How do you persuade more people in rich countries to back increased funding for international development? Duncan Green on insights from the Development Engagement Lab
What can Oxfam’s new Davos Report teach us about ‘killer graphics’?
From the Davos yacht to the ‘champagne glass’ and ‘dinosaur’ climate graphs, a striking visual always multiplies the impact of your research, especially in the social media age, says Duncan Green
Gambling on development: why I’m (mostly) convinced by Stefan Dercon’s big idea
Duncan Green reviews a provocative new book, which argues that countries’ economic progress depends on a ‘bargain’ struck by the elite to push for growth and development
East Africa vs Ukraine: two tragedies, two very different responses
East Africa is facing its second hunger crisis in a decade, yet it barely registers in the news, and the international system is failing… How did the humanitarian system end up in this mess? Duncan Green on the stark messages from the new Oxfam/Save The Children paper, Dangerous Delay 2, a follow-up to the briefing Dangerous Delay, which warned of the need for change back in 2012
Initial Findings on Emergent Agency in a time of Covid – launch webinar and briefing
In September we kicked off a really interesting project on ‘Emergent Agency in a Time of Covid’ asking people if they wanted to be part of a collective effort to share and discuss the grassroots responses to the pandemic and start to explore their longer-term legacy.
Feminism under siege
Maria Al Abdeh on the work of Women Now for Development in Syria, and the impact of Jo Cox. This is the first post of a new mini series on ‘Being a feminist in difficult places’.
We’re changing up ‘From Poverty to Power’
In the 11 years since I launched this blog, it’s churned out getting on for 2 million words across 2,500+ posts, generating 12,600 comments (thanks everyone). It’s time to change things up.
Davos is here again
Duncan Green summarises Oxfam’s new report.
How can NGOs get better at using evidence to influence governments and companies?
Duncan Green reflects on the Oxfam Research Network’s recent ‘Evidence for Influencing’ Conference, Organised by the Oxfam Research Network and hosted by Konkatkt de Kontinenten in the Netherlands. This week I attended an ‘Evidence for Influencing’ conference in the Netherlands. A couple of Oxfam colleagues had started planning it as a small event, and then found such interest in the topic that …
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