Alan Gibson, Author at Springfield Centre

Adaptive Management Article Eastern & Southern Africa Finance

Market Facilitation Is the Way Ahead, But It Needs to Do More

By Alan Gibson Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on CGAP’s website and can be viewed HERE Kenya is a…

Alan Gibson27/06/2017

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Binary choices, Obaman bubbles, Trumpian times … oh, and the future of UK aid

By Alan Gibson ‘Divided’ times? ‘Fractured’ might be a better term. Trumpian – or one of its many variants –…

Alan Gibson07/02/2017

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If we want better development, cut the UK aid budget

The UK aid budget is central to debates on development effectiveness. This article explores why reducing the UK aid budget…

Alan Gibson17/03/2014

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Why DFID’s proposed new Start Up! programme is bunkum and should be ditched

When a donor issues a proposal of dubious development worth, the usual practice of contractors is to keep schtum, hiding…

Alan Gibson17/02/2014

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So why does development fail? Here’s why…

“Why does development fail?” To a familiar and fundamental question arrives insight from an unusual source with, potentially, far-reaching significance.…

Alan Gibson13/02/2014

Article Development Effectiveness Eastern & Southern Africa

This African aid initiative starts with a village… but what happens next?

Alan Gibson Originally featured on The Guardian, December 2009 A dewy-eyed view of charity work in Katine may just end…

Alan Gibson17/12/2009

Alan Gibson

Market Facilitation Is the Way Ahead, But It Needs to Do More

Binary choices, Obaman bubbles, Trumpian times … oh, and the future of UK aid

If we want better development, cut the UK aid budget

Why DFID’s proposed new Start Up! programme is bunkum and should be ditched

So why does development fail? Here’s why…

This African aid initiative starts with a village… but what happens next?

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