Bilateral versus Multilateral Aid
In this article Megan Kilmister discusses bilateral and multilateral aid, looking at the differences between the two, and the arguments for and against these...
The Luxuries of the Department for International Development
The Department for International Developments budget remains at 0.7% of gross national income. In this article Katie Wand questions whether the current checks and...
A Defence of Foreign Aid: Why we need Global Development
During a time of austerity, Britain still continues to allocate 0.7% to foreign aid. Dean Hochlaf defends the target. Last month, flooding devastated widespread...
Afghanistan after 14 years of Foreign Aid: sustained developments or continued challenges?
Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan once said, “Economics taught in most of the elite universities are practically useless in my context. My country...
Relief in Nepal; an uphill struggle
On the 25th April, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck Nepal, in the nation’s deadliest natural disaster since 1934. Subsequent aftershocks...
Journalists and NGOs- working better together?
In this article, Lorraine Patch problematises the relationship between development agencies and media outlets, considering their differences, and exploring how they can work better together. ...
The Politics of Band Aid
Does the backlash against Band-Aid centre attention upon the politics of celebrity activism? Charlotte Fraser looks at the role it has in detracting attention away from broader, structural...
Ebola: ‘Africa’s problem’
How does the developed world respond to crises in the developing world? Sabrina Marsh explores the current Ebola outbreak in light of inequality, international aid...
Aid to Somerset: Can we do better than comparing vulnerable populations?
ON SATURDAY, THE DAILY MAIL USED ITS FRONT PAGE TO SUPPORT CLAIMS FROM SOME MPS THAT OVERSEAS AID SHOULD BE DIVERTED TO VICTIMS OF...
Cash transfers: global development’s “quiet revolution”
Cash transfer programmes empower poor people in developing countries to take control over their own lives. DiA blogger Hannah Loryman explores why they’re so...
Comic relief 2013
Blog editor Emily Wight muses on the fundraising efforts going on around the country for Comic Relief As I type, people up and down...
The hunger alarm: hear the scream
What is the relationship between the changing climate and food poverty? DiA blogger Hannah Loryman outlines the grave challenges we face and the measures...
India experiences the joy of giving
As the UK announces plans to halt its aid to India and NGOs draw funding out of rural areas to focus more on the...
Conservation Community: building on the technological revolution
Last week, Blog Officer Emily Wight went to the launch of Healthy Planet’s new initiative for charitable giving. Here she reflects on the event...
Aid to India: the end of an era
Following Justine Greening’s announcement last week that the UK will halt funding aid to India from 2015, DiA volunteer Nate Barker considers whether she...
Change the world with $20: an infographic on micro-lending
Following the debate by DiA contributors Nate Barker and Emma Howard, I was approached by Allison Morris from creditstore.net who has kindly contributed an...
Reflections from the 19th International AIDS Conference, Washington 2012
Following President Obama’s decision to lift the US travel ban on people with HIV, Western attitudes towards AIDS are improving. DiA writer Katie Simkins...
What will Justine Greening do for international development?
Last week’s reshuffle saw the Mayor of London Boris Johnson attack David Cameron over what he claimed was the “demotion” of Transport Secretary Justine...
Microfinance: behind the mythology
In response to DiA writer Nate Barker’s arguments against microfinance, Emma Howard defends the practice and claims it is often misrepresented. Emma is a...
Millennium Development Goals: where are we now?
. The Millennium Development Goals have generated a great source of criticism since its inception at the turn of the new millennium and with...