– We must move away from the patronizing and outdated aid narrative. That is the message from Jonathan Glennie, a writer and campaigner on human rights and international cooperation, writes Banik.
– Kanskje kunne man gå fram på en litt mindre ovenfra-og-ned holdning om at «vi vet best», sier Banik.
– In addition to infrastructure projects, which typically are the image of China-Africa relations, there is an entirely different set of activities that are not always visible, writes Banik.
– India blir ansett som verdens apotek og produserer over 60 prosent av verdens vaksiner. Indiske myndigheter har lang erfaring med vaksinasjonsprogrammer og er godt rustet for å håndtere situasjonen, sier Banik.
– As Covid-19 vaccines become available, health officials, policymakers, philanthropic organisations and people like you and me are being confronted with numerous ethical challenges and moral dilemmas, writes Banik.
Dan Banik write about the colleagues and students that he have lost in Malawi in recent weeks.
– Many governments and their development agencies are now striving for a balance between environmental and climate goals and a focus on poverty reduction, writes Banik.
– Although citizens are not expected to agree on everything, they must believe that they share a common set of rules and a certain minimal set of societal values, writes Banik.
– The success of this ambitious vaccine drive may well boil down to the legitimacy of the Indian state and the extent to which citizens trust their government to provide a safe vaccine in these troubling times, writes Banik.
– India planlegger å vaksinere 300 millioner helsearbeidere, eldre og sårbare grupper innen august. Jeg er imponert over det de har satt igang, sier Banik.
– I think we must not ignore the extent to which workshops actually achieve their intended objectives, writes Banik.
– Til tross for fattigdom og mange andre utfordringer var Malawi det eneste landet som i 2020 gikk fremover på demokratimålinger, sier Banik.
– The resource curse refers to a paradox: countries that are naturally endowed with an abundance of natural resources are often unable to effectively use these resources to achieve economic development, writes Banik.
Banik har sittet i en jury som har kåret Norges største politikere fra hvert parti samt tidenes største politiker.
– This has by all means been a difficult year. The pandemic has not only wreaked havoc on our lives, it has also upended much of the developmental progress that had been achieved in the past few decades, writes Dan Banik.
– For the time being, let us celebrate the fact that while democracy regressed in 80 countries between the start of the Covid pandemic and the month of September, the only place where it improved was Malawi, writes Dan Banik.
Banik har fått støtte til ei samarbeidsprosjekt med universitet i Malawi og i Etiopia om styring etter FNs 17 berekraftsmål.
We have witnessed, in recent years, a growing interest among aid agencies and consultants to monitor and evaluate what is often termed as "aid effectiveness".
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– Promoting and achieving sustainable development requires governments to be able to work across several policy domains and involve individuals and groups at many governance levels, writes Banik.
– Resistance movements can endure and it is not easy to sideline them, writes Banik.
– China has not only achieved impressive economic growth in recent decades, but has also managed to lift hundreds of millions of its citizens out of poverty, writes Banik.
– Inequality generally refers to a state or condition of being unequal and the term is frequently used to convey the difference in living standards between nations as well as within nations, writes Banik.
– Used clothing - variously termed as "clothes of dead white people" (Kenya", "clothing of calamity" (Mozambique) or "clothes in a heap" (Malawi) - is a billion dollar global industry, writes Banik.
– The UN celebrated its 75th anniversary last week. It is an opportune time to reflect on its major contributions as well as some of the challenges it faces, writes Dan Banik.