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Duncan Green on why RCTs should not be seen as the new magic bullet for evaluating aid and development interventions.
Lant Pritchett once likened Randomized Controlled Trials (…
“Fourteen million people live in poverty, one and a half million of them in destitution, four in ten children are poor, food banks proliferate, homelessness and rough sleeping are…
It is far too easy to view scarcity and poor quality of water as issues solely affecting emerging economies. While the images of women and children fetching water in Africa and a…
Eric Meade consults to nonprofits, foundations, and NGOs and teaches at American University’s School of International Service in Washington, DC. His book, Reframing Poverty: New…
The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union presents an opportunity for the UK and Africa to negotiate more favourable trading terms for their economies at home. The UK…
Tax havens have become a defining feature of the global financial system. Multinational companies can use various schemes to avoid paying taxes in countries where they make vast…
As international and civil society organisations increasingly show an interest in identification systems, a new report on Kenya aims to put the power and politics back into…
Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo reports on the UN youth climate summit.
This week’s United Nations climate summit may go down in history - but not for the reasons intended. It…
The New Arab Urban: Gulf Cities of Wealth, Ambition and Distress edited by Harvey Molotch and Davide Ponzini. New York: New York University Press, 2019. 368 pp., $89 hardcover…
Climate change is by far the most serious crisis facing the world today. At stake is the future of civilization as we know it. Yet, both public awareness and government action lag…
Sukhayl Niyazov contends that the use of AI in politics is going to exacerbate the dangerous trend towards the “tyranny of the minority” - the inordinate sway swing…
Steven Harkins explores the power structures underpinning the media's agenda.
Climate breakdown threatens the lives of us all. Scientific research has suggested that we are in the…
We are running out of time to meet the Paris Agreement and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 on sustainable energy – “ensure access to affordable,…
Save the Children’s José Manuel Roche has a book he wants you to read.
So, it turns out that nowadays democracy seldom dies through violent coup d’état. More commonly (and…
Gustavo Macedo and Andrea Garcia call on scientists and transnational organisations to mobilize their networks to discover opportunities, exchange ideas and invite governments and…