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...
World AIDS Day: HIV and post-2015 development
The 1st of December marks World AIDS Day. On this occasion, Lydia Greenaway offers some thoughts on combating the disease, the Millennium Development Goals, and the post-2015...
The fight for universal education and the Nobel Peace Prize
With 2015 fast approaching, education is a development issue that is currently under the spotlight as one of the key Millennium Development Goals. Inma López...
No sanitation: public health implications and private-sector solutions
Going to the toilet might not strike some as a development priority, but social enterprises in India and Kenya have demonstrated the immense social and...
Every child in school: how Westernised education is shrinking knowledge in the 21st century
The globalisation of education is underway, on a scale unprecedented in human history. While its promises are many, Blog Editor Louisa Jones reveals the negative consequences...
‘Can we really end poverty? A debate on the future of development’
Hannah Loryman reports on this recent debate in London, in which a panel of high-level guest speakers predicted the future of international development policy...