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Richard Manning was a highly respected chair of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) – the development committee of the OECD, the rich countries’ think-tank. So we should pay attention… Continue reading
In which I am sceptical about a proposed new public-private partnership to tackle hunger.
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This will make most sense to people familiar with Monty Python. Nice video from Save the Children
I'm quoted in a couple of Canadian newspapers today about the demise of CIDA.
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In the second of a series of three Development Drums podcasts about the relationship between citizens, states and development, Duncan Green talks about effective states and active citizens. Duncan is widely known for his terrific development blog; he is also the author of an ambitious book, From Poverty to Power, which is now out in its second edition.
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In the latest edition of Development Drums, Rakesh Rajani and Martin Tisné discuss accountability and open government.
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I flinch every time I hear about the 'do no harm principle' or 'policy coherence in development'. So what is the right way to describe the policies of rich countries that affect poor countries?
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Europe’s approach to development could be characterized as energetically tackling the symptoms of poor economic opportunities for developing countries by providing substantial and effective aid, while doing relatively little to tackle the underlying structural causes of poverty.
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I'm quoted in a blog post at the Economist today about aid transparency:
Continue readingMs Greening’s strategy is the requirement that any organisation receiving DfID funds publish clear information about where the money is going. This far-reaching transparency initiative is potentially a “game-changer”, says Owen Barder, a senior fellow and director for Europe at the Center for Global Development, a Washington, DC-based think tank.
In an article for the Guardian's (new) Global Development Professionals Network I argue that development policy in the 21st century needs be about more than administering aid.
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Sir Tim Lankester talked about the Pergau Dam affair at this event co-hosted by CGD in Europe and the Institute for Government. Watch the video here.
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Transport costs for US food aid programmes can be as high as 97% of the total cost of the aid.
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There has been bad news about the effectiveness of the leading candidate for a malaria vaccine. Has the time has come for donors to make an Advance Market Commitment?
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Britain has announced the end of new grant aid to India - in future aid will either be technical assistance or investment. I think this is a mistake: the wrong decision, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons.
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I'm in the latest edition of the Guardian Development Podcast, discussing the future of British aid
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Britain's National Audit Office (NAO) has published a glowing report on the British Multilateral Aid Review. There are three lessons: the aid review increased aid effectiveness; was hampered by poor data; and will more effective if donors collaborate.
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Owen Barder and Ben Ramalingam look at the implications of complexity for the trend towards results-based management in development cooperation. They argue that complexity provides a powerful reason for pursuing the results agenda, but it has to be done in ways which reflect the context.
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This second of three blog posts looking at development policy through the lens of complexity thinking considers whether David Cameron's 'golden thread' is good development policy.
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This the first of three blog posts exploring the implications of complexity for development. In my lecture on complexity I argue that development is an emergent property of the economic and social system. This blog post explains what that means.
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My 2012 Kapuściński Lecture considered the implications of complexity thinking for development economics and development policy. This post presents an updated version as a narrated online presentation which lasts about 45 minutes.
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Owen Barder is the Europe Director at the Center for Global Development. He writes here about development, economics, politics, computers, running, and anything else that interests him. He also hosts Development Drums.
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