Juliana Blanco Ramirez Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as a standard measure for economic metrics and market activities, has been limited to determining other spheres of development, such as social development. Understanding International Development from a cost-benefit analysis guides societies to extractive and unsustainable approaches. The current global paradigm focuses on measuring well-being rather than integrating … Continue reading Mental Health at the Roots of International Development
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Peter Tarson Throughout the 20th century, Latin America has been haunted by a spectre: the spectre of bank nationalization. Banking and credit are essential for development, even the low-capital, decentralist development models often advocated by indigenous sovereignty groups. However, the highly risk-averse private banking sector is often unwilling to invest in the risky and low-return … Continue reading Exploring the effects of Bank Nationalisation in Latin America – Peter Tarson
Imran Rassiwalla Recently, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants or those on temporary visas. This move was met with immediate legal pushback, with twenty-two states immediately suing the federal government over said executive order. To fully understand the scope of the issue though, … Continue reading Jus soli: birthright citizenship and what it means for the United States
Emily Daniel University summers are an opportunity to explore experiences that can shape your future. For students interested in working in global development, teaching abroad offers a great way to experience the intersection of education and community development firsthand. It allows you to engage with diverse cultures, witness the challenges and opportunities faced by local … Continue reading How to Spend Your Summer Exploring Careers in International Development: Teaching Abroad as a University Student
EMILY DANIEL Over the past decade, India has experienced a remarkable surge in economic growth under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His tenure has been marked by ambitious economic reforms and infrastructure development initiatives, positioning India as one of the world's fastest-growing major economies. However, this economic … Continue reading India: Rapid Economic Development, Growing Inequality, and Democratic Decline
Emily Daniel Women make up half of the world’s population. Given that two-thirds of the world’s illiterate adults are women, could one of the most potent drivers of development progress across the world lie in empowering women through education? Linda Scott, an expert on women’s economic development and professor at the University of Oxford, draws … Continue reading Empowering Women Through Education: A Cornerstone for Sustainable Development
Jed Michael, Global Affairs Officer Under the assumption that reducing international poverty is an admirable policy goal worth some cost, defining and measuring – together operationalising – poverty becomes very important. But in discussions of reducing poverty, how we are actually measuring it is talked about relatively rarely. This begs the question of how sure … Continue reading The Perils of Poverty Measurement: How do we Know that we are Making Progress?
Jed Michael, Global Affairs Officer Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal area in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Creator: Naaman Omar, Copyright: Creative Commons Even before the Israeli tightening of the blockade of Gaza following the violent HAMAS incursion of October 7th, which has left the enclave without power … Continue reading Opinion Piece: How Can the World Best Support Development in Persistent Conflict Zones? Lessons from the Gaza Strip
Jed Michael, Global Affairs Officer Bedouins in a camp in South Hebron Hills. Palestine 2011.Creator: Libertinus , Copyright: Creative Commons Over the last 30 years, conceptual development in the fields of security and development have brought them much closer together, illuminating a ‘Security-Development Nexus’. On the one hand, there has been greater acknowledgement of the importance of ‘Human … Continue reading Opinion Piece: Incorporating Stateless Peoples and Repressed Minorities into the Security-Development Nexus
Migration occupies a particularly prominent position amongst the major issues which faced the world in 2022. Whereas, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 was marked by a welcome resurgence in international migration, 2022 has arguably highlighted, in various ways, an urgent need to revamp our immigration systems and policies.
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