When volume is not enough

When volume is not enough Article by José Antonio Alonso and Christian Freres

Spain became the sixth largest donor in the world just 30 years after becoming a donor country itself. But the lack of management structure and severe budget cuts means it faces uncertain...

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Issue 20: Collective self-interest

July 2010

While attention has shifted to the economic crisis, other crises, such as global warming and new communicable diseases, have been left in the dark. Looking at today's challenges in the context of global goods could potentially point policy makers in the right direction for reform.

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Dealing in green The Global Green New Deal aims to stimulate economic recovery and reduce environmental degradation and poverty. But it will only succeed if the Group of Twenty commit to global governance and mobilize international support.
Edward B. Barbier , June 30, 2010 - read more >>
Towards a global development strategy
July 01, 2010
The debate on The Broker website on how to shape a global development strategy is starting to take off. Both the lengthier and shorter contributions explore several aspects of the discussion that was presented in our last special report dated Ap... read more >>
The virtues of virtuality
Mendizabal Enrique and Yeo Stephen , June 30, 2010
Changing realities are causing some think tanks to consider reshaping themselves as ‘think nets’, which may be cheaper to run and more conducive to open innovation. But do they have the same ability as think tanks to adapt and evolve? read more >>

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Global green economics What can be done to achieve a truly green global economic system? This question - more pertinent than ever with the current economic, food and energy crises – will guide our blog on a global green economics. The blog was launched at the 2nd Degrowth conference in Barcelona (26-29 March 2010) an...
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The Responsibility to Protect
July 19, 2010
Five years after its acceptance by the 2005 World Summit, it is time to consider the contribution that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has made and could make to the prevention of mass atrocities. While there isPhoto: Mo Fogarty USA conside... read more >>
Nano Rights and Peace
July 19, 2010
Part of the current Dutch societal dialogue on nanotechnology is the international dimension: implications of nanotechnology for peace, security and the interests of people in developing countries. This weblog, coordinated by Ineke Malsch, enabl... read more >>

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Special report: Collective self-interest The current economic crisis is yet another stark reminder of the new policy challenges facing the world. While attention has shifted to the economic crisis, other crises, such as global warming and new communicable diseases, have been temporarily left in the dark. Looking at today's challenges...
Inge Kaul , July 01, 2010 - read more >>
Towards a global development strategy
April 14, 2010
Join the online follow-up discussion! After an initial round of general opinion (Dutch | International) on the report Less Pretension, More Ambition by the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), The... read more >>
Dutch ministry throws the debate wide open
Bieckmann Frans , May 02, 2010
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a mini-conference on 9 April 2010 to discuss the WRR report. The officials were all ears: what did other ministerial departments, academics, the business sector and NGOs think of the report? A comm... read more >>
Is development aid nonsense? panelists discussion
July 05, 2010
The Transnational Institute recently held a debate about the future of Dutch development cooperation. Opinions amongst political parties vary depending on their political orientation but no one seems to be asking the countries in the South about... read more >>
Stories from Aidland
Policy makers are good at thinking up policies for all sorts of development problems. But what happens to them in the process of implementation?... The stories in this series will illustrate important challenges faced by those working in the field of develop...
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Who will present the most brilliant mistake of this year?
Mistakes made by organizations are often not reported, but the Institute for Brilliant Mistakes aims at promoting a positive attitude towards mis... . A Brilliant Mistake is a well- prepared project with a different outcome than wished for, from which a great learning moment i...
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