As of March 2026, this website is no longer being updated.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.
What’s next in international development?
What’s next in international development?, ODIOverseas Development Institute (London) Opinion 71, July 2006
The question ‘what’s next?’ has two answers — one expected, the other less so. The first is prominent in a set of aid-dependent countries that was the focus of much attention in 2005. Call these the ‘20% club’, in which aid accounts for around 20% of GDP. The other answer is relevant to those countries, but stands out more clearly in the ‘0.2% club’, in which aid amounts to only a small share of GDP. The club designations are indicative. However, 20% is the average aid/GNP figure for sub-Saharan Africa and 0.2% is the ratio for India................. (see link in title for full article)