- An alternative plan to save the world from ecological crisis
- L. Brown / Earth Policy Institute, 2008
- This publication argues that the roots of the current environmental dilemmas lie in the enormous growth of the human enterprise over the last century. The author presents an alternative plan to save civilisation, which is ambitious no...
- How does conflation of corporate and economic governance affect development?
- P Mohamed / Global Policy Innovations Program, 2007
- This paper argues that important aspects of corporate governance and economic governance have become confused and conflated in the minds of government policy makers. Focussing on the case of South Africa, it also argues that the mains...
- How are conservation policies shaped by neoliberalism?: a collection of critical essays
- J. Igoe (ed); D. Brockington (ed) / Conservation and Society, 2008
- The growing body of work on the 'neoliberalisation of nature' has paid little attention to conservation policy and its impacts. Similarly, studies of conservation have generally overlooked the broader context of neoliberalism. This la...
- GM is not the answer to global hunger
- UK Food Group, 2003
- This short two page briefing argues that in most developing countries, whose small-scale, labour-intensive agriculture is dramatically different from the UK, GM crops are at best irrelevant and at worst can threaten local food product...
- The World Bank's destructive role in African agriculture
- K. Havnevik; D. Bryceson; L. Birgegård / Fahamu, 2008
- The World Bank has played a prominent role in shaping agricultural policy in Africa. This article asserts that this role has often been highly destructive, both in regards to African agriculture and food production. Under struc...
- International Economic Organisations in Africa lack economic pluralism
- K Akonor / Global Policy Innovations Program, 2008
- This paper analyses how and under what conditions International Economic Organisations (IEO) have evolved in Africa and how they have contributed to the development of the African nations. It mainly focuses on the role played by the U...
- Can complexity science bring new understanding to humanitarian work?
- B. Ramalingam; H. Jones; T. Reba / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- Despite the complexity and interconnectedness of problems faced in humanitarian and development work, this research believes they are often approached in an overly simplistic manner, informed by linear ways of thinking. The paper atte...
- Evaluating the seven African success stories
- R.I. Rotberg / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007
- This paper evaluates the seven presumed African success stories: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda. It gives a detailed analysis of the economic, political, governance and human development scenari...
- Resisting neo-liberal policies in India: a series of critical articles
- Focus on the Global South, 2007
- It is predicted that India will be one of the economic powerhouses of the twenty-first century, with the current government focusing on the corporate sector. This collection of articles argues that progressive forces across India must...
- Information and communication are key to successful development
- M. Wilson; K. Warnock; E. Schoemaker / Panos Institute, London, 2007
- We have passed the half-way point of the Millennium Development Goals, yet it is almost certain that many countries will fail to reach them. One of the reasons, the authors argue, is that policymakers are neglecting the central r...
- Can complexity science bring new understanding to humanitarian work?
- B. Ramalingam; H. Jones; T. Reba / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- Despite the complexity and interconnectedness of problems faced in humanitarian and development work, this research believes they are often approached in an overly simplistic manner, informed by linear ways of thinking. The paper atte...
- Evaluating the seven African success stories
- R.I. Rotberg / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007
- This paper evaluates the seven presumed African success stories: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda. It gives a detailed analysis of the economic, political, governance and human development scenari...
- Resisting neo-liberal policies in India: a series of critical articles
- Focus on the Global South, 2007
- It is predicted that India will be one of the economic powerhouses of the twenty-first century, with the current government focusing on the corporate sector. This collection of articles argues that progressive forces across India must...
- Information and communication are key to successful development
- M. Wilson; K. Warnock; E. Schoemaker / Panos Institute, London, 2007
- We have passed the half-way point of the Millennium Development Goals, yet it is almost certain that many countries will fail to reach them. One of the reasons, the authors argue, is that policymakers are neglecting the central r...
- Why the Southern African development community needs its own knowledge centres
- M. Madakufamba / Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, 2006
- To inform development in Southern Africa, the region needs information that is locally produced, analysed and delivered. This background paper considers the concepts of Knowledge for Development (KfD) as it applies to southern Africa,...
- The negative impacts of copyright restrictions in the South
- A. Story; C. Darch; D. Halbert / Copy South Research Group, 2006
- Restrictive copyright laws still act as a serious barrier to sharing and learning. This dossier is addressed to readers who want to learn more about the global role of copyright and, in particular, its largely negative role in the glo...
- Challenging the perceived wisdom of Jeffrey Sachs
- A. Sneyd / BISA International Political Economy Group, 2006
- As popular awareness of global poverty reaches new heights in the rich world, with politicians turning up their rhetorical volume on the subject, little has changed amongst the community of experts tasked with understanding developmen...
- Establishing an accurate portrayal of poverty
- R. Chambers / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
- Despite the fully acknowledged relevance of stakeholder participation in development research, an inaccurate perception of poverty and the lives of the poor is persistant. This is particularly true of the rural poor, to whom brief vis...
- What factors determine growth in developing countries?
- E. Ianchovichina; P. Kacker / World Bank, 2005
- Presenting real per capita GDP growth forecasts for all developing countries for the period 2005-14 the authors find that important factors determining economic growth in 55 of these countries are: continued improvement...
- Does "development" really exist?
- E. Macamo / Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa, 2005
- What does development actually mean, and who benefits from it? This highly polemical paper argues that development, often illustrated as the present condition of western countries to which other countries should strive, is a falsity. ...
- Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut
- World Resources Report (WRR)
- The World Resources Report (WRR) provides policymakers around the world government, civil society, and business with analysis and insight about major environmental and development issues. It is the product of a 20-year partnership among the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Resources Institute.
- ephemera
- ephemera is an independent journal, supported by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
- African Monitor
- As a Pan-African body established in 2006, African Monitor aims to assess the link between: The adequacy and appropriateness of the development processes and commitments The extent to which specific development pledges by African governments and their international partners are being kept The extent to which the implementation of development commitmen...
- The Sigma Scan
- The Horizon Scanning Centre has collected 'evidence of the future' from more than 2,000 document sources and interviews with 300 leading thinkers. Sigma has condensed this material into 250 short papers in order to challenge assumptions and spark ideas.
- Eldis Community
- The Eldis Community is a free on-line community where people can meet others involved in international development, discuss important issues and share useful resources. Membership and group creation is free: the service is financially supported by the Eldis donor group. On joining the Eldis Community, you can create your own profile, and thereby get yo...
