08 Aug 2012
The Busan Discourse on Results, Effectiveness, Impact, and Value for Money: what do they Mean for Emerging Donors?
By Soyeun Kim, University of Leeds & Re-shaping Development Institute, S. Korea. “Over 2,000 delegates are reviewing global progress in improving the... Read More
02 Aug 2012
Whose Development Results Count? By Fred Carden
By Fred Carden, IDRC. “It is not about your project; it is about my country”. This comment was made by a Mauritanian evaluator... Read More
30 Jul 2012
Value for Money in Education
By Chris Winch, Kings College London. The question of ‘Value for Money’ for education is rightly a matter of public concern. In... Read More
23 Jul 2012
Beyond the Impoverishment of Vocational Education and Training for Development
By Simon McGrath. Given this year is seeing both a major rethink of Vocational Education and Training (VET) and of development, it... Read More
16 Jul 2012
Life After 2015: Who is Speaking, and Who is Listening?
By Barbara Trudell, SIL Africa Area. The existence and possible features of a post-2015 global education agenda is the hot topic in... Read More
11 Jul 2012
Training the Poor in Times of Unemployment
By Claudio de Moura Castro. Amongst respected researchers, there is ample consensus that training does not create jobs. Therefore, if in a... Read More
05 Jul 2012
TVET for a Changing World: Global Developments, Local Resonance
By Qian Tang. After a period of neglect, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is now firmly on the agenda of... Read More
02 Jul 2012
Towards a New Global World of Skills Development? Or to Boldly Go Where TVET has Gone Before?
By Robert Palmer and Kenneth King. A few decades ago technical and vocational education and training (TVET) formed a central part in... Read More
23 Jun 2012
Why Professions and Higher Education (HE) Matter for Development
By Simon McGrath. Whilst the attention of the development field has been on Rio+20 this week, I have found myself reflecting on... Read More
07 Jun 2012
The Post-2015 Bus: Is there Room for Education?
By Michel Carton. On June 1st, a NORRAG–UNDP workshop, hosted by IHEID in Geneva, and attended by a range of international organisations... Read More