A TripAdvisor in development?; How Covid has driven up inequality in Supermarket Supply Chains; Links I Liked; Micro, bottom-up research can shed new light on power and politics in fragile places, but it’s REALLY difficult!

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Development Nutshell: round-up (16m) of FP2P posts, w/b 19th July

Links I Liked x2; What 6 case studies taught me about how research has impact; How to build and maintain trust at the interface of policy and research (and some challenges for NGOs); the case for investing in water, sanitation and hygiene; A Humanitarian &apos;Cheat Sheet&apos; that should definitely be on your weekly reading list; MEL Consultants – what are they good for?; How can we make sure Covid-driven localization in aid endures after the pandemic?

Development Nutshell: round-up (26m) of FP2P posts, June/July

Links I Liked; Anti-corruption and democracy; what does the post-cuts UK aid programme look like?; how an anthropologist influenced the International Criminal Court; Are surprise/novelty important in research? How has Covid affected fathers and gender equality?

Development Nutshell: round-up (21m) of FP2P posts in June

Links I Liked; UK aid cuts have been a political & human train wreck so far, but that could/should change; 2021 State of Civil Society Report - a great new summary; Defending civic space during and after the pandemic 

Development Nutshell: round-up (16m) of FP2P posts, w/b 24th May

Links I Liked; Global Covid death toll 3 times higher than the usual stats suggest, and much more skewed towards poor countries; It’s often easier to have policy impact with research on a ‘new issue’, but proving impact is just as hard; What Brits Say v What They Mean, now with author credit

Development Nutshell: round-up (12m) of FP2P posts, w/b 17th May

When Donors Collide: What Implications for Aid Accountability, Effectiveness and Strategy?; Links I Liked; How scandals and crises create opportunities for Research Impact; What is happening in Colombia? New roots and familiar responses to national protests

Development Nutshell: audio round-up (14m) of FP2P posts, w/b 10th May

Links I Liked; Drones and Community Development; How research into Ebola secured a seat at the table of COVID-19 policy-making 

Development Nutshell: round-up (14m) of FP2P posts, w/b 3rd May

Links I Liked; Why is internal advocacy within our own organizations so hard?; What do we know about Covid-related innovation in poor countries and should aid agencies get involved?; How an arts project created real-world impact for refugees and formerly displaced persons 

Development Nutshell: round-up (16m) of FP2P posts, w/b 26th April

Links I Liked; A top Toolkit on Adaptive Management. But is that a good idea?; How did research on Chiefs&apos; Courts in South Sudan influence famine early warning systems? 

Development Nutshell: : round-up (14m) of FP2P posts, w/b 19th April

Links I Liked; How has Covid changed the picture on Aid/Development Jobs?; Beyond political will – how leadership makes a difference on water and sanitation; Does Local Advocacy look different in Fragile/Conflict affected places? 

Development Nutshell: round-up (17m) of FP2P posts, w/b 12th April

Book Review: The Plague Cycle; Paths to Shift Power and Imagination in Development; Where have we got to in Understanding Power as the basis for Activism?; Trust, Politics, Exhaustion and Anger: findings on Emergent Agency in a time of Covid; Book Review: The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa; Programming in Chaos. 

Development Nutshell: round-up (22m) of FP2P posts, w/b 29th March and 5th April

Links I Liked; &apos;Development&apos;: A visual story of shifting power (en ingles y espanhol); Is the UK diverting Covid vaccines from poorer countries?

Development Nutshell: audio round-up (12m) of FP2P posts, w/b 22nd March

Africa&apos;s Land Rush - what do we really know?  Water Defenders v Big Gold – a real life David and Goliath story with a happy ending; What can we learn from 200 case studies of &apos;emergent agency in a time of Covid&apos;? What is COVID-19 telling us about leadership? 

Development Nutshell: audio round-up (17m) of FP2P posts, w/b 15th March

Links I Liked; Back to the Old Drawing Board: the power of humour in social change; How a ‘public authority’ lens can help us understand NGOs and INGOs; A historic legal victory for climate justice in France 

Development Nutshell: audio round-up (13m) of FP2P posts, w/b 8th March

How a Women’s Organization became ‘chief architects’ of the COVID-19 response in Southern India; Who loses out from Open Access journals? Plus the weirdness of the Magisterium; Top Tips for giving presentations in a second language; ‘Do-it-yourself development’: the world of citizen aid and what to do about it

Development Nutshell: audio round-up (15m) of FP2P posts, w/b 1st March

This is a conversation podcast by Duncan Green, strategic adviser for Oxfam GB, author of ‘How Change Happens’ and Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics. This personal reflection is not intended as a comprehensive statement of the agreed policies of either Oxfam or the LSE. https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/

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