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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak jettisoned the UK's pledge to retain the UK's 0.7 per cent foreign aid commitment this week. Credit: Andrew Parsons

27 Nov 2020 5 minute read

This article is more than two years old.

Don’t just defend aid – make it just

Britain’s aid budget cut is the act of a callous government. But we must re-think aid if we’re to turn the tide, writes...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking at the opening of the UK-Africa Investment Summit, in London, 20 January 2020. Picture: DFID/Michael Hughes

26 Feb 2020 7 minute read

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The bleak future of British foreign aid

The government’s ‘international development’ strategy is a red herring for dubious private financing, argues Nick Dearden

2 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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Save the Children whistleblowers speak out

Brie O’Keefe and Alexia Pepper de Caires speak to Ben Phillips about the...

22 Feb 2018 3 minute read

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Why make women suffer twice?

Don’t cut Oxfam’s support – we need it to root out abuse, says Colombian feminist Gloria Sanchez.

19 Feb 2018 3 minute read

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When disaster strikes, put women in charge

Oxfam’s Haiti sex scandal highlights how girls and young women are most at risk in emergencies. Vanessa Baird...

The trashing of Oxfam

15 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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The trashing of Oxfam

Abuse must be eradicated but the attack on Oxfam is disproportionate, argues Maggie Black in this opinion...

Oxfam scandal no surprise

14 Feb 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Why defunding Oxfam won't stop abuse

‘The idea of altruistic morality puts aid workers in a double bind, eroding true responsibility’

1 Jan 2017 7 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Then & Now

A photographic account of changes over the years in: housing; water; education; health; sanitation; food and farming;...

1 May 2016 11 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Technology as if people mattered*

The world's poor are still losing out. They need a better deal, argues Dinyar Godrej.

1 May 2016 1 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Mind the technology gap - the facts

Technology can be a big enabler – yet the difference in terms of what’s available to rich and poor is vast.

1 May 2016 8 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

'Because the river told me'

Peasant farmers resisting the violence of agribusiness. By Nils McCune.

1 May 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Male baldness v malaria?

Simon Trace on the skewed priorities of medical research.

1 May 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Switched on

Technology, whether low or high, needs to be appropriate and within reach to make a difference.

22 Feb 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Why don’t they go and look?

Forget number-crunching; development workers need to get out into the field to understand poverty, writes Maggie Black...

22 Dec 2015 5 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

G7’s ‘New Alliance’ deal is failing farmers in Africa

Aisha Dodwell argues that such schemes only line transnationals’ pockets.

25 Sep 2015 4 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

The UN sustainable development goals miss the point

It’s all about power, argues Nick Dearden.

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