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Farming and the poor: seven new challenges
This article looks at the convential narrative of agriculture as the primary motor of growth and poverty reduction, offering some reasons to be concerned with this.
The EU and the poor: unfinished business
'The fate of the European constitution looks likely to dominate debate in Europe over coming months. In international development, however, other issues matter more. There is much unfinished business Romano Prodi will leave behind.'
...International Financing Facility
'Gordon Brown has long argued that one of the main ways to manage the world economy better and avoid financial crises is to define and implement international “standards and codes”..
Research and policy: parallel universes?
'Sometimes it seems that researchers and policy makers live in parallel universes. Researchers cannot understand why there is resistance to policy change despite clear and convincing evidence'.
Decentralising environmental management - beyond the crisis narrative
'Environmental issues figure prominently in the District Assemblies in Ghana’s Brong-Ahafo Region. However, the debate is preoccupied with narratives of an impending environmental crisis which arguably have more to do with promoting elitist...
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