As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated.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, 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 Policy
European Development Policy, ODIOverseas Development Institute (London) Briefing, May 2010, with Mikaela Gavas
The EUEuropean Union has a unique role in the emerging development agenda. It is committed to poverty reduction, well-represented at country level and engaged in meeting the MDGs. As the world's largest donor of both development and humanitarian assistance there is a need to press for continued improvements in the way the EUEuropean Union does business, from additional climate financing to a more clearly defined set of ODAOverseas Development Assistance eligible financial instruments to a strong development commissioner post and greater policy coherence for development across the European External Action Service................. (see link in title for full article)