The Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, on 23 and 24 November, presents an important opportunity for renewing the partnership between Afghanistan and the international community. It can help secure Afghanistan’s transition from aid dependency to self-reliance, and from conflict to peace. After...
Aid: wealthier countries giving money to less fortunate ones for the sake of improving people’s wellbeing. What’s not to like? Quite a lot, it turns out. Aid is the subject of academic jeremiads, stern critique from the very wealthy, and a surprising degree of public hostility...
Life for ‘Jane’ as a local fish trader in Papua New Guinea has become more precarious since the COVID-19 state of emergency. “Day in and day out we have worked hard to keep going and to survive during this COVID-19 period,” she said of her situation and that of other women who trade fish from the...
Globally, we are witnessing a movement making it clear that Black voices demand to be heard, and for too long our institutions have not been listening. For those of us working in the development space, we should take a moment to reflect and ask ourselves if we are truly listening to this global...
In the era of COVID-19, development organisations from the International Institute for Environment...
In Timor-Leste, when people receive a gift, they are often advised to han isin sikat ruin (eat the...
In 2019, I worked in Liangshan, one of the poorest regions in China, as a primary school teacher...
In 2019 I lived in Liangshan, one of the poorest regions in China, and worked as a primary school...
Lockdowns across the world have pushed people into the privacy of their homes, unintentionally...
As one of the World Bank’s five development financing agencies, the International Development...
