Politics & activism / Horizontalising international NGOs: can it be done? Alternative structures are available—if we have the courage to adopt them. By Robin le Mare / 6 Mar 2018
Politics & activism / It’s time to take our charities to the cleaners Everyone needs a deep clean from time to time. Best to do it before your teeth get infected. By Open democracy / 26 Feb 2018
NGOs and social transformation / What’s it all about, Oxfam? We should seize this opportunity to re-examine the future of foreign aid. By Phil Vernon / 20 Feb 2018
NGOs and social transformation / What’s to be done with Oxfam, part 2? Is it gratuitous to link the scandal engulfing Oxfam with the need to transform NGOs and foreign aid? By Open democracy / 15 Feb 2018
Politics & activism / Five disempowering traits that international NGOs must drop Only one per cent of foreign aid reaches Southern NGOs directly. How long can this continue? By Irũngũ Houghton / 10 Oct 2016
Politics & activism / What’s to be done with Oxfam? Too small to influence economics, too bureaucratic to be social movements, banned from politics and removed from the societies they’re trying to change, where do NGOs go next? By Open democracy / 1 Aug 2016
Politics & activism / When is civil society a force for social transformation? There are more civil society organizations in the world today than at any other time in history, so why isn't their impact growing? By Open democracy / 30 May 2014
Conflict & security / What can the ‘Big Society’ learn from history? Governments can do little to build civil society directly but much more to strengthen the conditions in which civil society can build itself. By Open democracy / 14 Mar 2011
