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Category - Global development policy
Gates’ annual letter makes big bet on a bright future
The 2015 Gates letter came out last week, and as usual, it is a gust of optimism underneath the...
Ten reasons not to miss this year’s aid conference
We held our first Australasian Aid Conference a year ago. In fact, we called it a workshop, because...
Invisible children, bad pop and making people care
Everyone comes to Bob Geldof with baggage. I loved the hating Mondays song, hated his Development...
Aceh’s tsunami remembered, part 2: ‘Three months are enough’
The emergency response to the Indian Ocean tsunami attracted an unprecedented US$13.5 billion in...
Aceh’s tsunami remembered, part 1: ‘Just get them in’
By the end of 2004, staff of the Australian embassy in Jakarta were more than usually ready for a...
Engaging with the private sector – perspectives from the German...
Development agencies around the world, as in Australia, are increasing focus on expanding their...
On the rate of development progress
In a previous post, I discussed the task of setting targets for global development goals. I argued...
Should development be kinky? A response to Pritchett and Kenny
The frantic work behind establishing new global development goals for a post-2015 development...
Research, policy and the private sector: Sir Richard Feachem on...
Sir Richard Feachem led the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from its inception...