Where thinking and working politically meets gender: tactics that have worked Podcast + transcript: did we get it wrong on land grabs in Africa? In Conversation with Laura German How do we Start Thinking About AI and Development? (one post by me, one by ChatGPT!) What does politically smart support to democracy and human rights look like? Can humanitarian experience guide the development of new loss and damage funding ..read more

Want to know what happened to the whole issue of land governance, land grabs and women's land rights in Africa? Here's anthropology professor Laura German, author of 'Power/Knowledge/Land: Contested Ontologies of Land and its Governance in Africa'.   ..read more

Seeing the forest beyond the trees: Coalition building in Indonesia and beyond and the lessons for donors Older and at the Sharp End: Why more Social Protection is needed to protect Older People in the global food, finance & fuel crisis  Linking Dignity & Development: Where have we got to? Links I Liked Public Engagement with Aid: What do we know from 10 years of research? Why are Civil Wars Lasting Longer ..read more

Links I Liked Aid in 'Politically Estranged Settings' and the Disappointment Cycle of reading new papers Book Review: Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development: Starting from the South ChatGPT: implications for teaching, how it analyses Brexit and the link to Psychoanalysis  ..read more

Citizen action for accountability in challenging contexts: What have we learned?  Venture Philanthropy and Asset Based Community-Driven Development – a marriage made in heaven?  The Revenge of Power: A Great Book that will help you better understand Modern Politics Food and energy protests signal failures of accountability on a global scale ..read more

Citizen action for accountability in challenging contexts: What have we learned?  Venture Philanthropy and Asset Based Community-Driven Development – a marriage made in heaven?  The Revenge of Power: A Great Book that will help you better understand Modern Politics Food and energy protests signal failures of accountability on a global scale ..read more

Links I Liked 6 tricks for diverting Britain’s Aid to the UK Oxfam and BRAC: the links between Bloody-Mindedness and Innovation How Beijing Commands: how the Communist Party combines Ambiguity and Clarity to Maximum Effect ..read more

UK Budget 2023: What the Big Red Box leaves out  Links I Liked Book Review: Lives Amid Violence: Transforming Development in the Wake of Conflict Evidence-informed policy FAQs: dinner party edition What can a Water Project in DRC tell us about Adaptive Management in fragile/conflict affected settings ..read more

Links I Liked x2 Bread and roses – why Oxfam is shining a light on feminist movements this March White Saviorism in International development. Theories, Practices and Lived Experiences How could a Funder help Promote Research for Impact? Does digitalised social protection worsen exclusion for women? Remembering Robin Palmer, a giant in defence of land rights in Africa and beyond ..read more

Links I Liked Five types of humanitarian influence  Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity  ..read more