Author: Tobias Denskus

Hi all, Welcome back from the Easter break that most of you enjoyed in one way or another! There are quite a lot of Development news items this…

Hi all, The last week was just crazy and we essentially skipped one iteration of your favorite link review. But I enjoyed the debates around my reflections on…

Recently, three separate incidents have caught my attention: A new report from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) on The role of volunteering in sustainable development was launched,…

Hi all, New week, fresh linkage! ‘Yoga is helping to end poverty in Africa‘-you, I & Jeff Sachs knew it all along! But there are better stories from…

Book reviews are time consuming and are usually read and shared less than other blog content-so why bother with them? Book reviews have been one pillar of my…

Hi all, The latest link review once again reminded me what a fantastic network of friends, colleagues and digital acquaintances I have that do and write about really…

Hi all, Another much-needed link review as interesting reads kept piling up in my Inbox…Development news looks at impact of policy briefs, the cost of post-2015 data collection,…

This is a re-post from our ComDev portal. I think it makes a nice addition to the Student advice section of the blog. As the autumn term was…

Hi all, As I was complaining on facebook about all-male panels I have to admit that my virtual panel of development commentators is also highly imbalanced this week…

I largely disagree with Paul Currion’s post The invisible lesson of Invisible Children at IRIN News-even though I like their new approach to add more critical commentary to…