Opinion

Is responsible tax behaviour the next frontier of CSR?

Rhiannon McCluskey

If the Pope wants to end violence in Africa he must talk about sex

If the Pope's mission is to push for an end to violence and for peace and reconciliation, sex education and sexual violence need to be high on his agenda, says Pauline Oosterhoff.

Pauline Oosterhoff

Inequality becomes more visible after Pakistan’s 2005 earthquake

In the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake in northern Pakistan, the housing reconstruction process not only made pre-earthquake social and economic circumstances more visible, but also increased some of these divisions. Written on the bumper: "What do you know of loyalty; loyalty existed when...

Miguel Loureiro

The Gulf States, modern slavery and the refugee crisis

As Europe continues to grapple with the refugee crisis on its borders, the rich Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the UAE) are under fire for doing next to nothing for refugees from Syria.

Pauline Oosterhoff

The 2005 Pakistan earthquake: learning from history

Tomorrow is exactly ten years since an earthquake measuring 7.6 in the Richter scale struck parts of northern Pakistan and both Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PDF). Indirectly it took more than 100,000 lives and injured over 150,000 others, causing immeasurable losses...

Miguel Loureiro

Mis-targeting increases suffering: a tale of “two” earthquakes

In the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, an array of humanitarian and development agencies arrived to the historically secluded region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK). For most it was the first time they interacted with this region. Due to a series of physical and logistical...

Miguel Loureiro

Informal social protection vital for Pakistan post-earthquake recovery

Pakistan is not a welfare state. As such, formal social protection is very weak, limited to workers in the formal economy, a small fraction of the population. So people’s coping strategies depend on informal social arrangements mostly through social networks, with a heavy reliance on informal...

Miguel Loureiro

Lessons from Pakistan’s 2005 earthquake for Nepal’s reconstruction

What can those working in the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal learn from the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan? IDS Convenor, Miguel Loureiro shares his experiences, as part of a 10th Anniversary blog series. Two months ago, Bimal Phunyal, ActionAid’s Nepal country director, came to IDS...

Miguel Loureiro

Spain votes ‘indignados’ – what messages for popular politics?

The results from Spain's recent municipal and regional elections are decisive – Spain has swung to the Left. Additionally, the long-established two party system is broken. Is this a prelude to its national elections in November?

Kas Sempere

Exploring the role of research in the Data Revolution for development

In the first in a series of interviews conducted at the Cartagena Data Festival, UNDP’s Director of Post-2015, Paul Ladd, discusses the role of the Data Revolution in the SDG process and how research can support this agenda.

Alan Stanley

The future of food?

Experts offer their views on the benefits, risks and obstacles to overcome if insects and other novel foods become a common feature of the human diet.

Sarah King

The paradoxical role of families in women and girls health in slums

One of the things that strikes one most clearly in working in the slums in Kenya is that, as in many developing countries, the state is barely present in most people’s lives. For the women my colleague Emily Kahega Igonya and I encountered in Nairobi’s slums last week, the government was...

Pauline Oosterhoff