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2021 was a standout year for the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development Programme (K4D). In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, cuts to Overseas Development Aid, and other challenges, K4D published its 1,000th Helpdesk Report, facilitated its 40th Learning Journey, received 237,600 resource downloads. Below are the highlights of K4D’s impact in 2021.

Harvard University economist Ken Rogoff’s criticism of the IMF’s ‘generous’ and ‘sanguine’ Covid-era lending practices to the world’s poorest countries is belied by the reality that the fund dishes out dribbles to some poor countries, but maintains its brutal debt-collector philos...

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, has said the federal government initiated a number of reform initiatives to evolve a new civil service that is professional and driven by technology for sustainable national development.   Yemi-Esan said this in a keynote address delivered at the first special lecture […]

A new art exhibition exploring themes around climate and environmental concerns will open at Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown this weekend (Saturday,…

PETALING JAYA: The Institut Masa Depan Malaysia (MASA) Policy Development Programme (MPDP) research grant received 134 research proposals from 21 local and private universities and institutions.

The underdevelopment of Nigeria since independence has been blamed on civil servants by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who opined that the absence of a |

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The government plans to keep its foreign aid use target unchanged in the next fiscal year compared to the current fiscal year owing to lower utilisation of development allocations and projected reduced spending related to the pandemic, especially for vaccination.

A new Welsh Government funded project working with young people in Newtown to explore issues around climate change has been launched this week.