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Smart Lesson: Combatting the Resource Curse in Fragile and Conflict-Affected...
Control over natural resources often plays an important role in armed conflicts, either because warring factions fight over access to natural resources or because natural resources help finance one...
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Accidental agents of change
In places where conditions are ripe for political change, actually unseating tyrannical regimes requires a spark to light the tinder of revolution. But where does that spark come from? In the...
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Aid agencies must listen to the people they're helping
Some camps for those displaced after the Haiti earthquake had suggestion boxes, and people responded with enthusiasm. Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/APThe following post first appeared in The Guardian's...
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DRC one year later: rapes continue; perpetrators differ
Doctor Bienvenu Kayumba in Goma. Photo Credit: James Martone It has been a year this week since my reporting trip to eastern Congo for WDR, so I called Doctor Bienvenu Kayumba in Goma to find out what...
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What I Learned from the WDR
I came to the WDR with years of field experience in conflict-affected countries, but I learned some startling things from the exercise.One is that violence today is very different from the violence of...
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What I Learned from the WDR
I came to the World Development Report with years of field experience in conflict-affected countries, but I learned some startling things from the exercise.One is that violence today is very different...
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WDR launch - Continuing the Conversation
Yesterday we released the 2011 World Development Report on Conflict, Security and Development. The report isn’t an end in itself -- it’s intended to fuel a continuing conversation on ways in which...
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Afghanistan: the importance of being there
I spent a lot of time this week hanging out with my friend Edward Girardet. He’s in Washington, D.C. ahead of the launch of his book that traces the history of international engagement in Afghanistan...
View ArticleRebuilding trust and relationships through local processes
Nigel Roberts, co-director of the World Bank’s 2011 World Development Report, speaks with AusAid’s ODE Talks. The podcast and transcripts available below and at ODE Talks.“…if you look at the...
View ArticleBoth government and community organizations are needed: Northern Ireland's...
In late May I visited Belfast as part of the WDR 2011 roadshow. During my visit, I discussed the report's main findings and recommendations with the Community Relations Council, which focuses on...
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