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The most important questions in choosing postgraduate studies
The past two years have seen Covid-19 reshape how we live and work, but also how we learn. While the level of interest in postgraduate studies remains high, the pandemic has changed how prospective students, including those in development studies, decide where to study. The latest Future Masters...
17 January 2022
Opinion
K4D in 2021: The value of evidence and learning in uncertain times
2021 was a challenging year, both for the international development sector and for the world as a whole. The second year of the Covid-19 pandemic brought new development challenges and increased complexity. Significant cuts in general global Official Development Assistance (ODA) means that...
17 January 2022
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7 January 2022
Opinion
South Africans lose two Nobel Peace Prize laureates in two months
The recent passing of two South African leaders of diametrically opposed backgrounds and character prompts reflection on the complexities and compromises associated with significant political and social change. When Archbishop Desmond Tutu passed away on Boxing Day 2021 at the age of 90, the...
5 January 2022
Opinion
Learning from 2021 to achieve “equity everywhere” in 2022
There is no doubt that as the world tentatively looks towards 2022, we are at a crossroads. We are still in the midst of a global pandemic, with continued uncertainty. The global community will need to draw on local knowledge and evidence in a rapid and engaged way. This sits at the very core of...
27 December 2021
Opinion
Three challenges for Ethiopia’s renewable energy procurement programme
Developing countries are increasingly using auctions for the procurement of utility-scale renewable electricity. But countries like Ethiopia face institutional and ideological barriers on this pathway to green energy. More than 100 countries have implemented renewable energy auction programmes...
21 December 2021
Opinion
A decade of nutrition policy and political economy research with A4NH
The Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) programme comes to a close at the end of 2021. Over ten years and two waves of programming, A4NH has catalysed, funded and supported highly impactful research on the links between agriculture, nutrition and health. This important contribution to...
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