Tag Archives: Poverty

Every child in the developing world is a Malala

Posted on March 17, 2015 by ipeanddevelopment

NB: Before you start flaming me and criticising me for this post, think through before you comment. So across the last few years, Malala Yousafzai has been seen by many in the development community as the golden child of development. … Continue reading →

Posted in International Development, Posts | Tagged activism, Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, civil society, Clinton, education, girls, global poverty, Gordon Brown, Hilary Clinton, Human Rights, hunger, International Development, Malala, Malala Yousafzai, Poverty, primary education | 1 Comment

A Tale of two live videos…

Posted on February 5, 2013 by ipeanddevelopment

Across the month of November (or December, yes this entry is very late I watched two live videos, one of a two day conference, and one of a short panel consisting of two prominent world “stars”. More specifically, they were … Continue reading →

Posted in ODI, Official Development Assistance, Overseas Development Institute, Posts, Poverty Reduction, World Bank | Tagged Andrew Rogerson, Bono, CAPE, CAPE2012, Centre for And and Public Exependiture, China, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, Ed Hedger, Edward Hedger, IDA, IDA Replenishment, IDA Replenishment Rounds, International Development, International Political Economy, IPE, Jim Yong Kim, Jonathan Glennie, Latin America, ODI, ONE, Open Data, Overseas Development Institute, Owen Barder, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, South-South Cooperation, World Bank | Leave a comment

So you want to start another organisation to combat poverty? A possible case of too many cooks spoiling the broth

Posted on October 19, 2012 by ipeanddevelopment

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one” so wrote John Lennon is his extremely well known song Imagine. Many people individually or collectively imagine they can creating something, even though they know others have already done … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigning, DFID, Economic Thought, Human Development, Human Development Reports, International Development, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, ODI, Overseas Development Institute, Poverty Reduction, UNDP, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank | Tagged $1/day, Amartya Sen, Center for Global Development, CGD, CGDev, Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Department for International Development, DFID, DIE, Ducan Green, gender inequality, Gender Inequality Index, German Development Institute, Global Development, GRIPS, HDI, Human Development, Human Development Index, Human Development Report Office, Human Development Reports, IDS, IIED, Imagine, Inequality Adjusted HDI, Institute for Development Studies, International Development, International Institute for Environment and Development, John Lennon, Joseph Stiglitz, Lawrence Haddad, Mahbub ul Haq, MPHI, Multidimensional Poverty Index, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, NGO, NGOs, Non-Governmental Organisation, ODI, OPHI, Overseas Development Institute, Owen Barder, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, Sabina Alkire, UNDP, UNDP HDRO, United Nation Development Programme, World Bank, World Bank Group | Leave a comment

Goodbye Mark Lazarowicz, hello Tony Cunningham

Posted on October 10, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

And so the wait is over. Ed Miliband released his full Opposition Frontbench team. Mark Lazarowicz, the Scottish MP who was the Shadow Minister of State for International Development is out of the team. He is replaced by a certain … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Mitchell, DFID, International Development, Ivan Lewis, Mark Lazarowicz, Posts, Poverty Reduction, Tony Cunningham | Tagged Africa, AIDS, Andrew Mitchell, Department for International Development, DFID, Harriet Harman, International Development, Ivan Lewis, landmines, Mark Lazarowicz, Poverty, Shadow Front Bench, Tony Cunningham, UK Conservative Party, UK Labour Party, Voluntary Service Organisation, VSO | 2 Comments

Ivan Lewis is back: Will he shake up the DFID Shadow team?

Posted on October 8, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

First entry after a while…due to the fact that a) I’m a second year Doctoral Researcher now and b) I’m teaching four classes of Introduction to Political Economy (POLS 107 in Birmingham POLSIS speak) (a first year course). Oh the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alan Duncan, Andrew Mitchell, DFID, Harriet Harman, International Development, International Political Economy, IPE, Ivan Lewis, Least Developed Countries, Mark Lazarowicz, ODI, Posts, Poverty Reduction, Rushanara Ali, Stephen O'Brien | Tagged 0.7%/GNI, Alan Duncan, Center for Global Development, Department for International Development, developing country, DFID, Doctoral Researcher, economic development, Ed Miliband, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Harriet Harman, International Development, International Political Economy, Introduction to Political Economy, IPE, Ivan Lewis, Labour Campaign for International Development, LCID, LDCs, Least Developed Countries, Mark Lazarowicz, ODI, Overseas Development Institute, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, Rushanara Ali, Shadow Front Bench, Stephen O'Brien, UK Labour Party | Leave a comment

Re-post from The Birmingham Brief: A critical assessment of the 2011 UK multilateral and bilateral aid reviews

Posted on April 21, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

Here ishow my post that appearred on Birmingham University’s Birmingham Brief–an articled titled “A critical assessment of the 2011 UK multilateral and bilateral aid reviews”
Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Mitchell, DFID, Harriet Harman, IDA, International Development, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction, Rushanara Ali | Tagged Bilateral Aid Review, Birmingham Brief, Coalition Government, Department for International Development, DFID, foreign aid, HERR, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Emergency Response Review, International Organisations, International Political Economy, IPE, Jiesheng Li, LDCs, Multilateral Aid Review, ODA, Official Development Assistance, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, principal-agent theory, UK Conservative Party, UK Labour Party, UK Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom, University of Birmingham, Value for Money | Leave a comment

Shadowing DFID: Mitchell vs Harman

Posted on March 8, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

It’s one thing unique and wonderful that after 1997 all three major British political parties supported the need to focus on International Development and increase aid with a focus not on tying aid to British commercial interests but that of poverty reduction…but the Shadow Minister and his/her team must come up with a viable development -centred policy, not a political centred development policy Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Mitchell, DFID, Harriet Harman, International Development, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction | Tagged 0.7%/GNI, Andrew Mitchell, Bilateral Aid Review, Cash on Delivery, Center for Global Development, Department for International Development, DFID, foreign aid, Hansard, Harriet Harman, International Development, Labour Campaign for International Development, Multilateral Aid Review, ODA, Official Development Assistance, One World Conservatism, Overseas Development Institute, Paul Collier, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, Rushanara Ali, Shadow Front Bench, UK Conservative Party, UK Labour Party, UK Liberal Democrats, UK Parliament, UN Women, UNIFEM, United Nations Development Fund for Women | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Poverty

Every child in the developing world is a Malala

A Tale of two live videos…

So you want to start another organisation to combat poverty? A possible case of too many cooks spoiling the broth

Goodbye Mark Lazarowicz, hello Tony Cunningham

Ivan Lewis is back: Will he shake up the DFID Shadow team?

Re-post from The Birmingham Brief: A critical assessment of the 2011 UK multilateral and bilateral aid reviews

Shadowing DFID: Mitchell vs Harman

Archives

Email Subscription

Blogroll

Development and other topics

International Development

International Development Related

IPE

Other sites

Think Tanks

Creative Commons Licence