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Media ignores Millennium Development Goals report

The outcome of the G8 summit was disappointing for poverty reduction and climate change. Perhaps we are to blame for not drawing more attention to the annual progress report on the Millennium Development Goals published in advance of the summit.

Published July 13, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, mdgs, poverty reduction

Children’s rights mirror the global divide

Laws to protect children from sexual abuse in the UK are advanced and actively implemented. The absence of such laws in many developing countries is a major concern to human rights campaigners.

Published June 22, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, global divide, human rights, winchester

Time to burst Dambisa’s bubble

Critics of Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid are missing the point. Worse still, by conducting the debate on her territory, they provide fodder for the anti-aid media circus and damage prospects for the Copenhagen climate change negotiations.

Published June 8, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged aid, beta, books, climate change, climate finance

Assorted omens for Copenhagen climate agreement

The mood of last week’s World Business Summit on Climate Change was positive that climate negotiators will reach agreement in Copenhagen in December. But US Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, appears to be in hasty retreat from election promises.

Published June 1, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, climate change, oneworld, unfccc, US

There’s only one festival of economics

Economic troubles have dominated 2009. The Trento Festival of Economics therefore enjoys pole position in the European festival season. Its imaginative programme Identity and Global Crisis addresses questions affecting us all.

Published May 25, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, economic crisis, festival of economics, italy

More substance to Nepal than Gurkha sideshow

The fall of Prachanda’s government has no direct connection with the controversial treatment of Gurkha veterans in the UK. But our domestic political dramas should not overshadow the significance of poverty reduction and stability in Nepal.

Published May 11, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, nepal, winchester

Sri Lanka forgoes tsunami goodwill

The tragedy of the 2004 tsunami brought peace to Aceh after 30 years of conflict. In very similar circumstances, why did Sri Lanka take the opposite approach and abandon reconciliation?

Published May 4, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, conflict, disasters, human rights, indonesia, sri lanka

Scratching the surface of inequality

Governments are responding to public disgust at financial greed by increasing taxes for high earners. But it’s a reminder that becoming a little less rich does not address extreme global inequalities.

Published April 27, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, global divide, inequality, UK

Car scrappage may upset climate negotiations

Subsidies for scrapping old cars are all the rage in Europe. But will these handouts put developing countries in a positive frame of mind to make concessions for a new Kyoto agreement?

Published April 20, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, climate change, subsidies, unfccc

Climate adaptation or recycled development?

Climate change adaptation plans in developing countries often appear very similar to conventional development programmes. Could this become a source of confusion for donors?

Published April 11, 2009
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beta, climate adaptation, complex systems, food security

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Heaviness of being. And poetry
Sluggish in the doldrums of what happens.
Me waiting until I was nearly fifty
To credit marvels. Like the tree-clock of tin cans
The tinkers made. So long for air to brighten,
Time to be dazzled and the heart to lighten.

Seamus Heaney, from Seeing Things