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The road beyond Seville, and aid – Nigel Thornton and Liz Turner
Early in 2025 the buttresses holding up the multinational system were set on fire by the US administration. Many parts of the old structure rapidly crumbled as a result.[1] In appropriately record-breaking temperatures the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) is in part proposing how a new approach might replace the old. In […]
The necessary conversation: A new architecture for Global Health – Nigel Thornton
The necessary conversation: A new architecture for Global Health – Nigel Thornton 'Together. Now more than ever, we need effective conversations that lead to a new architecture for collective responses to global health needs.'
Beyond Paris, Through Lusaka: A Turning Point for Global Health and Aid – Nigel Thornton
The 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness shaped the language of global partnership for a generation. But while Paris helped improve technical coordination to deliver ODA, it did not fundamentally shift power. Recent cuts from donor countries prove that aid is never, was never, truly guaranteed. What matters now is whether global health actors use this moment to do what Paris couldn’t: truly dismantle dependency.
Inclusive peace in a new world: how can MEL evolve to enable lasting change? – Agulhas at gLocal evaluation week 2025
On 4th June, Agulhas will host an online learning event on ‘Inclusive peace in a new world: how can monitoring, evaluation and learning evolve to enable lasting change?’
Telling the bigger story about UK aid – Marcus Cox
UK aid rates well for evaluation and transparency, but is not so good at telling a larger story about the goals and accomplishments of its aid. If we are going to fight to retain public support, we need a coherent story about what UK aid is for and what it is accomplishing.
The place beyond aid – Marcus Cox
In Agulhas' blog on the future of aid, Marcus Cox explores the recent crises facing the development ecosystem, its imminent challenges, and the possible pathways to a place 'beyond aid'…
Agulhas evaluating Tanzania’s sustainable growth and investment partnerships
Agulhas is undertaking an evaluation of the British High Commission in Tanzania’s work on sustainable growth and investment partnerships
Agulhas no longer active on X
From January 2025, Agulhas will no longer be active on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter). Following a rise in hate speech being not only permitted without moderation but encouraged on the platform, and by its leadership, Agulhas feels the platform is no longer a channel through which we wish to communicate […]
Transitioning to Employee Ownership, A Founder’s Perspective – Nigel Thornton
Agulhas Applied Knowledge was founded in January 2003 and became employee owned in December 2020. On our 22nd ‘birthday’, one of our Founders, Nigel Thornton, reflects on Agulhas’ transition from a privately owned organisation to an employee-owned trust (EOT). Why did you originally decide to sell to an EOT, and do you now believe that […]
Will 2025 be the year of clean cooking? How to make the most of funding commitments – Ashley Greenleaf & Kate Cerna
The UK has pledged to help developing countries transition to ‘clean’ forms of cooking that do not burn wood or coal. At COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Anneliese Dodds, the UK’s Minister for Development, announced a package of £74 million in support of clean cooking solutions. The goal is to extend access to clean cooking to […]
The journey to gender equality in Africa remains long, but data from the Africa Gender Index provides a roadmap – Olivia McConnell & Ellie Sugden
The second edition of the Africa Gender Index (AGI) analytical report, titled “African Women in Times of Crisis”, and drafted by Agulhas, reflects on a tumultuous period. Marked by the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising food insecurity, global economic turbulence, and climate change, these crises disproportionately affect women and girls, putting strides made toward […]
Green Friday; Taking climate action big and small – Sanum Jain & Roxy Ward
Every year on the last Friday of November, known as ‘Black Friday’, consumers around the world are bombarded by communications designed to encourage mass spending ahead of the holiday season. But each year, the earth’s resources continue to be used up at unprecedented rates, and nature’s worth is underestimated, as we use up more resources […]
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