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In praise of David Mepham, arguably the inventor of DFID
David Mepham, who died this week, has a strong claim to be the person who did most to bring about the establishment of the UK's Department for International Development.
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The International Finance Facility for Education: The Wrong Answer to the Right Question?
Donors are considering a proposal for a new “innovative finance mechanism” to increase funding for education, based on recommendations from Gordon Brown’s Education Commission. We agree that we need to finance an expansion of education in the developing world. But sadly, the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) proposal is too good to be true.
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The eternal opportunity
A list of announcements that for the first time in history we can eradicate poverty.
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Theresa May’s letter to EU citizens does not guarantee key rights
Theresa May says that citizens' rights are her first priority. She means that her first priority is to curtail them.
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What rights will EU citizens in the UK lose?
This is a good round-up of the rights that EU citizens living in the UK seem likely to lose, …
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Religious zealots should mind their own business
How dare religious zealots impose their wicked views on the rest of us?
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Brian Barder 1934-2017 – A life well lived
On the death of my father, Brian Barder. A life well lived.
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Otepää Ironman 70.3 Race Report
We had the pleasure of taking part of the Otepää Ironman 70.3 in both 2016 and 2017. Highly recommended.
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Have we reached peak global?
Better global policies have brought about unprecedented improvements in many people's lives. The right response to the present political challenge to this agenda is to do a far, far better job of making sure that we properly manage the negative effects for people who have lost out, and work much, much harder to share the gains more widely.
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Navigating with the Garmin Forerunner 920XT
How to get turn by turn directions on a Garmin Forerunner 920XT
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