As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated. I now work mainly on climate issues, especially in Brighton and Hove, and new work can be found on the website of Climate:Change, our independent think-tank on socially inclusive action in the City: www.climatechangebh.org.uk.
Meanwhile, however, this website has over 850 entries, mostly representing my work on international development from 2010-2025. Among much else, there are over 50 book reviews, more than 20 papers and training cases on bridging research and policy and on managing think-tanks, nearly 100 articles on climate change, and many papers on other topics, including aid, food security and nutrition, and the future of international development. See ‘Topics and Themes’ for more details. I can be reached at sm@simonmaxwell.net.
Aid: What’s next?
Aid: What’s next? (with Rogerson, A.) ODI Opinion 27, September 2004
As birds fly south and beaches empty, the aid community is gathering for a new school year at the joint annual meetings of the IMFInternational Monetary Fund and the World Bank. There are some big, set-piece exams in the coming year, with the UK leading the way.................... (see link in title for full article)