As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated.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 is Europe's other big issue
Aid is Europe's other big issue, Guardian Weekly, 4th June 2004 (also published in the guardian daily, 10th May 2010)
The fate of the European constitution looks likely to dominate debate in the European elections this month. But in international development other issues matter more. There are five battles to win - unfinished business the European Commission president Romano Prodi will leave behind.
First, a new commission will be appointed after the elections to take office in November. There must be one commissioner responsible for aid, with oversight of a single administration covering both policy and delivery, and not subservient to foreign policy or the war on terror................. (see link in title for full article)