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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 almost eight 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 almost eight 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 more than eight years old.

The UN sustainable development goals miss the point

It’s all about power, argues Nick Dearden.

1 Sep 2015 6 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Calling time on the MDGs

No development process succeeds without the participation of those it targets, argues Maggie Black.

21 Jul 2015 6 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Why are NGOs so reluctant to help Greece?

As the island of Lesvos is overwhelmed with immigrants, the world of aid looks on. Beulah Devaney reports.

13 May 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Eight ways to help stop human trafficking in Nepal

Women and children are even more vulnerable following the earthquakes, writes Beulah Devaney, so what can we...

30 Apr 2015 3 minute read

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When life comes crashing down

The Nepal earthquake has devastated an already-poor nation. What next? asks Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

17 Apr 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

EU ups its tropical forest-related aid

On the face of it, this is good news, says Saskia Ozinga – but only if local communities have a say in how...

23 Mar 2015 4 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Use the power of the people to challenge the people in power!

The NGO sector must support activism, not governments. Ben Phillips sees positive signs of this happening.

6 Jan 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

Is all charity good charity?

Ben Greenhalgh argues that our trickle-down charitable giving may be misdirected.

1 Dec 2014 10 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

NGOs - do they help?

There are more NGOs today than ever; some are bigger than ever. Yet, discovers Dinyar Godrej, questions...

1 Dec 2014 6 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

The company they keep

Big NGOs and big corporations – Ian Brown finds they are getting a bit too close.

1 Dec 2014 6 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

Evicted by charity

The green imperialism of some conservation charities, by Sophie Pritchard.

1 Dec 2014 2 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

The unwelcome return of development pornography

John Hilary on a degrading spectacle that keeps coming back.

26 Nov 2014 4 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

Tony Blair’s deadly legacy reaps Save The Children award

Felicity Arbuthnot is incredulous that a children’s charity can honour a man so closely linked to infanticide...

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