A series of blogs from graduates on this year’s DFID Graduate Development Scheme. The Graduate Scheme takes on young people with a passion for development and provides them with a year's experience and training within DFID. This year's graduates will be blogging on the issues they face as they start out in development and the big debates they see emerging over their careers.
When I think of fragile and conflict affected states such as Afghanistan, Somalia or the Congo, in the development context, I think of humanitarian projects or perhaps peace building initiatives. These are generally short-term programmes aimed at dealing with emergencies …
The word “evidence” conjures many emotions. In fact, I can almost hear the audible sigh as you read the title of this blog. But if you think about it we use some form of evidence every day in our lives. …
Mahabat is a natural teacher. Her warm character is balanced by a gentle authority that ensures her young pupils are quick to follow her direction in class. I met her last week in Dostuk, Kyrgyzstan, while visiting the kindergarten where …
My name is Thomas Baylem and I work on the Education and Partnerships Team as part of the DFID graduate scheme. On 14th April, I'll be running the Brighton Marathon to raise as much money as I can to support …
Much of my first three months at DFID were spent on the build up to and organisation of the OpenUp! Conference, an event organised between DFID and the Omidyar Network, in association with Wired magazine. Coming relatively fresh to development I …
Welcome to my blog! In September I got my first break into the world of development and stepped inside the walls of the Department for International Development (DFID) in London as part of their first intake of Graduate Placements. I've …
At University, as an Economics and International Development student, I remember one of the lectures we had on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). We covered some of the successes of CSR and some of the infamous failures of businesses trying to …
Hello and thanks for reading my very first blog. Not long ago I also wrote my first ever tweet at the Open Up! conference on the 13th November which promoted open governance using technology in London’s tech city - let’s …
Do you know what a multilateral organisation is? Do you know your GAVI from your GPE? Your AsDB from your AfDB? Your UNDP from your UNFPA? Last July I was happily informed I had obtained a place on the DFID graduate development …
It takes imagination to picture what ancient Panjakent once looked like. While it might now be little more than a sprawl of ruins in western Tajikistan, the city was once a thriving trading point along the Silk Route. Like famous …
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