Diversification, inclusion and working closely with the wide variety of diaspora groups - it is not a burden, it is a huge opportunity.

Diaspora organisations could play a crucial role in making Dutch development policies and programmes more effective. An introduction to the ‘Diaspora Inclusion’ dossier.

The biggest challenge is responding in the short term while maintaining a long-term view on the ‘big changes’ we are trying to support.

As Somalia braces for the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, debt relief will not help prepare it for the financial and political catastrophe ahead.

Just as our bodies need oxygen, the economy needs money – so the theory goes. If we do not steer away from this limited paradigm, then the cure we apply now will become a liability by giving rise to potential crises in the future.

Limiting the effects of the pandemic on Africa requires an urgent global response. The international community must provide support in ways that strengthen, rather than undermine, Africans’ freedoms.