The bimonthly magazine The Broker and its associated website and email newsletter are published by the Foundation for International Development Publications (IDP), Stationsweg 28, 2312 AV Leiden, The Netherlands.

The Broker aims to contribute to evidence-based policy making and better formulated research questions in the field of poverty reduction and international development. The Broker helps policy makers, practitioners and scientists to make a better use of the results and conclusions of recent and ongoing research and evaluations, in the fields of economics, governance, security and science & technology.

To reach its objective The Broker reviews and provides independent journalistic analyses of research of both the public and private sector research and evaluations of both government and NGO development programmes.

Editor in Chief: Frans Bieckmann (editor@thebrokeronline.eu)
Research editor: Ellen Lammers
Editing: Tracy Brown Collins (Contactivity bv, Leiden)
Web editor: Louise Stoddard

Research: Chris van der Borgh (conflict), Willemijn Verkoren (civil society) and Janne Nijman (global justice).

Editorial committee: Mirjam Ros-Tonen (chair), Johan van de Gronden, Erik van Heeswijk, Bram Huijsman, Kees Schaepman, Fons van der Velden.

Production and website: Contactivity bv, Leiden (www.contactivity.com)
Production coordinator and photo research: Rutger Engelhard
Design and layout: Frisse Wind, Amsterdam (www.frissewind.nl)
Cover illustrations: Rutger Post
Layout editors: Anita Toebosch, Robert-jan Cornet
Translator: Andy Brown

Board of IDP: Louk Box (chair), Peter Ballantyne, Evelijne Bruning, Ton Dietz and Rajendre Khargi.

The Broker is funded by the NWO/WOTRO Science for Global Development and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The opinions expressed in The Broker are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of its publisher or funding agencies.

ISSN 1874-2033

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