Talking you through this week's FP2P posts: links I liked on social media; community wealth building in the UK; review of From What Is to What If? by Rob Hopkins; Asia's climate emergency and decolonization and the future of African Studies

Audio summary (15m) of the week's posts on the FP2P blog. Including reader stats and top posts for 2019, the year in Africa, a row over who shd control the UK's aid programme, the power of maps and why architecture matters

I walk you through this week's blogs: great new free lecture series from rock start economist Ha-Joon Chang; politically savvy tech tools in Myanmar; a big debate on whether INGOs are willing/able to surrender power; family and friends as the main source of social protection in poor countries. Enjoy and have a good break (if you're having one - we are)

Walking you through this week's posts on From Poverty to Power, including links I liked; some great (and positive) new research on cash transfers; how to support research in dangerous places; some depressing reading for UK election day and a new report on the global crackdown on civil society. Sorry, I'll try to be more upbeat next week.....

At the launch of a new report on the global crack down on civil society organizations, I interviewed Dom Perera of Civicus and Tonu Basu of the Open Government Partnership. We discussed the reasons for the crackdown, the links to global protests, and the implications for CSOs and outsiders.

Summary of this week's FP2P posts, including most read recent blogs, Naomi Hossain on the World Bank's recent Social Accountability Forum, book review on Great Policy Successes and what works in supporting small/medium enterprise development

Audio summary of this week's posts on From Poverty to Power, difficult conversations between academics and practitioners; why the global uprising? Update on global climate debates and a great example of mapping local knowledge in Kenya to help adapt to climate change

Talking you through this week's posts on From Poverty to Power including the 1941 CIA sabotage manual, feminist research, empowerment and accountability in fragile states, why simple rules are the best strategy and the emerging global movement on inequality

I summarize this week's 5 posts on the From Poverty to Power blog: feminist research and climate change; how counter-terrorism laws are undermining humanitarian response; the politics of the digital revolution in poor countries and a podcast with inequality guru Branko Milanovic + a review of his latest book. Enjoy

Branko Milanovic describes his life's work highlighting the issue of global inequality and his latest book 'Capitalism, Alone'.