There’s a lot of argument these days within the aid and development community over what works, what doesn’t and what…
Happy Halloween! There remains argument among the historians as to how this celebration got started. Some say it was first…
Guest post by Katie Leach-Kemon, a policy translation specialist from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. In…
A new book that profiles economist Jeffrey Sachs is augmented by two new reports on the controversial Millennium Villages Project. One explores media attention to the MVP in Africa. Another says that the mistakes made by the MVP provide lessons for future projects and illustrate the importance of transparency in development projects.
The Global Fund was, and is, one of the most hopeful, compassionate and impressive things the international community has done in a long time. That’s why it’s being celebrated in and around the grand UN confab this week. That’s why some cheered when Britain announced it would give another $1.6 billion this week, and it’s also why some are clamoring for even more funds – since many millions more are still not reached. But like most things we humans do when we rush in to fix something, it was also seriously flawed.
Jeff Sachs (New York) – Expanding access to technology works hand in glove with the end of extreme poverty, the…
PlayPumps Service Project PlayPumps are a go-to example of failed aid interventions. The merry-go-round powered by playing children pumped water…
President Barack Obama finishes an address following a tour with his family of Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. Now that…
What’s at stake: Between 4 million and 10 million more hungry people overseas could be fed — for the same amount of money — if proposed changes are enacted, according to experts at a leading anti-poverty think tank, Center for Global Development.
Haitian boy with choleraUnicef The UN continues to refuse to take responsibility for the cholera outbreak in Haiti. It will…