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Giving, forgiving, and taking back: why continue to make soft loans to very poor countries?
'Two key decisions will be needed in coming months on finance for the poorest countries. The first will be whether or not to cancel their outstanding debt. The second, oddly, will be whether to lend them more money.'
More Aid? Yes - and use it to reshape aid architecture
'If we care about partnership and accountability, the priority for a new aid architecture is to rebuild the UN. The way to do this is to create a new trust fund'
UN Reform: How?
'The key question on UN reform is not 'Why?' or 'What?' but 'How?'. Take as read the high principles and values: peace, justice, freedom, equity, sustainability and the rest. Take as read, also, the many specific proposals...
Aid: what's next?
'As birds fly south and beaches empty, the aid community is gathering for a new school year at the joint annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank. There are some big, set-piece exams in the coming year, with the UK leading the way....'
...How humanitarianism is changing
Humanitarian action is both misunderstood and contentious. The lack of clarity and consensus regarding its purpose and principles has direct, and sometimes tragic, operational implication.'
UK General Election 2019: putting sustainable development centre-stage
Two priorities to overcome polarisation and revitalise democracy
COP25: net zero requires tackling fossil fuel production
New technologies are changing humanitarian action, but don’t assume they're inclusive
2019 UK General Election and immigration: party manifestos explained
Dear European Commission president: four priorities to demonstrate global leadership
Four reflections on the International day for the Eradication of Poverty
As researchers, we must work with activists to solve the climate crisis
What G7 leaders can do to end extreme poverty
Three ways humanitarians can support the Rohingya in Bangladesh, two years on