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Who Sets the Aid Agenda, and Why Does That Matter?

Posted in Health and Development, Urban Politics on December 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »

AU staff writer Sally Acharya recently interviewed me for the American Magazine. The article provides a neat summary of my current research. Kudos and thanks to Sally!

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Gary Gaile Development Geography 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 Geography 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 and [...]

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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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Afghanistan Health Profile Downloadable

Posted in Afghanistan, Health and Development, Peace and Conflict on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A new profile of health challenges in Afghanistan can be downloaded from the teaching page of this website (see courses listed under ‘Spring 2009′). Authored by over thirty graduate students at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and compiled by Kathleen Chan, it provides an up-to-date and concise overview of epidemiological factors impacting on [...]

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Afghanistan: A Victory for Women – A Defeat of Democracy?

Posted in Afghanistan, Health and Development, International Politics, Peace and Conflict on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The Afghan Ministry of Justice has presented a revised version of a new law regulating marital affairs for the country’s Shi’ite minority. Many of its previous medieval provisions have been scrapped. No longer does it prescribe the frequency of sexual activity that Shi’ite women in Afghanistan would have had to observe, thus practically legalizing domestic [...]

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What Makes Global Health Political?

Posted in Development Theory, Health and Development on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Lawrence Gostin, in a recent scholarly op-ed in JAMA, has argued passionately that health inequality is deeply unethical. I fully agree. The question is how the current architecture of global health assistance can be changed so that it becomes more responsive to the unethical reality of global health disparities.
I just finished an essay for publication [...]

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