The Conversation | Oxford Department of International Development

Loren Landau

Xenophobia in South Africa: state’s complicity with gangs and vigilantes is threatening its ability to govern

Olivier Sterck

Measuring poverty on a spectrum instead of an arbitrary line conveys a more accurate picture of inequality

Nikita Sud

The world’s largest climate finance deal was built to flounder: why funding fails to reach the front‑line

Chris Adam

08 December 2025

Low-tax or high-welfare? The UK must decide what type of country it wants to be

John Gledhill

Language of peace: why talk of ‘making deals’ rather than ‘reaching agreements’ is not helpful

11 February 2025

Ecuador election heads to runoff – Indigenous movement now holds key to the outcome

Jodi-Ann Wang

25 November 2024

Cop29 climate finance deal: why poor countries are so angry

Matthew Gibney

12 November 2024

Do refugees have a duty to be grateful?

Olivier Sterck

09 October 2024

Refugees in east Africa suffer from high levels of depression, making it harder to rebuild lives – new study

30 October 2024

Autocrats and cities: how capitals have become a battleground for protest and control