based Philanthropy' - aka Unconditional Cash Transfers to NGOsIs Poverty Porn a thing of the
I sat down a few months ago to discuss data and development with Clare Melamed, who runs the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. Transcript available on the From Poverty to Power blog.
Links I LikedUN Women makes Norm Change central to its missionWhat's it like Explaining NGOs to Senior Military types from 40 Countries?Feminist Climate Justice – what is it and how could it help?Mia Mottley on Slavery, Poverty, George Floyd, C
Links I LikedVoices of GazaWhat do 70 Masters students from around the world want to campaign on?What to read on the new UK White Paper on International Development?What can we learn from looking at the overlaps between innovations in ways of d
Why did the Street Movements of the 2010s fail?What Tactics are most Effective in Non-Violent Protest?Think tanks are struggling. They need to change.Whoop Whoop. Just made a personal Webpage it's super easy. RIP Saleemul Huq, a true climate he
Links I LikedWhich book should I review next? You decide please!How do we talk about Older People in Development and Activism?Be Care-full. A poem for the timesLinks I LikedWill growth be enough to end poverty? New Projections of the UN Sustain
Links I LikedFinishing a 2nd Edition of How Change Happens - here are drafts of two new chapters for you to read. 5 Things we Learned from Evaluating the Impact of ResearchHow Local Women Mobilizers Shaped Ukraine’s Invasion ResponseNew Version
Links I LikedBook Review: Power and Progress. Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, by Daron Acemoglu and Simon JohnsonWhat can we learn from how an Adaptive Management programme has navigated Myanmar’s current chaos?Fancy
Links I Liked Who Decides What Constitutes ‘Knowledge’ on Climate Change? Links I Liked The World Order Seems to be in Turmoil – What’s Going on?How more Open Government can bolster USAID’s Localization Agenda
Top Student Blogs and Vlogs from my LSE Activism course: Valerie Barki: Are you #ManEnoughToSnip?Jessica Louise: There’s a chicken in the desert! Martin Caforio: Green to Go: The Better Way to Take AwayVlogs from Carlota Lopez, Debra Francis an
Links I LikedDesigning 'Research for Impact' still seems difficult for a lot of academics. Why?Do Southern-based Transnationals behave worse than Northern ones?How adaptive M&E from the peace sector can help demonstrate the value of aid (trunca
Links I LikedHow did we get here? Great chronology of citizen and corporate action on climateIn your mid/late career and want to do a PhD? Here's some good news.The Gross Domestic Problem: what would a new economic measure that values women
Links I LikedSchool children are bearing the brunt of the global hunger crisis – just feed themHow the United Nations and the World Bank can turbo charge the effort to reduce InequalityEvaluating the Evaluations: What lessons can Oxfam draw fro
Links I LikedThe methodology behind Oxfam’s latest killer fact on companies $1 trillion in windfall profitsSome good news on falling global poverty levels (the multi-dimensional kind)Devoted the last week’s posts to a new book, How to Engage Po
Fixing the power imbalances of aid and development: A paradoxIs it right to prioritise fragile states in the climate crisis?Book Review: How to Stand Up to a Dictator, by Maria RessaWhere has the Humanitarian Sector got to on Localization? Grea
Links I LikedReforming the World Bank: some good ideas, but where's the power, politics and feasibility?How to get people to take the Care Economy seriously? Some top (evidence-based) tips
Where thinking and working politically meets gender: tactics that have workedPodcast + transcript: did we get it wrong on land grabs in Africa? In Conversation with Laura GermanHow do we Start Thinking About AI and Development? (one post by me,
Want to know what happened to the whole issue of land governance, land grabs and women's land rights in Africa? Here's anthropology professor Laura German, author of 'Power/Knowledge/Land: Contested Ontologies of Land and its Governance in Afri
Seeing the forest beyond the trees: Coalition building in Indonesia and beyond and the lessons for donorsOlder and at the Sharp End: Why more Social Protection is needed to protect Older People in the global food, finance & fuel crisis Linking
Links I Liked Aid in 'Politically Estranged Settings' and the Disappointment Cycle of reading new papersBook Review: Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development: Starting from the South ChatGPT: implications for teaching, how it ana
Citizen action for accountability in challenging contexts: What have we learned? Venture Philanthropy and Asset Based Community-Driven Development – a marriage made in heaven? The Revenge of Power: A Great Book that will help you better underst
Links I Liked6 tricks for diverting Britain’s Aid to the UKOxfam and BRAC: the links between Bloody-Mindedness and InnovationHow Beijing Commands: how the Communist Party combines Ambiguity and Clarity to Maximum Effect
UK Budget 2023: What the Big Red Box leaves out Links I LikedBook Review: Lives Amid Violence: Transforming Development in the Wake of ConflictEvidence-informed policy FAQs: dinner party editionWhat can a Water Project in DRC tell us about Adap
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