Writings about away and home and everywhere in between. I finally watched the Invisible Children video that is making waves this week. This video has brought up a huge deba.

The bottom line of this line of thought is the following. Smallholders can feed the world. The opposite side builds a counter-argument on the basis of one observation. A new model for African agriculture needed? Ne model which synthesizes both positions by emphasizing the importance of.

The ramblings of an itinerant pedagogue. Saturday, April 9, 2016. Consortium of Universities for Global Health. As a poster at the 7th Annual CUGH conference. Feel free to download the essay. Friday, February 27, 2015. The Commission on Narcotic Drugs to place ketamine on a schedule of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

I paid my first trip to Afghanistan this month. The organisation I work for, Saferworld. Resulting in another huge loss of life. The aim of the programme as the name suggests is to forge a new form of responsive governance whereby citizens themselves collaboratively shape action plans for their areas that are then funded through either that programme or by bilateral donors supportive of.

Owen Barder on Development and Complexity.

Wrapping up the class and this tumultuous year, here are some links on the issues we discussed in the last sessions. It is still unclear what direction US foreign aid will take under President Trump. That at least those programs that have bipartisan support. Will most definitely suffer, and, most likely, so will US support for multilateral organizations.

Thoughts from the bottom rung of development careers. If you want to follow what I am up to now, please check out my new podcast Connected and Disaffected.