Monthly Archives: October 2010

With the countdown to the Tanzanian presidential and legislative elections nearly reaching its conclusion the two key questions are whether CHADEMA can take a big chunk out of CCM’s majority, and what will happen on Zanzibar. Opinion polls suggest CCM’s … Continue reading →

Following on from the last post about the impact of the CSR on UK aid policy, the focus on ‘fragile states’ suggests a positive relationship between humanitarian aid and conflict resolution. Yet, in reality, this relationship is far from certain. … Continue reading →

The British Government’s comprehensive spending review committed to raising UK official aid by around 37% over the next four years. DFID spending will rise to £11.5 billion by 2014-15, with total British aid flows (taking into account spending by other … Continue reading →

I’ll be presenting a paper at the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH), Glasgow on the 27th October ( http://www.gcu.ac.uk/historyofhealth/ ), and then in Oxford on the 1st November ( http://www.africanstudies.ox.ac.uk/events/african_history,_politics__and__geography_seminar ). ‘Common Council, Common Policy: … Continue reading →