😢 just caught up with news that Duncan Green Duncan Green is leaving Oxfam International - thank you for all of the convening & catalysing & provocative thinking.

Digging out some favourite Duncan moments from the golden days of Twitter...

Sorely tempted. British democracy at its finest

The last Development Nutshell! 26 minutes of reflection on my 20 years at Oxfam International, which are coming to an end next week. Today's Duncan Green podcast frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/the-last-devel…

Learning from Humiliation, Shame and Failure. Today's Duncan Green on what I have learned from some epic fails. frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/learning-from-…

Please, in your busy day today, spare a moment to remember the 1,134 workers who were killed and the thousands more who were maimed and traumatized so we could have disposable clothing. #RanaPlaza ⁦

Forgetting Rana Plaza | From Poverty to Power frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/forgetting-ran…

“For survivors of the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster, the lack of an official memorial for the thousands of victims has real consequences: an active effort to forget the disaster has helped promises of compensation and workers’ rights protections to be reneged on with impunity.”

Forgetting Rana Plaza. Naomi Hossain on the 11th anniversary of Bangladesh's worst factory fire, on today's Duncan Green frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/forgetting-ran…

sounds so much better in German!

Veränderungen sind möglich, und gemeinsam klappt’s besser als allein: Das ist die Essenz aus Duncan Greens Duncan Green Rückblick auf seine Zeit als Seniorberater bei Oxfam International. Er reflektiert aber auch über Hybris und Selbstzweifel.frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/some-reflectio…

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Israel-Iran strikes, Darfur atrocity warnings, and a costly El Niño: The Cheat Sheet: (love the description of IMF/WB Spring meetings as 'the first major policy menagerie of the year') thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/04/1… (The New Humanitarian)

Some Reflections on Leaving Oxfam International after 20 years. Today's Duncan Green contrasts my diary from the 'big year' of 2005 (Make Poverty History, Gleneagles G8 etc) with now, & looks at what has/hasn't changed in the INGO/Oxfam world frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/some-reflectio…

'Israel has failed to provide any evidence of its claims that employees of UNRWA have any connections with Hamas or the Oct 7th attack. Those are the findings of an independent report commissioned by the UN. Many nations havn't reinstated their funding to UNRWA...'

From my mother, on one of my books: 'I tried to read it dear, but after a few pages, I just lost the will to live'

What’s the most memorable feedback you’ve received on your work?

I’m leaving Oxfam International – here’s what happens next. Today's Duncan Green is a big one (for me). Heading off into the sunset after 20 brilliant years frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/im-leaving-oxf…

How do we stop Bad Stuff Happening? And does it differ from Supporting Good Stuff? Today's musings on Duncan Green, featuring work by Kivu International Will Paxton Guy Lodge Andy Hull Yu Ren-Chung frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/how-do-we-stop…

23 April: Ha-Joon Chang hosts convo on 'sustainable finance' by Azman Mokhtar, tformer Managing Director of Khazanah, the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.

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Kudos to the Gates Foundation on its new Open Access policy. Wil key funders like Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and Wellcome Trust follow suit? blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

Breaking Taboos? The IMF, World Bank, WTO Meet the New State Capitalism globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/11/04/202…