As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated.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 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)