Within international relations theory and foreign policy circles, there is considerable interest in understanding China’s rise to power. In an...

As Covid-19 vaccines become available, health officials, policymakers, philanthropic organisations and people like you and me are being confronted with...

I took part in a panel at the annual Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) conference last week. The topic...

The world is placing considerable hope in Covid-19 vaccines. Among the countries hardest hit by the pandemic is India, with...

Workshops that aim to strengthen individual and institutional capacity are a routine feature of the lives of administrators and development...

The resource curse refers to a paradox: countries that are naturally endowed with an abundance of natural resources are often...

This has by all means been a difficult year. The pandemic has not only wreaked havoc on our lives, it...

2020 has been a year most would like to forget. While more than 77 million people have been infected by...

Promoting and achieving sustainable development requires governments to be able to work across several policy domains and involve individuals and...

The on-going conflict in Ethiopia, which many observers have termed as a civil war, is making world news headlines. In...

China has not only achieved impressive economic growth in recent decades, but has also managed to lift hundreds of millions...

I nequality generally refers to a state or condition of being unequal and the term is frequently used to convey...

Used clothing— variously termed as “clothes of dead white people” (Kenya), “clothing of calamity” (Mozambique) or “clothes in a heap”...

The United Nations celebrated its 75th anniversary last week. It is an opportune time to reflect on the organisation’s major...

T he United Nations celebrated its 75th anniversary last week. It is an opportune time to reflect on the organisation’s...

The Nobel Peace Prize this year was awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP). In its announcement, the Norwegian Nobel...

A large majority of policymakers on the African continent complain about the poor state of their roads and bridges and...

Studying the role of institutions and their evolution often helps us better understand political and economic development in our countries....

The growing tensions between the Nile Basin countries—Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan—over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has made news headlines...

There numerous well-intentioned global efforts and development agendas and a multitude of stakeholders involved in saving lives as well as...