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Matt Haikin, an ICT for Development (ICT4D) practitioner, summarizes a new paper on digital development in East Africa reports, and the challenges for Oxfam and other…
Yolanda Jinxin Ma explores how open data could benefit the government of China.
In the past decade, open data has grown out of a conceptual discussion into a global movement.…
Helen Clark examines trends in global governance and considers what is needed going forward to tackle issues beyond the capacity of individual nation states to resolve on their…
Duncan Green explores a new paper from IDS' Robin Luckham on the contested concept of security.
I have been known in the past to be a little snippy about the writing style of…
C.J. Polychroniou and Nikolaos Karagiannis explore Syriza’s inability to resist the pressures of the international creditors.
It's been seven years since the…
Mark Zuckerberg has posted a manifesto on his view of social media's role in global events and what they can do about it.
To our community,
On our journey to connect the world…
As India continues to seek membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Kanica Rakhra reflects on current controls regarding the trade of nuclear material. She argues that these…
At issue is due process, the rule of law and the division of powers that defines American democracy.
In the three weeks since Donald Trump took the oath of office he has set out…
Should we be blamed for the negative consequences of otherwise wholly good acts? Tom Rowe considers the moral risks faced by aid givers.
Sometimes, in order to aid individuals,…
State Capitalism: How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World by Joshua Kurlantzick. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 287pp, £19.99 hardcover 9780199385706…
Despite the worries, Kathryn Hochstetler finds room for transformative climate change action under newly elected President Trump.
On his first day in office, US President Donald…
The Ways of the World. David Harvey. Profile Books. 2016.
The Ways of the World offers an intellectual journey through the work of David Harvey over the past five decades,…
For recipients aid has been a very mixed blessing, but for donors it’s been a bonanza.
It’s astonishing when you think about it. Why should an old and poorly-…
Zachary Haver analyzes the European Union’s fundamentally imbalanced relationship with China and argues how an EU-China Free Trade Agreement could resolve this issue.
The EU…
C. J. Polychroniou interviews world-renowned Cambridge University Professor of Economics Ha-Joon Chang.
For the past 40 years or so, neoliberalism has reigned supreme over much of…