Families of Timorese missing seek closure, economic support
Octaviana do Santos was only six years old when her civil-servant father, who was involved in East Timor's pro-independence movement, was taken away.
Making sense of corruption rankings
How does one measure corruption? Is it possible to measure corruption? Is a survey that is only based on perceptions of corruption even worth the paper it's written on?
Thirty ways to act on climate change
Effective ways to combat climate change are available, accessible and replicable. That's the message of a new United Nations Environment Programme campaign
SLIDESHOW: Volcano Merapi unleashes powerful new eruption
Volcano Merapi erupted again Monday morning sending columns of gas and black smoke thousands of feet into the air and clouds of hot ash cascading down its southern slopes. Earlier in the morning hundreds of farmers were reportedly returning to
VIDEO: Have stabilisation efforts reduced space for humanitarian action?
Aid workers need to develop a better understanding of stabilisation efforts in war-affected countries to avoid undermining humanitarian responses, argue Samir Elhawary and Sarah Collinson, researchers at the Overseas Development Institute.
VIDEO: Conflict and development expert Jonathan Goodhand on "winning hearts and minds" debate
People living in conflict zones are not simply won over by being given aid, they are won over by improved security and having better access to justice, says Jonathan Goodhand, reader in conflict and development studies at the University of London.
Haiti cholera hospital is a horror scene
We woke to disturbing news on Thursday. Our friends at Partners in Health told us droves of people were arriving at St Marc, sick with diarrhea, and that they were dying from dehydration at an alarming rate.
Why learning lessons in Haiti shouldn't take this long...
This blog is written by Simon Levine, Research Fellow for the Humanitarian Policy Group, part of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). We did a great job in Haiti. Well, not bad. We - the international development community - kept thousands of people f
Bill and Melinda showcase living proof of "smart aid"
For doubters of development aid, how about some good news for a change? If you were at the Science Museum in London on Monday night, you would have heard a lot of success stories from Bill and Melinda Gates. The American billionaire philanthropists think t