What is apparent in today’s energy and climate debate is that market forces seem to be moving ahead of political will and policy. Eighty-seven wind turbines stood waiting to be “unveiled” off the northwest coast of England. They were to join...
For all those who remain deeply committed to Myanmar’s reform process, the Reuters case is yet another wake up call. The government of Myanmar and its de facto head, Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, are facing renewed international...
A new report on the scale and extent of sexual abuse and exploitation in the aid sector should come as no surprise, says Jacqui Hunt of Equality Now. A report published in July by the UK House of Commons International Development Committee (IDC) has...
With nothing to require companies to invest in line with the development agenda, corporate ventures in Africa might come to resemble Chinese neocolonial corporate models that do not actually alleviate poverty but rather enable it. The European...
About one-third of America believes in Trump’s dystopian vision of the world. Everybody else believes that Trump himself is dystopia incarnate. Candide is the first and most amusing example of the powerlessness of positive thinking. In this...
