“I wouldn’t start from here”: where do we go now in Afghanistan?
Responding to Professor Jean-Paul Faguet’s recent article on the political upheaval in Afghanistan, former British diplomat and Visiting Senior
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Don’t frame the debate just around decarbonisation
Professor Robert Wade responds to Martin Sandbu’s column “Climate action must navigate culture wars” and the Financial Times editorial
Did democracy fail in Afghanistan? Is that the right question to ask?
In response to a recent article by Professor Jean-Paul Faguet on the collapse of the Western-imposed government in Afghanistan, Associate Professor
Technology and social movements against ‘other pandemics’ in Africa
In this article, International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies MSc candidate Boluwatife Ajibola presents critical reflections on
Chronicle of a collapse foretold: why democracy died in the Afghan desert
Professor of the Political Economy of Development Jean-Paul Faguet on failed Western attempts to establish democracies in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Cancel culture in climate change: the aborted conference on ‘Global warming: mitigation strategies’
Robert Wade, Professor of Global Political Economy in the Department of International Development, contemplates the polarisation of debate in
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Economic outlooks at the southern tip of the North
MSc Development Studies alum Alejandra Padin-Dujon considers a recent discussion between Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and renowned economist
Digitalisation: one solution to all inequalities in Pakistan?
MSc Social Policy and Development Alum Maryam Naqvi considers the gaps between policy and implementation in Pakistan’s plans for mass
Scotiabank wants to leave small Caribbean markets. It’s not that easy
MSc Development Studies alum Alejandra Padin-Dujon examines what small Eastern Caribbean economies like Antigua and Barbuda stand to lose through
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Unpacking gender dynamics in food systems
MSc Development Management student Satender Rana proposes a conceptual framework to unravel gender dynamics in food systems and argues for the
Bananas, tourism and colonial legacies in the Caribbean
MSc Development Studies alum Alejandra Padin-Dujon explores the links between the Caribbean banana trade and tourism industry, and the colonial
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Cutting Edge Issues in Development: Building Pro-Developmental Multilateralism – Towards a ‘New’ New International Economic Order
On Friday 22 January, Ha-Joon Chang gave an online lecture, ‘Building Pro-Developmental Multilateralism – Towards a ‘New’ New International
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Where has the world made progress in HIV Policy?
Much progress on HIV has been made – and the science has never been better – but the world lags behind in translating the advancements of science