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IDS Alumni blog

IDS alumni are located all over the world and after studying at IDS go on to a range of careers in development. This makes the Alumni Blog uniquely placed to represent opinions on development from a diverse range of experience and professions, all of whom have IDS in common. The posts on this blog reflect the opinions of each individual, and not necessarily those of IDS.

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Maureen Lance-Onyeiwe, Alumni Ambassador for Nigeria

Ten recommendations for the first 100 days of Buhari’s presidency

By Maureen Lance-Onyeiwu
09 Apr 2015
Nigeria recently elected an opposition leader as president for the time in its history. It remains to be seen whether Muhammadu Buhari’s government can deliver on the changes he’s promised, but here’s ten things he could start with.

Give gun amnesties a chance

By Robert Muggah
25 Mar 2015
IDS Alumnus Robert Muggah blogs on citypress.ac.za about gun crime in South Africa.

Curious work at the City of London’s local government

By Thomas Lines
17 Mar 2015
The United Kingdom’s current role in the world seems paradoxical, even contradictory. On one hand the government is committed to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid, despite the most severe budget cuts.

Will the Sustainable Development Goals change our Barbie Doll World?

By Harriet Lamb CBE
04 Mar 2015
Former IDS MPhil student, Harriet Lamb argues that that the Sustainable Development Goals must face up to and address excess market power if they are to catalyse transformative change.

Richard Mallett - Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

What Ebola tells us about how to do state-building

By Richard Mallett, Paul Harvey
03 Mar 2015
What does the Ebola crisis tells us about our conventional ways of doing state-building? Richard Mallett and Paul Harvey of the Overseas Development Institute reflect on the lessons from the recent IDS event on Ebola and Lessons for Development.