Productivity from waste: SOIL’s integrated approach to innovation at the food-health nexus
When I make it back into the swirling cacophony of the street, I can’t help but think that this initiative is truly saving lives.
Unconventional responses to unconventional time – Lessons from the Indian state of Kerala’s successful...
Timely interventions and health actions are not the only aspects that enabled the Kerala model of COVID-19 response to be unique. It focused a lot on preparing Kerala as a society to face this adverse condition by building people’s trust in its health system.
Will Libya partitioned into East and West Libya in 2020?
The main players in the Libyan crisis are now Russia, the UAE, France and Egypt on one side and Turkey and Italy on the other. The biggest threat is the fact that these countries are not concerned with the territorial integrity of Libya. Economic and strategic interests are what brought them to Libya.
African entrepreneurs are driving prosperity despite a global crisis
Entrepreneurial innovation is creating unprecedented opportunities for Africa to grow its economy, create jobs, and transform people’s lives.
Women and Indian politics: gender and political participation in India
Patriarchy still posits deep-rooted challenges hindering women’s engagement with electoral politics in India. However, several steps in the country’s developmental approach have indicated a positive change in women’s participation as voters and as elected representatives.
Malawi: Navigating between natural disasters, economic vulnerability, and donor dependency
50 years of political independence have not brought Malawi much closer to building the society, economy, and structures that would allow it to also become independent of foreign aid.
What the end of DFID means for international development?
DFID’s termination and merger of the development agenda within the foreign office will imply that the agenda is relegated to a secondary position within a broader foreign policy framework. This will mean that the stock of institutional knowledge and experience, accumulated and perfected over the years by DFID will come to a disastrous end.
The World After COVID-19
COVID-19 offers mankind a blank page for a new beginning. The question, however, is are we prepared for a fresh start?
The Hadza of Tanzania: Inside Story of 21st Century Hunter-Gatherers
By Tony Spence
The Hadza people are now at a crossroads, facing serious issues regarding their future as it becomes harder to secure food and resources. A romanticised appeal of a hunter-gatherer existence does not mask their true struggle
Hurricane Maria,US-Puerto Rico Relations and the 21st Century Colonialism
By Hannah Bohn In the wake of recent, devastating natural disasters, it is crucial to reflect on neo-colonial power dynamics and resource dependencies that disempower Americans living outside the United States. Colonialism is alive in the twenty-first century and has relegated those in Puerto Rico to second class citizenship, as demonstrated in the U.S. federal response to Hurricane Maria.
