Aid or immigration?
There was an interesting programme on BBC Radio 4 on Monday night, Analysis, which looked at the following question: The government is committed to protecting the aid budget. Frances Cairncross asks...
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Is migration really too toxic?
This post was first published on the Center for Global Development Views from the Center blog. It offers four ideas for progress towards a more development-friendly immigration policy in the United...
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All that glisters: the golden thread and complexity
David Cameron co-chairs the UN Panel on the future of the development agenda, so his ‘golden thread’ view of development could be of global significance. This blog post, the second of three looking at...
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Migration and Development [podcast]
In the latest Development Drums podcast, my colleague Michael Clemens explains why migration is important for development. In a wide-ranging discussion, Michael addresses concerns about the impact on...
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How committed is Europe to development really?
This joint post with Alice Lépissier and Liza Reynolds first appeared on Views from the Center. It announces the launch of the Europe Beyond Aid initiative and presents a summary of the research and...
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“I have a dream …” [global edition]
Fifty years ago today, on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and gave his famous speech: I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out...
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Here is UK Education Secretary Michael Gove: We want to ensure disadvantage is not destiny. We want liberate children from any accidents of birth or background to determine their own fate. I agree with...
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Migration and Development: Small Tweaks for Big Benefits
This blog post by me and Theodore Talbot first appeared on Views from the Center. Britain’s highly charged debate about immigration means that migration systems and policies are potentially in flux—a...
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A twenty-first century development policy
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center. It drives me crazy that so many people equate development policy with foreign aid. That’s why I welcome this week’s landmark report from the...
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Financing for development – where the treasure is buried
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center under a different title. It caused Duncan Green to ask this question on twitter, which amused me: Good test for ppl who still see politics as...
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Addis: A Good First Step, but a Terrible Last Word, for 2015
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center. The Financing for Development Conference, which drew to a close yesterday in Addis Ababa, was never going to solve all the world’s development...
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Here’s a simple way to help refugees: give them cash
This article first appeared on the Telegraph Online on 7 September 2015. The tragic reality faced by millions of people fleeing Syrian conflict were driven home this week as we were confronted with...
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More in common
I’m tired and upset, and that probably isn’t the best time to write about what I think of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. But here goes anyway. I reserve the right to think something...
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Give us the courage to change the things we can – the serenity prayer for...
This blog post first appeared on Views from the Center. As my friends know, I’m not religious – indeed, I fall into the ‘militant atheist’ category – but as my day job is trying to promote peace and...
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