How PlayPumps are an example of learning from failure
PlayPumps Service Project PlayPumps are a go-to example of failed aid interventions. The merry-go-round powered by playing children pumped water out of the ground. The idea was that children filled...
View ArticleBeyond rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is by many measures one of the world’s most difficult places to live. Government instability, rebel attacks in the east, terrible health services and more...
View ArticleUN certain chemical weapons used in Syria, US agrees, Russia dissents
UN SG Ban shares remarks on the chemical weapons report. The much anticipated report from United Nations chemical weapons inspectors in Syria was finally released on Monday. The group’s findings...
View ArticleA neglected ‘cold war’ and humanitarian tragedy at our doorstep
Guest op-ed by Mauricio Vivero, executive director at the Seattle International Foundatrion (a backer of Humanosphere, full disclosure). This post first appeared in the Huffington Post. Vladimir...
View ArticleUSAID leader announces departure
It’s official. Dr. Rajiv Shah, U.S. Agency for International Development administrator for roughly five years, is leaving in February. His departure marks the end of a period notable for significant...
View ArticleGovernment scheme sparks brain drain controversy in Uganda
The decision by Uganda to send nearly 300 medical professionals the Caribbean has sparked a controversy that extends beyond the East African nation. Belgium says it will make cuts to the €11 million in...
View ArticleHumanitarian assistance struggling to do its job, protect vulnerable people
An investigation is underway following fresh claims of sexual abuse perpetrated by international forces in the Central African Republic. In Syria, a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders was...
View ArticleTrump gets a lot of things wrong on foreign policy, particularly the role of aid
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s foreign policy views have become clearer thanks to recent conversations with the editorial boards at the New York Times and the Washington Post. Trump...
View ArticleU.S. presidential campaign in the Humanosphere #3: What about the rest of the...
This is the third story in a running series of dispatches providing analysis on issues that come up in the U.S. presidential primaries and election that are relevant to the Humanosphere. Global poverty...
View ArticleUncertainty drives mixed reactions to Trump’s win from world leaders
As part of the U.S. electoral pageantry, world leaders rush to weigh in on the results. But with a president-elect who brings no political experience and vague campaign pledges, world leaders'...
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