Dr Muhammad Musa is the Executive Director of BRAC, the Bangladesh-based international NGO that has...
Category - Aid and Asia
Why do public sector reforms fail?
In a gathering of senior public officials of Bhutan in 2008, the Prime Minister of Bhutan declared...
Aid and Afghanistan’s future
Afghanistan is preparing for a major international aid conference on 5 October in Brussels. Ameen...
Aisyiyah: 99 years of women’s empowerment
The second in our series of Aid Profiles is now online: on Indonesia’s longest...
No orphanages, or just ‘good’ ones? Books and controversies from...
Several years ago I wrote about the pervasive orphanage industry in Cambodia, particularly in...
What may cause post-conflict depression?
While mental illness affects people globally, some of the hardest hit are those living in conflict...
Australasian Aid Conference Livestream
For those that can’t make it to our 2016 Australasian Aid Conference this week, we will be...
Women MPs doubled in Myanmar’s new-look parliament
Monday marked the first sitting day of Myanmar’s new parliament. The number of women MPs has more...
Aid in contested areas — reflecting diversity in staffing...
Inner reflections of context complexity – team dynamics Part two of this series considered the...
Aid in contested areas — program approach and adaptation
An integrated approach for conflict-affected areas Part one of this series outlined the operating...