Development news

The End of Development Aid?
This is a blog post written by Aram Ziai, Professor of Development and Postcolonial Studies at the...
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South Africa and the Global (Dis)order
This is a blog post written by Henning Melber, Associate of the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) and...
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Southeast Asia set to miss SDGs to end diseases by 2030
This is a summary of an article published on SciDev.Net on Southeast Asia’s struggle to meet...
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Human Development Report 2025 – A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI
This post is a summary of the press release published by the Human Development Report Office, which...
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Local inclusion and regulatory control key to sustainable mining
The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) recently published a policy note authored by Grasian Mkodzongi...
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New report: Swedish Climate Aid in Transition?
The report Swedish Climate Aid in Transition?, authored by Veronica Brodén Gyberg (SweDev steering...
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New EBA publication: An anthology of trends and perspectives on global health
In December 2024, The Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) released an anthology on global health...
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What is land, and to whom? – The need for development practitioners to widen their views of land
This post summarizes a blog post published on Land Portal and written by SweDev Steering Committee...
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Big man politics and multi-party rule call for new gender plans
This is a summary of a policy note published on the Nordic Africa Institute website. The Nordic...
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