ICT4D: a coming of age
C4D, S4D and now ICT4D. The latest “4D” could represent one of the most important social and economic development trends in years. Communication technologies have long been seen as development “silver...
View ArticleYouth in Zambia: using U-Report to take charge of their futures
I met Josephine earlier this year, a bright 21-year-old young woman from a country where 68 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line and three young people become infected with HIV every...
View ArticleCash transfers in Africa – evidence on the impact
The Great Recession of 2008 prompted many traditional donor countries to cut back foreign aid budgets. Pressure from lawmakers is now greater than ever for aid dollars to go further, and for...
View ArticleCash transfers and fertility: new evidence from Africa
Social cash transfers are an increasingly popular tool in African national governments’ social protection strategies, but a question that often comes up about their use is will such programmes –...
View ArticleHave you ever thought of HIV as the solution?
A special supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, which I have co-edited with Douglas Webb and Lucie Cluver, considers the impact the new Agenda 2030 (the outline to help institute...
View ArticleAll aboard for a new life in Zambia
There’s a buzz of excitement as hundreds of Congolese refugees look for seats on the minibuses that will take them further inside Zambia. As the 246 refugees take their places, conversations with...
View ArticleAdolescent voices: Girls 2030
Broadening girls’ horizons in Zambia As I climbed the stairs to the main meeting room, I could already sense the buzz and excitement. The floor shook as around a hundred girls in their mid-teens...
View ArticlePaddling to school in Zambia
The Zambian town of Mongu sits on a small hill. From its modest height you get an elevated view of the horizon across the Barotse floodplain, one of Africa’s largest wetland areas. The flooded Zambezi...
View ArticlePlayful parenting in practice: a mom’s love and care in Zambia
As we approach Suzan Shawa’s home, she stands with a broad smile at the edge of her yard. I stroll over, wrapping my chitenge cloth around my trousers and responding to her warm Chichewa greeting of...
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