Aid Policy and the Macroeconomic Management of Aid
UN-WIDER special issue of World Development (Open Access) – Articles cover the aid–growth relationship; the supply-side of aid (including its level, volatility, and coordination of donors); and the macroeconomic framework … Continue reading
Rethinking Interdisciplinarity across the Social Sciences and Neurosciences
Open Access Book – This book offers a provocative account of interdisciplinary research across the neurosciences, social sciences and humanities. Setting itself against standard accounts of interdisciplinary ‘integration,’ and rooting … Continue reading
Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights
There are valuable lessons here relevant to other countries and regions The report, “There Is No Time Left: Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights in Turkana County, Kenya,” highlights … Continue reading
Gender and Resilience
The contribution that external interventions make to individual, household and community resilience to climate extremes and disasters will largely depend on the suitability of those activities to the local context … Continue reading
University and community-led regeneration- Five case studies
UCL Urban Laboratory has recently launched five case studies in university and community-led urban regeneration, which explore the role of universities as actors in urban renewal processes, and the potential … Continue reading
Roundtable On Refugee Crisis: Historical Legacies, Political Context, and Legal Mechanisms
The policy response of Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon to this influx has come under deserved scrutiny. Still, whatever their faults these countries have hosted millions of refugees despite, in the … Continue reading
What I’m talking about when I’m talking about government as a platform
Originally posted on Dave Briggs:
So, a little while ago I posted about government as a platform, and mentioned three main components that matter, particularly to us at Adur and…
What might Slum Dwellers want from the SDGs?
This blog is drawn from an interview with Jockin Arputham who founded the first national slum dweller federation in India in 1976 and went on to ally this with Mahila Milan, … Continue reading
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