Broader local engagement and inclusion of multiple voices could improve development projects
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The current neighbourhood planning scheme can increase housebuilding and give local people a say – so why is the government ignoring it?
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It is crucial to improve research training in Africa. This can help solve complex issues on the continent.
Some big names are lining up to attack the government over a broken manifesto pledge.
The development strategy based on foreign investment in natural resources projects has not delivered economic growth or security. What’s needed is an inclusive vision based on local realities.
Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, is the winner of the 2021 World Food Prize for her work identifying small fish as valuable nutrition sources for developing countries.
Providing foreign aid is not always straightforward. But here are some practical ways Australia might be able to help India.
Working waterfronts are a key link between consumers and seafood, but are increasingly threatened by developers. Policies need to ensure that waterfronts remain accessible to seafood harvesters.
Religion has often been a key motivation for philanthropy and economic fairness. Africans in the diaspora champion this.
After the pandemic, South Asian governments must spend money on making public services work, rather than relying on GDP growth to pull people out of poverty.
Wildfires aren’t always wild. Many of the most expensive and damaging fires happen in suburban areas, and nearly all blazes in these zones are started by humans.
Conventional thinking on drugs, conflict and development isn’t working – here’s why.
Young people’s lives in the Niger Delta have not improved because development agencies have been hijacked by local leaders
The council, developers, architects and the local community got together to set the principles of what they consider good design in this fast-growing region.
Boris Johnson has announced the UK’s Department for International Development will merge with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Superbugs spread through the environment – and it needs urgent attention.
The desire of scholars and universities in Africa to fit into a model imposed from elsewhere may hinder development in Africa.
Instead of Tudors and Churchill, history students need to learn how civilisation has arrived at the point of no return.
Skiing in a mall is bizarre enough. But a mall dubbed the ‘American Dream’ – when malls are vanishing, along with the postwar vision of the American Dream – is its own brand of eerie dissonance.
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Associate Professor, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, University of Florida
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen
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Professor of African and Development Studies, University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Salford
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Professor of Sustainability, Azim Premji University
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Lecturer in Economics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Economist, UNSW
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Sr. Associate Vice President for Research and Research Professor, University of Oregon
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, International Development and NGO Management, University of East London
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Professor: International Business & Strategy, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Reader in Development Economics, University of Manchester