HANDS OFF!: KENYAN SLUM DWELLERS UNITE TO PROTECT CITY DAM
KAGONDU NJAGI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the battle over land rights in Nairobi’s Kibera slum…
Should aid work stop when militants move in?
Thomson Reuters Foundation When jihadists on motorbikes surrounded a village in Mali’s Toubakoro commune last October, a US aid group helping local farmers improve their incomes found itself in a bind. After their one staff member left the area for security reasons, reporting on the project’s progress to its British government funder was going to […]
INTERNATIONAL AID AND DEVELOPMENT: AS CRISES MULTIPLY, WHAT ARE AID GROUPS’ PRIORITIES FOR 2019?
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, polls aid groups on what they have as priorities in the coming year…
As countries look inward, development cash falls short – UN deputy chief
Thomson Reuters Foundation Funding for international efforts to build resilience to climate change and meet other development goals is faltering, warns United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed. “It is a tough world right now out there. Everyone is backsliding,” she said in an interview. Instead of thinking about common action, more world leaders are […]
THE INTERVIEW: MEREDITH SCOTT, CEO OF OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA
Meredith Scott is the new chief executive officer of international development organisation Opportunity International Australia. She talks with DAVID ADAMS about what’s surprised her about the new job, the organisation’s new “tagline”, and how her faith inspires her to help others…
Poor countries face $US168 billion interest bill due to climate change
Thomson Reuters Foundation Poor countries could have to pay up to $US168 billion more in interest over the next decade as extreme weather events brought on by climate change affect their credit ratings, a study said on Monday. Nations that rely heavily on agriculture are likely to suffer as global temperatures rise, bringing more storms, […]
Ignoring conflict undercuts disaster protection efforts, researchers warn
Thomson Reuters Foundation Efforts to protect the poorest from threats such as hurricanes and floods will fall short unless they take into account the on-the-ground realities of countries beset by conflict or poor governance, humanitarian experts said. Humanitarian and development workers trying to reduce disaster risk too often ignore conflict in their interventions, researchers and […]
BOOKS: EXPLORING THE NEXUS BETWEEN SACRED SPACES AND DEVELOPMENT
DARREN CRONSHAW looks at a scholarly text on in inter-relationships between faith and development spaces…
ESSAY: HELPING WOMEN AND GIRLS FIND THEIR VOICE
In an article marking International Women’s Day, CHIKONDI MPOKOSA, director of the women and girls program at microfinance and development organisation, Opportunity International, reflects on why women’s voices are important when it comes to getting more girls into education…
DEVELOPMENT: EVERYONE’S A WINNER? HOW ‘IMPACT INVESTING’ CAN MAKE MONEY – AND DO GOOD
LEE MANNION, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how small-scale investors in Britain are making a difference to the lives of families in Africa…