As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated.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.
European Development Cooperation to 2010: new challenges
European Development Cooperation to 2010: new challenges, speech delivered on 23 September 2005 at 11th EADI General Conference Insecurity and Development, Bonn, Germany (GC2005)
The UK has the Presidency of the European Union until Christmas. I do not represent the Presidency. I am not employed by the government. I have not discussed the ideas I am about to share with the government. I have not asked their views on these topics. Of course, the world would be a much better place if I did run the government, but unfortunately there are one or two other candidates standing in the way................. (see link in title for full article)