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- Special Report: Greening the global economy
- Special Report: Cities of the world unite
- Special report: The power of value chains
- Special report: Social academia
- Special report: Who is the enemy?
- Special report: The rise of solar energy
- Special report: Health for all
- Special report: Deep democracy
- Special report: Wobbly legs
- Special report: The Dutch treatment
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Special Report: Greening the global economy
February 03, 2010 Jeffrey Sachs , Peter H. May
The global crises have prompted calls for new ways of thinking about what can be done to steer economic development in a greener direction. Since, in politics, one should ‘never let a serious crisis go to waste’, this is the time to take bold steps. Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Peter May, past president of the International Society for Ecological Economics, offer their views on the possibility and necessity to develop a new, green economics. Read more>>
In the run-up to the MDG +10 conference in New York (preceding the UN General Assembly in September), The Broker wants to generate an in-depth and visionary discussion on the future of aid. The Dutch report 'Less pretension, more ambition', published on 18 January by the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), serves as the kick-off.
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Building peace, states and hybrids
February 02, 2010 Mariano Aguirre , Chris van der Borgh
International missions that aim to support stability, peace- and state-building in crisis areas are often unsure of how to move forward. The idea is gaining ground that a ‘revisioning’ of such interventions is needed. Hybrid is the new buzzword. Read more>>
Is the aid system at a tipping point?
February 02, 2010 Nils Boesen
Complexity approaches have a lot to offer the aid business, if it is not already too late. We asked Nils Boesen to comment on the blog postings from a recent conference. Read more>>
Winning hearts, changing mindsets
February 03, 2010 Jeroen de Lange
International development, humanitarian and military interventions aim to bring about change, but with mixed results. The fields of change management and complexity science offer useful lessons for those engaged in poor and fragile states. Read more>>
The French Connections
February 03, 2010 Danielle Barret , Henri Rouille d'Orfeuil
Faced with new geopolitical and environmental challenges, the French government as well as NGOs are changing their rhetoric. A focus on European and international efforts to promote a sustainable world is replacing old slogans of development. Read more>>
Heritage for the future
February 04, 2010 Jurjen van der Tas , Ellen Lammers
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture is restoring historic buildings in cities across the Muslim world. While culture can be a catalyst for development, urban poverty remains a massive challenge. Read more>>
A few months ago I was in Ghana and visited St George’s castle in Elmina, the infamous fort used by the Dutch to hold large numbers of African slaves prior to their ‘export’ to the New World. The Dutch captured the fort from the Portuguese in 1637, and when the slave-trading days were over they handed it over to the British in 1871. St George’s castle is imposing and grim. Its current status as a UNESCO world heritage site is well deserved. Read more>>
Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions, by Brynjar Lia. Contemporary Security Studies Series, Routledge, 2006, 280 pp. A review by Ahmed H. al-Rahim Read more>>
Editorial: From aid to global justice
Is aid in crisis? Probably it is, but only in its current form. Because there will always be people who want to care for others in our interconnected world, whether for reasons of solidarity or ‘enlightened self-interest’. But, for the sake of argument, let’s say that aid is in crisis. Because that opens up the space for a fresh debate about the future of global development. The Broker would like to invite all readers to contribute new ideas, insights and experiences in the run-up to the...
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Degrees of movement
What motivates people to migrate? How do they decide to leave their homes, maybe to never return? These are some of the questions addressed in the two studies featured in this issue. The theses were reviewed by Jan Pronk, former Netherlands minister of development cooperation and UN special representative in Sudan, and currently professor at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, and Nicky Pouw, director of the graduate programme of international development studies at the Univers...







