By Katharina Welle, STEPS Centre PhD student The New Manifesto, presented by Adrian Ely on day one of the STEPS Centre Symposium, argues for three crucial shifts in thinking about innovation for development and sustainability: directions, diversity and distribution. But, how can these conceptual arguments be applied to address the realities faced by poor people…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: REALITY CHECK
NEW APPROACHES TO MONITORING THE MDGs?
By KATHARINA WELLE, SPRU, DPhil student Calls for increasing transparency and accountability for water supply and sanitation have been voiced in different sessions at the Istanbul 2009 World Water Forum. But what does that mean and how can it be achieved? A key element behind increased transparency and equity is monitoring – be it in…
IMPRESSIONS FROM MY FIRST WORLD WATER FORUM
by KATHARINA WELLE, SPRU, DPhil student This is the first World Water Forum that I am attending – I expected it to be fairly chaotic, not so well organised and buzzing with people from all sorts of backgrounds – government, NGOs and a few people from the private sector from all over the world. Instead,…