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USAID_Reform_Donation

Policy & Finance

Shake it up, don’t shoot it down: the case for reforming US aid

Targeted and cost-effective foreign aid reforms can amplify America’s global influence and safeguard national interests, says non-profit chief.
AIIB headquarters in Beijing, China

Policy & Finance

If US attempts World Bank retreat, the China-led AIIB could be poised to step in – and provide a model of global cooperation

Weakening the World Bank and other multilateral development banks that have a large United States presence could present an opportunity for a little-known, relatively new Chinese-led international organisation like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Resilience_Typhoon_Pepito_Philippines

Carbon & Climate

Redefine the romanticised narrative of the ‘resilient Filipino’ for broader climate policy transformation

Climate change is clearly affecting the Philippines. Whether it can transform a long-held national attribute into successful climate adaptation will determine what the future holds.
canada forest fire

Policy & Finance

The siren song of climate authoritarianism

With the climate crisis escalating fast, calls for more authoritarian decision-making structures – widely viewed as more efficient – are increasing. But the notion that any version of an authoritarian system would be free of “special interests,” and run by neutral, rational technocrats, is implausible.

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2 December 2022

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim

Policy & Finance

Anwar Ibrahim’s challenge to tackle Malaysia’s money politics

6 May 2022

Maria Ressa, investigative journalist

Corporate Responsibility

Four ways Southeast Asian journalists are under digital attack

21 August 2020

thai fishing boat koh samet

Policy & Finance

The impact of organised crime in fisheries extends far beyond the ocean

17 June 2020

yemen mountain region

Policy & Finance

Firm priorities for fragile states

15 June 2020

labourers in Nepal river

Water

Rethinking business and human rights in transboundary river governance in South Asia

7 April 2020

Indigenous peoples in Brazil

Policy & Finance

Land seizures and Covid-19: the twin threats to Brazil’s indigenous peoples

29 April 2019

flooded jakarta

Policy & Finance

Civil society organisations are learning to track climate adaptation spending to ensure it reaches the communities who need it most

15 March 2019

illegal gold mining

Policy & Finance

Fighting climate change means fighting organised crime

16 November 2018

Hong Kong media waiting for a story

Policy & Finance

Why covering the environment is one of the most dangerous beats in journalism

14 September 2018

A sunset behind an oil refinery in Scotland

Carbon & Climate

Where global warming's paper trail leads

21 August 2018

A member of the Sekonyer Community in Kalimantan, Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Why strengthening land rights strengthens development

20 July 2018

shaking hands

Policy & Finance

When corporations take credit for green deeds their lobbying may tell another story

26 January 2018

Women sort and check the finished products in the manufacturing plant of the Wool Tex Sweaters Limited in Shewrapara, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Manufacturing

Why business is the best partner in the fight against modern slavery

6 June 2017

Cambodia Independence monument

Policy & Finance

Is sustainable growth possible for Asean?

29 May 2017

Garment factory worker in Cambodia

Policy & Finance

How investors can help beat forced labour and slavery

27 March 2017

coal emissions burning

Carbon & Climate

How corruption fuels climate change

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