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An Unlikely Villain

by Emma Starink For parts of the world experiencing a combination of both a humanitarian crisis and terrorism, international aid efforts are almost guaranteed to...

Humanitarian aid or development projects?

by Naomi Gammon Boasting full moon parties, sandy beaches and gleaming temples, Thailand is renowned as a popular and safe holiday destination. The growing tourism...

Foreign aid: a humanitarian development initiative or a geopolitical tool?

Published: Louise Chatterton, and artwork by Ryan Ward Foreign aid is undoubtedly a divisive topic in international development. If handled effectively, foreign aid has the...

Changing the Way Student Volunteering is Done: Lessons from Dar es Salaam

By Tads Ciecierski-Holmes and George Holmes, artwork by Ryan Ward. Many of us students experienced a stressful week in mid-March as the flood of COVID-19...

Effect of female political enfranchisement on development

By Alice Kinsella, artwork by Ryan Ward Many people’s first introduction to ‘development’ was the Millennium Development Goals: in 2000, the UN pledged to reach...

Students Behind Picket Lines: Fighting for Climate Justice

Artwork by Ryan Ward.Published: Cambridge University International Development. The street is filled, from six year olds with their parents to seventeen year old sixth...

The Wood for the Trees: Seeing the Value in Vulnerable Indigenous Knowledge

By Sam Brown, and artwork by Ryan Ward The Shipibo-Conibo are an indigenous people situated along the Ucayali River in the Amazon rainforest. Coupling a...

Digital Green Industrialisation: Reconciling Global Equality and Sustainable Development?

Published: Mateus L. Labrunie, and artwork by Ryan Ward The environmental issue that I find most disturbing as a development economist is the claim that...

The Guyana-Norway REDD+ Agreement: Has Selling the Rainforest Worked?

Published by Ella Duffy, and artwork by Ryan Ward. In 2009, an innovative project became the posterchild for the REDD+ programme (the United Nations Collaborative...

Leapfrogging: Mind the Gap Between the Tech and the People

Published: Melina Mitsotaki and artwork by Ryan Ward. It is easy for people with a tech background in the developed world to forget about the...

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