Capability for self-reliance
Michiel Verweij
Being food insecure is a terrible thing. So is financial insecurity, energy insecurity and water insecurity. Sad but true, many families, communiti...
The thing that feeds the other ills
Rob Annandale
We live, it seems, in a post-consensus world. Or at any rate, meaningful agreements appear to be beyond reach in the current global context.
INGOs: weak at influencing power shifts
Chiku Malunga
My contribution to the future role of international NGOs will be based on my experience as an African development practitioner. The key causes of p...
Fragile countries: a scorecard from Busan
Phil Vernon, Dan Smith
At the end of November, 2,000 representatives of governments, international organisations and NGOs convened in Busan as the fourth High Level Forum...
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INGOs
Retirement, replacement or rejuvenation?
Michael Edwards
What is the right thing to do when you reach sixty? This is a question that many NGOs, which were founded in the burst of internationalism that fol...
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Probing new prospects
Daniel Large | October 10, 2011
China’s prominence in global development means it has a host of new, multilateral responsibilities. How will it respond to its new status?
The Arab street revisited
Petra Stienen | October 10, 2011
Petra Stienen explores the role that youth, journalists and new technologies have played during the uprisings in Arab world in recent years.
Too much, too quickly
Antonie de Kemp, Stefan Leiderer , Ruerd Ruben | October 10, 2011
Budget support is under fire, but it might be too early to write it off. Evidence shows it does have a long-term impact in some countries.
Special Report: Changing the rules of the game
Frauke de Weijer | October 10, 2011
Implementing institutional change without a deeper understanding of the rules systems at its core is likely to fail. Policy makers need to acknowledge the...
Editorial: Mainstreaming global justice
Frans Bieckmann | October 10, 2011
The future of international aid does not look bright. Development aid has always been surrounded by questions and controversy, but in recent years the tone of the debate has hardened.
The public goods conundrum
Mark Furness, Davina Makhan | October 10, 2011
The European Union can become a leader in the new, global development landscape, but it must develop a policy framework that addresses the need to provide global public goods.
Picking up the pieces
Anna Matveeva | October 10, 2011
Anna Matveeva talks to Dina Alborova about the difficult job of bridging the gap between ethnic Georgians and Ossetians following years of war and building peace in the region.
Cheap money
Erwin Bulte | October 10, 2011
Few topics in the broad domain of 'development' are as sexy as microfinance. Rock stars, royalty, the Nobel prize committee – almost everyone seems to have embraced it.
Future Calling
Future Calling blog
How can international development NGOs reshape themselves to contribute solutions to the thick problems of the future - which are knocking on our door right...
Blog posts
Back to globalism, starting at home
Willemijn Verkoren | 06 February 2012
It’s the future calling…
Josine Stremmelaar Remko Berkhout | 02 February 2012
INGOs must make tough choices
Willem Elbers | 18 January 2012
Busan Blog
Busan High Level Forum
The Broker, in cooperation with the OECD, invites you to contribute to this blog about the challenges of the coming HLF on aid effectivess at Busan.
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Global health cooperation: what is next?
Olga Golichenko, Sibylle Koenig, Annick Jeantet | 04 January 2012
Fragile countries: a scorecard from Busan
Phil Vernon, Dan Smith | 14 December 2011
From the blogs
Capacity: on the brink of maturity?
Capability for self-reliance
Michiel Verweij | 13 March 2012
Being food insecure is a terrible thing. So is financial insecurity, energy insecurity and water insecurity. Sad but true, many families, communities and countries... read more
A new agriculture for food security
Agriculture Beyond Food
Suraya Afiff Jacqueline Vel Huub Löffler Cora Govers | 06 December 2011
This blogpost is about the master class Agriculture Beyond Food that took place the first week of December in Indonesia. One of the main challenges discussed... read moreCapacity: on the brink of maturity?
To change management
Russell Lewis | 09 November 2011
Imagine this: you are working in your office and the boss comes in with a stranger, someone who is obviously not from your country or culture and says “This is Some Unusual Name. read moreGlobal development blog
Reducing inequality is crucial to global recovery
Richard Jolly | 26 October 2011
In this guest blog Sir Richard Jolly emphasizes that it is time to bring the reduction of inequality into the fight against poverty ánd the promotion of economic growth. read moreA Dutch debate
Een nieuw kennisbeleid
Dit is de blog over het voorgenomen kennisbeleid van BuZa. Laat je mening horen!
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Aandacht voor informatie
Harry Heemskerk | 05 December 2011
Knuppel en knaken
Ria Brouwers | 30 November 2011
Building egalitarian relations
Ton Meijers | 29 November 2011
From the theme pages
Development INGOs
Michael Edwards | December 05, 2011
What is the right thing to do when you reach sixty? This is a question that many NGOs, which were founded in the burst of internationalism that followed the end...
Building quality of life together
Steffie Verstappen | October 20, 2011
Read about the results of our lively online debate on human wellbeing and inclusive economics.
Keeping the sustainable development flame alive
Karoline Van den Brande , Sander Happaerts, Sofie Bouteligier | June 25, 2011
Sustainable development has been on the international agenda since the late 1980s. Political and public attention for the issue has mainly rolled on the waves...
Turkey turns the tide
Jean-Paul Marthoz | February 10, 2011
Contrary to what its critics think, Turkey is not 'adrift' but shaken by the pitch and roll resulting from a fundamental rethinking of Turkishness.