Opinion
SDGs and the South-South cooperation opportunity: the road to BAPA+40
By Alvaro Moreira20 Sep 2017
To avoid missed opportunities on the road to BAPA+40 policymakers and practitioners must challenge traditional patterns of development cooperation and shape new types of relationships that enable more effective South-South cooperation.
Racing the clock to save mothers and protect newborns in Uganda
By Stefan Swartling Peterson19 Sep 2017
Stefan Swartling Peterson reflects on a four-year project led by Makerere University, with support from UNICEF, Future Health Systems and others in reducing critical delays in access to healthcare for pregnant women and mothers.
‘Decent enough work’ - Should Africa’s youth hope for more?
By Jim Sumberg18 Sep 2017
Is 'decent' work enough? Jim Sumberg and colleagues ask if decent work is a fair or satisfactory aspiration for Africa's youth.
Is Zimbabwe food secure this year?
By Ian Scoones18 Sep 2017
A bumper harvest has meant that Zimbabwe is largely food secure this season, but without greater resilience in the agri-food system, this new success is fragile, warns Ian Scoones.
Can a market systems approach ‘leave no one behind’?
By Jodie Thorpe17 Sep 2017
This blog explores the particular opportunities and barriers of employing a ‘market systems’ approach to reach highly marginalised men and women.
How will China’s Belt and Road shape global health cooperation?
By Lewis Husain, Gerry Bloom15 Sep 2017
The jury is still out on how far China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) will reshape the way we see the world. Our view is that it will have a significant impact in many areas, one of these is advancing cooperation for global health.
Tweaking or transforming? Dancing around power and accountability
By Godelieve van Heteren, David Clarke, Maryam Bigdeli13 Sep 2017
Godelieve van Heteren, David Clarke and Maryam Bigdeli reflect on the debate that took place at the recent Accountabilty for Health Equity Conference and how this feeds into the newly launch Health Systems Governance Collaborative.
Do we need knowledge advocacy for humanitarian crisis?
By James Georgalakis12 Sep 2017
I was fortunate to participate recently in the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crisis (r2hc) event in London. It brought together an impressive range of academics and INGOs doing research designed to save lives in the most challenging circumstances.
Is there such a thing as ‘good shame’ or ‘positive shaming’?
By Keetie Roelen12 Sep 2017
Keetie Roelen blogs on the reinforcing cycle of poverty, policy and shame. She reflects on some deep discussions around shame and poverty at the recent Human Development and Capabilities Association (HDCA) conference in Cape Town.
Building Pathways to Inclusion for India’s Denotified Tribes
By Jackie Shaw07 Sep 2017
Praxis and researchers from the IDS-led Participate Initiative have been working with India’s denotified tribes (DNTs) to challenge discrimination. Jackie Shaw reflects on how power dynamics within diverse group processes enable and constrain outcomes.
Can Buhari’s Whistle-Blowers’ Policy stem corruption in Nigeria?
By Seun Akinyemi29 Aug 2017
The prevalence of corruption in Nigeria's public and private sectors is the bane of development in the country. Can President Buhari’s recently introduced Whistle-Blower Policy set the country on the right path?
Kenya Election Violence and the Police Response
By Brian Kimari22 Aug 2017
The recent elections in Kenya raised tensions both nationally and internationally. How did local police and politicians respond?
Using social media for monitoring violence in Kenya’s elections
By Caitriona Dowd18 Aug 2017
On the 8 August, Kenyans once again went to the polls. Amidst fears of election violence, voting took place throughout the country. Caitriona Dowd asks if there a role that social media and digital technology could play in monitoring insecurity?
World Humanitarian Day: Are we really ready for climate change?
By Siri Eriksen18 Aug 2017
On World Humanitarian Day, we are reminded that there are people living at the precipice of crisis in need of urgent support. Siri Eriksen calls for humanitarian and climate adaptation sectors to link up to prepare for future crises.
Humanitarian Policy and Practice in a Changing Climate
By Jayne Lambrou11 Aug 2017
Jayne Lambrou, NMBU, writes and presents a variety of interviews with contributors to IDS' latest bulletin on Courting catastrophe? Humanitarian Policy and Practice in a Changing Climate
Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals from the community level
By Jo Howard, Tom Thomas07 Aug 2017
The 2017 HLPF theme is "Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world". We were pleased to attend since finding inclusive ways of making governments accountable for the SDGs is central to our work on building sustainable inclusion.
The 20 top Zimbabweland blogs of 2017, so far!
By Ian Scoones07 Aug 2017
Ian Scoones reflects on the top 20 blog posts from this year in Zimbabweland
Much Ado About Impact?
By James Georgalakis04 Aug 2017
How does research and knowledge impact on attitudes, behaviours, policy and practice? Whether you are a researcher, development studies student, NGO campaigner, policy wonk or research donor, here are some links that I’d recommend on this subject.
History and language: keywords for health and accountability
By Jonathan Fox04 Aug 2017
Jonathan Fox argues that we need to be aware of how accountability terms can and have been politically constructed, and encourages us to search for terms that do a better job of communicating the key steps on the path to accountability-building.
Tackling health loans and modern slavery as a community in Bihar, India
By Pauline Oosterhoff01 Aug 2017
How a participatory action research project in Bihar is supporting villagers to change their health behaviours and in doing so reduce risks of entering into bonded labour.
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