As outlined in the digital strategy, DFID has invited a group of digital and development experts with a wealth of different experience to join a digital advisory panel. Their role is to take an overview of our strategy for digital …
There is a rising groundswell of interest in how international donors can rapidly respond to changing contexts, developing adaptive competences and incentives. Owen Barder, Duncan Green, Matt Andrews, Tim Harford and Ben Ramalingam have all been writing about these issues …
When I was first told I'd be meeting a Tanzanian poultry farmer during my visit to see Red Nose Day and UK government cash at work, a good few images came to mind. An expanse of rural land filled with …
I was in the UK when news of the Westgate attack started to break in Nairobi. My family and friends couldn't disguise the fact that they were pleased I was there and, by implication, not at the mall. I quickly …
Intense rainfall across Pakistan this monsoon season has driven tens of thousands of people out of their homes and villages for the fourth year running. They sought shelter on raised land or in school buildings, victims to another extreme weather …
I was educated to be a doctor, and look at what I became! In India, we follow the instructions of our parents. As part of a generation and culture of doing what we are told, I dutifully attended medical school. …
I have been working in and on Pakistan for many years, starting there as an economist in the 1980s. It is perhaps the most exciting and challenging partner country for anyone interested in development. It has it all – conflict …
My name is Morag Patrick and I joined DFID this year to work on increasing the transparency of aid to improve both the impact of UK aid and wider aid impact through the international system. I plan to blog about …
For a long time Pakistanis have been talking about change. In governance terms we call it reform. The message, however, is clear – business as usual is not working. Not far from where I work in DFID Pakistan there is …
In the UK, Pakistan is regularly in the news, and most of it is bad. So you may find it hard to believe that anyone would work here by choice. But I do - and I really enjoy it! Pakistan …
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