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Duncan Green with a useful summary of Civivus' latest report on the state of global civil society.
Civicus publishes its annual ‘State of Civil Society Report’ today. It’s great…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
Despite almost 30 years of the global anti-corruption agenda, something is clearly not working. Preparing for this week’s special session of the General Assembly…
When the implementation of EU policies is likely to be unpopular, do governments benefit from non-compliance? Drawing on a new study, Tim Heinkelmann-Wild, Lisa Kriegmair,…
Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, argues that donors and private aid providers need a civic space defence strategy fit for purpose in the emerging post…
Bennett Freeman and Louisa Greve call on Biden to demonstrate to the world that the U.S. is prepared to be a leader on human rights again.
As a candidate in 2020, President…
Nadia Daar provides a framework to assess and improve Special Drawing Rights reallocation schemes.
In my last blog, I laid out why so many have been calling for a significant new…
For Africa Day, LSE Fellow in the Department of International Development and Course Convenor for the African Development (DV418) course, Dr Eyob Balcha Gebremariam reflects…
Isabelle Goetz and Greer Gosnell argue that India has an opportunity to secure reliable and affordable energy, whilst ensuring its gas usage supports national and global…
Bernadette O'Hare introduces research with relevance for the upcoming G7.
Tax abuse is an expensive business. According to a recent report by the Tax Justice Network,…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
A long read from Robert H. Wade on the manias expanding the latest economic bubble and why current models are not fit to predict when it will burst.
Jeremy Grantham,…
Turkish-Saudi Relations: Cooperation and Competition in the Middle East by Sinem Cengiz. Berlin: Gerlach Press, 2020. 197 pp., £75 hardcover 9783959941341, e-book 9783959941358…
Lars Engberg-Pedersen and Adam Fejerskov explore the nature and necessity of confronting inequality through global development efforts.
Inequality tears societies apart. It…
Unexpected research findings have the potential to build a reputation rapidly, and the research paper itself is not always the endgame. Professor Duncan Green talks to researcher…