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Archive for September, 2009

New Essay in Ethics & International Affairs

Posted in Development Theory, Health and Development on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Is more money for global health always good news? No, I am arguing in this lead essay in Ethics & International Affairs (Carnegie Council). Many of the problems that plague decision-making in global health assistance lie not in the global South but in the North, where the monetary flows originate and where most policies are [...]

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New Article in Critical Planning

Posted in Afghanistan, Peace and Conflict, Urban Politics on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The key questions that I am posing in this article are: how can we explain city-level politics in two countries located at the very fringes of global capitalism, and how can a resulting reconfigured theoretical framework be integrated into an international comparative urban research agenda. Contemporary Sierra Leone and Afghanistan present major structural differences compared [...]

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Afghanistan Commentary on Swedish Radio

Posted in Afghanistan, International Politics, Peace and Conflict on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For the Swedish speakers among you, check out Marcus Hansson’s 20-minute feature on Afghanistan’s botched reconstruction, broadcast on September 2, 2009 on Swedish Radio 1. It includes interviews with several international observers. For instance, Antonio Donini at the Fletcher School comments on the aid industry and the discrepancy between its global mobility and its lack [...]

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