I am the new Head of Profession for Social Development at DFID. I will be using this space to highlight new research, policy and ideas for social development that are brewing in DFID and worldwide. This week I am going …
I'm at home today (December 9th), as Tanzania celebrates Uhuru Day, the anniversary of Tanganyika's independence in 1961 from the UK. This year however the event has been tinged with sadness as the news of Nelson Mandela's death reverberated around …
The end of the year is always a time for reflecting on what has gone well and hasn't: 2011 has been my first full year at DFID, working on the topic of green growth – one of the hottest issues …
So today it was my turn in the climate change hot seat here at the World Bank in Washington. The highlight of my day was being able to approve an exciting new programme called Scaling-up Renewable Energy (SREP). SREP will focus on …
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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