Social policy

By Mathilde Maitrot and Joe Devine Reaching the ripe age of fifty, Bangladesh can look back with pride and look forward with cautious optimism. Since its independence, it has found a way to overcome huge challenges including decades of political...

By Joel Lazarus In the realm of social action, and thus in the realm of development, the element of unpredictability reigns. A critical history of development is a history of the intended and unintended injurious consequences of interventions. The path...

by James Copestake Is the UK, in 2020, a developing country? If that means one that recognizes its own deep problems and has the capacity to identify and embrace radical solutions to them, then let’s hope so. Hilary Cottam’s book,...

By Bethany Shockley When the Middle East and North Africa Social Policy Network (MENASP) (convened by Dr. Rana Jawad) received funding from the Carnegie Corporation in New York to engage with policymakers in the Middle East, “Policy Labs” were among...