The World Bank recently released their Ease of Doing Business rankings for 2014, a ranking of 189...
Category - Global development policy
Handle with care: results from the 2014 Corruption Perceptions...
Transparency International (TI) has just launched its 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). As I...
No tipping please: Australia and the UN climate fund
Australia stands as the only wealthy country to have ruled out a contribution to the United Nations...
The dry season’s ‘triple burden’ on rural lives in Timor-Leste
Typically, the rainy season in Timor-Leste begins in November. As mid-November passes, the rains...
Has 25 years of children’s rights made any difference?
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has inspired great things but three challenges remain...
Together we can and must end violence against women
As many of you know, two core things I publicly support coincide in the month of November: raising...
New report shows extent of drowning deaths in developing...
In global public health circles, drowning has been little more than a ripple with little interest...
Newsletter: Feachem on malaria | Koim on corruption | 2015 PNG...
Sir Richard Feachem on eradicating malaria by 2030 Hear the man who started the Global Fund...
ICAI report slams DFID’s anticorruption efforts, aid experts...
A new, headline-grabbing report from Britain’s Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has...
Problems with the Pacific Index
The Pacific Islands region faces complex, and in some instances unique, development challenges. The...