September 2, 2011
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10 Challenges to 'business as usual' for development agencies: FP2P flashback
August 18, 2011
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Ending Hunger Now – what's missing from Josette Sheeran's talk?
August 4, 2011
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Why do we know so little about how poor people 'do' development?
July 20, 2011
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Playing games with the climate – a great way to explore difficult choices in complex systems
July 19, 2011
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The future of emergency response – the international system v national governments
July 8, 2011
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Climate change: which countries are most at risk? Click on this interactive map to find out
July 1, 2011
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Those who emit the least greenhouse gases will be hit the hardest
April 6, 2011
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Natural and man-made disasters in 2010 – the insurance bill
April 5, 2011
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The reality of climate change: floods, migration and nostalgia – guest blog from Bangladesh
December 9, 2010
What’s the point of running a blog if you can’t indulge in a little nepotism? Last year, I went with my son Finlay (18) to visit Bangladesh and look at the impact of climate change: rising sea levels are leading to ever-greater damage from the region’s cyclones, as we saw in the community of Koyra a few months after the
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Social Protection for Cows?
September 17, 2010
Cows, camels and goats are a crucial store of value in many countries. They provide meat, milk and clothing, they can be a quasi currency and can be passed on to children. In some countries, they are used as a kind of high interest revolving loan – you borrow a pair of breeding animals, look after them til they have
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Channel 16: a new crowdsourcing initiative on disasters and conflict
September 1, 2010
This is exciting – a new crowdsourcing initiative on humanitarian emergencies that combines wikipedia, youtube and Ushahidi to dig deeper, be more user-generated and more linked to taking action than standard media coverage. It’s called Channel 16, and here’s the blurb: “Named after the broadcast frequency of an international distress signal, Channel 16 creates a new frontline for responding to
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