The Israeli strike on Yemen’s port of Hodeida has released hazardous emissions and caused fuel spills, experts said, compounding environmental pollution already worsened by oil spills from Huthi ship attacks.…
Restrictions on labour movement and the free flight of capital across national boundaries is the fundamental contradiction of globalisation. All visa regulations are driven by an unwritten principle which advocates…
Everyone is feeling the pinch in the NGO sector. Where will new funds come from and how will they maintain operations and pay staff? The state is partly to blame.…
According to the ‘standard’ theory on state formation and development, usually the first step in the emergence of a nascent ‘state’ historically has been when a ruler, more often than…
Political conservatives worry that NGOs spy, social conservatives fret that they convert and economic conservatives detest their anti-neoliberalism advocacy. International NGOs (INGOs) infuriate conservatives particularly given their Western origins. There…
There are many reputable international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) established or funded by official and semi-official agencies of different countries or by private donors, which are doing useful work all over…
Imagine you live in Saudi Arabia and want to start a discussion group with some friends. The only way to do it legally is to ask the king’s permission. Musa…
Imagine you live in Saudi Arabia and want to start a discussion group with some friends. The only way to do it legally is to ask the king’s permission. Musa…
LAST month USAID announced the $40m Gender Equity Grants Programme in Pakistan to advance women’s rights and support government policies discouraging gender inequities. According to the announcement, the “United States…
Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can support just half the people in need…
