Members and guests of the AAG’s Development Geographies Specialty Group (DGSG) will meet on Thursday, February 23, from 5PM until 8PM in midtown Manhattan for the 2012 DGSG Pre-Conference. Click here for the event poster. Drawing from their own research, 7 presenters will each deliver a 7-minute Policy Plea, followed by open discussion in plenary session. [...]
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DW interview on QDDR: no blueprint for other countries
Posted in Development Theory, International Politics on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
DW Deutsche Welle (the “German BBC”) recently interviewed me on the State Department’s First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). Professor James Davis at St. Gallen University, Switzerland and I were asked to comment on whether the mainstreaming of development policy into diplomacy is an approach that other countries should consider as well. What a neat [...]
New OECD Report: “Do No Harm: International Support for Statebuilding”
Posted in Afghanistan, Development Theory, International Politics, Peace and Conflict on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Despite the best of intentions, donors can inadvertently undermine statebuilding processes. When the resources they deliver or the reforms they advocate weaken rather than strengthen the state’s decision- and policy-making functions, their efforts can do more harm than good. Donors can also do harm by creating a brain drain away from state organizations. When aid [...]
Politicophobia: How the UN Fails Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Development Theory, International Politics, Peace and Conflict on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a parliamentary democracy with a president at the executive helm, it is one of the former’s most critical prerogatives to review, approve or potentially reject the latter’s cabinet. This is the procedure followed in the U.S. and many other countries in the world. Even the otherwise weak European Parliament in Strasbourg retains the right [...]
Gary Gaile Development Geographies Pre-Conference in DC
Posted in Afghanistan, Development Theory, Health and Development, International Politics, Urban Politics on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Development Geographies Specialty Group of the AAG is delighted to present the “Gary Gaile Development Geographies Pre-Conference” in Washington, DC, a one-day event in April 2010 which is themed around innovative policies and approaches emerging at the interface of research and practice. Merging debate around cutting edge research and acute practical challenges, the format [...]
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 [...]
The Astronomy of Aid: Stars and Starlets in International Development
Posted in Development Theory, International Politics on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
All universes have their stars. It is therefore not surprising that International Development, as its own little universe, has produced both stars and starlets. In the following, I classify and characterize some of the most prominent and luminous celestial bodies. They can be seen almost every day and night in the sky projected onto us [...]
Development as Fiction: The Failure of the MDGs
Posted in Development Theory, International Politics on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers and Michael Woolcock have recently proposed that works of fiction may be just as valid and useful sources of knowledge than official reports and academic papers: “Not only are certain works of fiction ‘better’ than academic or policy research in representing central issues relating to development, but they also frequently reach [...]
The Divine End of Demonic Neoliberalism
Posted in Development Theory, International Politics on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Charity in truth is a force that builds community.” The Pope has spoken. His latest Encyclical Letter ‘Caritas in Veritate‘ (“of the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI to the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Men and Women Religious, the Lay Faithful, and All People of Good Will on Integral Human Development in Charity and Truth”) is a [...]
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