GELI Stories:  -          Building Coalitions between UN Agencies and Government Ministries in Eswatini -          Working in closed and informal political spaces like Eritrea  4 posts on future of UK Aid under Labour: -          Two from Andy Sumner of Kings -          Options for UK Aid: DFID survivor Tom Wingfield responds to Andy Sumner -          Lisa Nandy on UK's Future Development Policy Under Labour ..read more

How Blogs can Change Government Policy Six big humanitarian policy trends for 2024 What are the Grounds for Hope in a World of Wrecks? The Rise of 'Trust-Based Philanthropy' - aka Unconditional Cash Transfers to NGOs Is Poverty Porn a thing of the past? Yes and No ..read more

I sat down a few months ago to discuss data and development with Clare Melamed, who runs the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. Transcript available on the From Poverty to Power blog ..read more

Links I Liked UN Women makes Norm Change central to its mission What's it like Explaining NGOs to Senior Military types from 40 Countries? Feminist Climate Justice – what is it and how could it help? Mia Mottley on Slavery, Poverty, George Floyd, Climate and the Future of the World Some last minute Christmas book presents   ..read more

Links I Liked UN Women makes Norm Change central to its mission What's it like Explaining NGOs to Senior Military types from 40 Countries? Feminist Climate Justice – what is it and how could it help? Mia Mottley on Slavery, Poverty, George Floyd, Climate and the Future of the World Some last minute Christmas book presents   ..read more

Links I Liked Voices of Gaza What do 70 Masters students from around the world want to campaign on? What to read on the new UK White Paper on International Development? What can we learn from looking at the overlaps between innovations in ways of doing research and neglected development issues?   ..read more

Why did the Street Movements of the 2010s fail? What Tactics are most Effective in Non-Violent Protest? Think tanks are struggling. They need to change. Whoop Whoop. Just made a personal Webpage it's super easy. RIP Saleemul Huq, a true climate hero Why a “humanitarian pause” or “humanitarian corridors” are simply not the answer in Gaza Pracademics: just a clunky new word, or something more significant/substantial ..read more

Links I Liked Which book should I review next? You decide please! How do we talk about Older People in Development and Activism? Be Care-full. A poem for the times Links I Liked Will growth be enough to end poverty? New Projections of the UN Sustainable Development Goals What would make an Atheist spend a day discussing Faith and Development ..read more

Links I Liked Finishing a 2nd Edition of How Change Happens - here are drafts of two new chapters for you to read.  5 Things we Learned from Evaluating the Impact of Research How Local Women Mobilizers Shaped Ukraine’s Invasion Response New Version of the free online 'Make Change Happen' course launched this week - check it out Do our LSE Activism Students know it all already?  ..read more

Links I Liked Book Review: Power and Progress. Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity, by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson What can we learn from how an Adaptive Management programme has navigated Myanmar’s current chaos? Fancy some Good News? Brits are getting nicer ..read more