Women are reported to make up around 43 per cent of the agricultural labour force globally. Their...
Category - Global development policy
Cervical cancer prevention and treatment in PNG
On International Women’s Day 2024, we bring you an edited extract from Dr Pamela Toliman’s...
February 2024 aid news
Our monthly update of news and analysis on aid and international development, with a focus on...
A book on economic growth for everyone
How did the world become rich? It took a long time for me to fully internalise the gravity of this...
The Rohingya crisis and Bangladesh’s economic downturn
In August 2017, a deadly ethnic clearance operation, backed by the Myanmar military against the...
Harold Mitchell: thank you and vale
The death of “adman” and philanthropist Harold Mitchell AC on February 10 has been widely mourned...
Science says Tuvalu will drown within decades; the reality is...
Tuvalu, a picturesque island nation nestled in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, is currently...
Impacts of the Taliban’s ban on women’s work and...
Upon reclaiming power, the Taliban banned girls from schools above year six and women from work...
Stumbling giant: Germany cuts aid
As far as foreign aid goes, Germany stands as one of the world’s giants. In 2022, Germany was the...
Collier on case studies in state fragility
This is an edited version of Paul Collier’s remarks at the launch of the edited volume, State...