Education goals: third time’s the charm?
'As the world’s third set of education goals emerges for post-2015, education actors would do well to move quickly from the ‘what’ onto broader elements of ‘how’ any new goals can be achieved.'
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Aid isn’t just about money
'We should focus (and even argue) much more about how aid money is spent, and how we can reduce the need for aid in the long run.' -
If we want to change the world, where's the cash going to come from?
'We have deliberately rejected a simplistic understanding of how finance operates, analysing country context, sources of finance, techniques used to translate money into action, and accountability of financial actors.' -
Of institutions and butterflies: is isomorphism in developing countries necessarily a bad thing?
Building on the term 'isomorphic mimicry’, this Background Note explores different types of institutional imitation, in relation to public financial management reform and institutional change in international development. -
China's silent army - a review
In this blog, Simon Maxwell reviews Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Araujothe’s book, 'China’s Silent Army: The Pioneers, Traders, Fixers and Workers Who Are Remaking the World in Beijing's Image'.
China’s ever-growing dominance is often in the news – and not always in a good way – and the arguments prevalent in the media arebrought together and fleshed out in this book.
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Live stream launch of the European Report on Development 2013
Live stream of the launch event for The European Report on Development (ERD) 2013. The latest report aims to provide an independent European contribution to the emerging debate on a possible post-2015 consensus on international development.
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European Report on Development 2013 - Post-2015: global action for an inclusive and sustainable future
James Mackie (European Centre for Development Policy Management), Pedro Martins (Overseas Development Institute) and Stephan Klingebiel (Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik)The European Report on Development 2013 aims to provide an independent contribution to the post-2015 debate by focusing on how best global collective action can support the efforts of developing countries to achieve development. -
The BRICS Summit in Durban: too soon to write it off
Many in the mainstream media from the developed world have regarded the BRICS Summit held in Durban last week as more of a failure than a success. But I have a contrarian view and argue that criticism of its apparently nebulous proceedings misses the point.
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European and international financial institutions: climate related standards and measures for assessing investments in infrastructure projects
Issue Number 1Adarsh Varma, Shelagh Whitley, Sonja Schmid, Emily Le-Cornu, Chris Dodwell, Emelia Holdaway, Rainer Agster, Dave Steinbach, and Alice CaravaniA review of how public financial institutions are including climate change considerations in their investment portfolios. A key part of the study was to review whether climate change is mainstreamed in their sectoral strategies, such as clean energy and transport. -
'Beyond the UK, we are in quite a remarkable period of development'
'What troubles me is in this business we are always repeating the mantra that we must do more and better, without recognising we have done an amazing amount.'