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The emergence of institutions as key to development
In an earlier blog I wrote when the recent World Development Report (WDR) was published, I celebrated the WDR’s recognition that the emergence of certain kinds of institutions was central to...
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How to re-think international aid agencies to fit the findings of the 2011...
The 2011 WDR is a radical document. It’s well-packaged in the politics and jargon of international aid, and so just about palatable to those individuals who have invested their careers in a now-faded...
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How donors take account of the World Development Report
In earlier blog posts I have referred to the challenges for international organisations including donors working in conflict affected contexts, and how well these were articulated in the 2011 World...
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Five dilemmas faced by peacebuilders
The international debate and discussion about peacebuilding has moved on tremendously since Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s 1992 speech in which he invigorated the debate and gave new coinage to the idea of...
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What Did the High Level Forum do for Conflict-Affected Countries? A scorecard...
This blog post was adapted from an article co-written with Dan Smith, and which appears on the International Alert website. Versions also appear on OpenDemocracy and the The Broker. At the end of...
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The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States: How do we reach Paris from here?
More than thirty governments and a bunch of multilateral organisations endorsed the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States, while attending the 4th High Level Forum for Aid Effectiveness at Busan in...
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The World Bank: how is it doing?
Last week I spent some time in Washington D.C., on the fringes of the World Bank/IMF autumn meetings. I was discussing International Alert’s recommendations for making the next round of the Bank’s...
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