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Can African schools learn lessons from America?

Posted by: Ian Attfield, Education Adviser, Posted on: 11 April 2011 - Categories: Africa, Education

Spending so long in Africa and Asia (around 15 years and counting), it’s easy to lose touch of reforms and changes in education systems in Western countries. So I was very fortunate to support the Zimbabwean delegation at a training …

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Dangerous generalisations: China and climate change

Posted by: Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on: 17 March 2011 - Categories: China, Climate Change

I’ve just finished reading "When a Billion Chinese Jump" by Jonathan Watts. It took me a while – it's a pretty huge book, with copious notes to flick back and forth to. But I am glad I got there. Yes, …

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From the front line to the political front

Posted by: Vicky Seymour, Posted on: 14 May 2009 - Categories: Climate Change

Talk about a rollercoaster of a start to a new job...  I thought coming back from Afghanistan would mean a period of relative relaxation.  How wrong I was!  Climate change is where it's at. My first couple of months have …

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