2nd ed How Change Happens just dropped. New stuff: chapter on digital campaigning by Tom Kirk and new final 'so what' based on GELI course. Pub 13 June. Order at oup.com with promotion code AAFLYG6 to save 30%. Oxford Academic Oxford Politics Oxford Economics

HAPPENING NOW: Students at the London School of Economics protesting inside Marshall Building in solidarity with Palestine, calling for the university to divest! They have published a report showing £89 million invested in Israeli apartheid, weapons, and the fossil fuel industry

Rafah fuel cuts, floods, and a humanitarian AI checkup: The Cheat Sheet: thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/05/1… (The New Humanitarian)

Excellent thread on the Guardian's lazy/clickbait doomsterism on climate

Contribution to International Association for Feminist Economics ‘s on-going conversation about the need to recognise women’s unpaid work in home-making!

Drop the debt:

The Pope announces Jubilee 2025, tells rich countries to “acknowledge the gravity of so many of their past decisions & forgive the debts of countries that will never be able to repay them. More than a question of generosity, this is a matter of justice.”

Duncan Green (Duncan Green) explains why 'The World in 2040: Renewing the UK’s Approach to International Affairs' is an example of good policy writing and could impact FCDO reform
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Rafah and El Fasher assault fears, and UK Rwanda round-ups: The Cheat Sheet: thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/05/0… (The New Humanitarian)

Good restatement of the case for (and glacial progress on) localization in humanitarian response theguardian.com/global-develop…

A model policy report on the UK's International Future. Today's Duncan Green on the recent paper by Tom Fletcher Moazzam Malik and Mark Sedwill - anyone interested in insider advocacy should learn from the best frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/a-model-policy…

'I’ve seen many situations where people are running around implementing lots of work without a plan or strategy and someone will excitedly exclaim ‘we’re being adaptive!’' frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/is-it-am-or-ba… Duncan Green on what is good and bad adaptive management with a nod to portfolio strategies

Is it AM or BAM? Spotting good adaptive management v bad adaptive management. Jane Lonsdale of guests on today's Duncan Green frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/is-it-am-or-ba…

Is it AM or BAM? Spotting good adaptive management v bad adaptive management. @janelonsdale frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/is-it-am-or-ba…

Liberation camp is up at SOAS. Same all over London, the country, the world...

It is the end of an era with the departure from Oxfam of Duncan Green, who has run the respected Duncan Green blog for 16 years. Let us know what you want in future from the blog and our other channels for development professionals in this survey: forms.office.com/e/J24maS3rTv

“Of all ridiculous things the most ridiculous seems to me, to be busy.”

Kierkegaard, born on this day in 1813, on our greatest source of unhappiness (and its antidote) themarginalian.org/2014/05/05/kie…

It takes a moment, then is quite funny 😄

Stunning graph: the plummeting tax rates of the richest Americans. For the first time in history, billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans.

This is a wonderful list, sorry I couldn't vote for you Count Binface. Stay strong!

Main factors driving evidence uptake: 'Timely access to good quality and relevant research evidence, collaborations with policymakers and relationship- and skills-building with policymakers.' So timing, collaboration before research is published and relationships. Yup.