Can blockchain transform foreign aid?
By Jesse Hope The UK’s foreign aid budget continues to improve millions of people’s lives around the world. Over the past year funding has...
International Development is Under Attack: We need a new approach
In this article, our Communications Manager Mark Normington argues that the responses overseas aid charities have made to recent attacks from the right-wing press...
Pulling Strings: The Fine Print Behind Development Aid
While development aid can provide countries and their citizens with the resources necessary to complete crucial infrastructure and relief projects, it often comes with...
DiA Interview | Professor Leif Wenar
DiA met Professor Leif Wenar, Author and Chair of Philosophy and Law at Kings College London, to discuss his new book, Blood Oil.
The Resource Curse: Oil Corruption in Nigeria
Resources can bring wealth and development to countries that use them effectively, but they can also be a curse to countries that fail to...
India’s crack down on ‘black money’: has it hurt those it sought to help?
On 8th November 2016, Donald Trump was hours away from becoming President-elect. But in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was staging an ambush...
Is Panama the Tip of the Iceberg? Economic Crimes and Environmental Crimes have been rife in Developing Nations for Decades
With the revelations of the scandalous Panama Papers, Luke Humphrey looks at the detrimental effect of tax avoidance and other economic crimes outside of...
Lessons from Africa (Part One)
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is generating euphoria in Pakistan. In the first part of the two part series ‘Lessons from Africa’, Asad Abbasi briefly looks at...
The Role of Tax in Developing Countries
Increasing the amount of tax collected in developing countries is crucial for development. Here, Joanne Rolling argues that tax revenue has a wide array...
Jan Dhan Yojana: Just another empty vessel making noise?
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was introduced by the current government in 2014 with the aim of extending financial inclusion. 18 months into the...