Blogs

This blog discusses the new turn in Germany after the latest elections in September 2009.

The financial crisis has prompted a discussion on the re-structuring of the world’s financial system. 

The decisions that are made in the autumn of 2009 will shape Europe’s international role in the future.

Through his illustrations and cartoons, Quique will explore a number of development issues and debates. He will share his impressions on new research, events and report from around the world through matter-of-fact illustrations, irony, sarcasm and…

Janelle Ward is assistant professor of media and communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research explores how civil society organizations and issue campaigns use new communication technologies to inform and mobilize ordinary citiz…

Communication for Sustainable Social Change is a new Centre-of-Excellence opening within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts. 

The Development Studies Association , which works to connect and promote the development research community in UK and Ireland, will hold it’s annual conference at the University of Ulster in Belfast from 2 – 4th September.

This week The Broker is blogging from the Towards Knowledge Democracy conference in Leiden, The Netherlands. 

Jim Woodhill blogged for The Broker from the Convergence of Science conference in Ghana which focused on strengthening innovation systems for agriculture and rural poverty reduction.

What, if anything, should replace the MDGs as a policy focus or new development paradigm? In issue 14 The Broker included an article by Andy Sumner of IDS ‘Rethinking development policy: Beyond 2015’ which considers what a 2015 architecture should…