(Blogs are listed in order of publication within each topic with the most recent at the top)
Publishing
African Fiction for Older Children
A Checklist of Questions about Open Access Publishing
Diverse issues in Global Challenges
The Strange Neglect of Diversity within Microfinance Institutions
If we ever have a ‘Green Economy’ would we know that we live in one?
Measuring and Measurement: A new volume of Environment and Society
New Development Data – Excitements and Limitations
New Development Data – the Limits to Monitoring and Need for Counterfactuals
Tackling Global Problems with Brand Aid
It’s time to take ‘the case for colonialism’ as seriously as it deserves
NGOs
NGO explorer – a fantastic resource (written by Chris Jordan)
The apparent decline of ‘overseas development / famine relief’ charities in the UK
The evidence suggests that support for UK development NGOs is actually growing
Aid scepticism isn’t damaging donations to international charities – but it might in future
A brief guide to Conservation NGOs
Conservation
A Press release from the Half-Earth movement
Building constructive engagements between social science and conservation
Tigers, elephants ask: what have royals ever done for us?
Celebrity matters
Celebrity advocacy and post-democracy
Constructing celebrity advocacy