Yep, this is it. Walking the plank as of next Tuesday, so here are some parting reflections I've been putting up on the blog over the last few days, and links to a bunch of more normal FP2P fare, which I've had to leave out due to lack of time. I’m leaving Oxfam – here’s what happens nextSome Reflections on Leaving Oxfam after 20 yearsLearning from Humiliation, Shame and FailureThirty Years of Anti-Corruption: A Personal Reflection by Kenyan legend John GithongoHow the pregnancy penalty super...
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Yep, this is it. Walking the plank as of next Tuesday, so here are some parting reflections I've been putting up on the blog over the last few days, and links to a bunch of more normal FP2P fare, which I've had to leave out due to lack of time. I’m leaving Oxfam – here’s what happens nextSome Reflections on Leaving Oxfam after 20 yearsLearning from Humiliation, Shame and FailureThirty Years of Anti-Corruption: A Personal Reflection by Kenyan legend John GithongoHow the pregnancy penalty super...
Yep, this is it. Walking the plank as of next Tuesday, so here are some parting reflections I've been putting up on the blog over the last few days, and links to a bunch of more normal FP2P fare, which I've had to leave out due to lack of time. I’m leaving Oxfam – here’s what happens nextSome Reflections on Leaving Oxfam after 20 yearsLearning from Humiliation, Shame and FailureThirty Years of Anti-Corruption: A Personal Reflection by Kenyan legend John GithongoHow the pregnancy penalty super...
GELI Stories: - Building Coalitions between UN Agencies and Government Ministries in Eswatini- Working in closed and informal political spaces like Eritrea 4 posts on future of UK Aid under Labour:- Two from Andy Sumner of Kings- Options for UK Aid: DFID survivor Tom Wingfield responds to Andy Sumner- Lisa Nandy on ...
How Blogs can Change Government PolicySix big humanitarian policy trends for 2024What are the Grounds for Hope in a World of Wrecks?The Rise of 'Trust-Based Philanthropy' - aka Unconditional Cash Transfers to NGOsIs Poverty Porn a thing of the past? Yes and No
I sat down a few months ago to discuss data and development with Clare Melamed, who runs the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. Transcript available on the From Poverty to Power blog.
Links I LikedUN Women makes Norm Change central to its missionWhat's it like Explaining NGOs to Senior Military types from 40 Countries?Feminist Climate Justice – what is it and how could it help?Mia Mottley on Slavery, Poverty, George Floyd, Climate and the Future of the WorldSome last minute Christmas book presents
Links I LikedVoices of GazaWhat do 70 Masters students from around the world want to campaign on?What to read on the new UK White Paper on International Development?What can we learn from looking at the overlaps between innovations in ways of doing research and neglected development issues?
Why did the Street Movements of the 2010s fail?What Tactics are most Effective in Non-Violent Protest?Think tanks are struggling. They need to change.Whoop Whoop. Just made a personal Webpage it's super easy. RIP Saleemul Huq, a true climate heroWhy a “humanitarian pause” or “humanitarian corridors” are simply not the answer in GazaPracademics: just a clunky new word, or something more significant/substantial?
Links I LikedWhich book should I review next? You decide please!How do we talk about Older People in Development and Activism?Be Care-full. A poem for the timesLinks I LikedWill growth be enough to end poverty? New Projections of the UN Sustainable Development GoalsWhat would make an Atheist spend a day discussing Faith and Development?
Links I LikedFinishing a 2nd Edition of How Change Happens - here are drafts of two new chapters for you to read. 5 Things we Learned from Evaluating the Impact of ResearchHow Local Women Mobilizers Shaped Ukraine’s Invasion ResponseNew Version of the free online 'Make Change Happen' course launched this week - check it outDo our LSE Activism Students know it all already?
Links I LikedBook Review: Power and Progress. Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, by Daron Acemoglu and Simon JohnsonWhat can we learn from how an Adaptive Management programme has navigated Myanmar’s current chaos?Fancy some Good News? Brits are getting nicer.
Links I Liked Who Decides What Constitutes ‘Knowledge’ on Climate Change? Links I Liked The World Order Seems to be in Turmoil – What’s Going on?How more Open Government can bolster USAID’s Localization Agenda
Top Student Blogs and Vlogs from my LSE Activism course: Valerie Barki: Are you #ManEnoughToSnip?Jessica Louise: There’s a chicken in the desert! Martin Caforio: Green to Go: The Better Way to Take AwayVlogs from Carlota Lopez, Debra Francis and Holly IngramA historic global agreement on tax is under threat. Here’s why.Amazing new Resource Guide on Humanitarianism
Links I LikedDesigning 'Research for Impact' still seems difficult for a lot of academics. Why?Do Southern-based Transnationals behave worse than Northern ones?How adaptive M&E from the peace sector can help demonstrate the value of aid (truncated due to dog issues - apologies!) Desperately trying to get through this week's posts before going on holiday, while also looking after my son's hyperactive spaniel.
Links I LikedHow did we get here? Great chronology of citizen and corporate action on climateIn your mid/late career and want to do a PhD? Here's some good news.The Gross Domestic Problem: what would a new economic measure that values women and climate look like?
Links I LikedSchool children are bearing the brunt of the global hunger crisis – just feed themHow the United Nations and the World Bank can turbo charge the effort to reduce InequalityEvaluating the Evaluations: What lessons can Oxfam draw from a Decade of Scrutiny?
Links I LikedThe methodology behind Oxfam’s latest killer fact on companies $1 trillion in windfall profitsSome good news on falling global poverty levels (the multi-dimensional kind)Devoted the last week’s posts to a new book, How to Engage Policy Makers with your Research: The Art of Informing and Impacting Policy. Lot of stuff to chew on in here, for those of us uncomfortably straddling the academic/advocacy divide.Overall Book ReviewParticularly nice chapter on Research to influence Susta...
Fixing the power imbalances of aid and development: A paradoxIs it right to prioritise fragile states in the climate crisis?Book Review: How to Stand Up to a Dictator, by Maria RessaWhere has the Humanitarian Sector got to on Localization? Great new updateFrom Penury to Prosperity. The Churches at the Epicentre of social-economic TransformationI'm doing a new edition of How Change Happens - any suggestions for what needs to change?Why are LGBTQIA+ people in the Philippines still waiting for a...
Links I LikedReforming the World Bank: some good ideas, but where's the power, politics and feasibility?How to get people to take the Care Economy seriously? Some top (evidence-based) tips
Where thinking and working politically meets gender: tactics that have workedPodcast + transcript: did we get it wrong on land grabs in Africa? In Conversation with Laura GermanHow do we Start Thinking About AI and Development? (one post by me, one by ChatGPT!)What does politically smart support to democracy and human rights look like?Can humanitarian experience guide the development of new loss and damage funding?
Want to know what happened to the whole issue of land governance, land grabs and women's land rights in Africa? Here's anthropology professor Laura German, author of 'Power/Knowledge/Land: Contested Ontologies of Land and its Governance in Africa'.
Yep, this is it. Walking the plank as of next Tuesday, so here are some parting reflections I've been putting up on the blog over the last few days, and links to a bunch of more normal FP2P fare, which I've had to leave out due to lack of time. I’m leaving Oxfam – here’s what happens nextSome Reflections on Leaving Oxfam after 20 yearsLearning from Humiliation, Shame and FailureThirty Years of Anti-Corruption: A Personal Reflection by Kenyan legend John GithongoHow the pregnancy penalty super...
