New open access research published in World Development

New open access research published in World Development

World Development have published a new open access article by Admos Chimhowu, David Hulme and Lauchlan Munro, based on the key findings from National Plannning in the Global South research project. The ‘New’ national development planning and global development goals:...
Five things we’ve learnt about National Development Plans

Five things we’ve learnt about National Development Plans

By Admos Chimhowu In the last 10 years, the number of countries with a national development plan (NDP) has almost doubled. In 2006 about 60 countries had a development plan. This grew to 116 by 2016 and now includes some of the world’s fastest growing economies. The...

Peru – Inception Stakeholder Workshop

Inception Stakeholder Workshop – Lima, Peru On 7 August 2017 the French Institute for Agrarian Research (INRA) held an Inception Stakeholder Workshop for the New National Planning for Sustainable Development in the Global South Project in Lima, Peru. The...

Inception Stakeholder Workshop – Ghana

On Thursday 1 June 2017 an Inception Stakeholder Workshop was held in the ISSER Conference Centre at The University of Ghana. There was an impressive turnout at the event with representatives from State Ministries, Political Parties and the Civil Service. The workshop...

2017 CASID Conference

On 2 June 2017 members of the S3NP Network presented preliminary findings at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development in Toronto. The panel was chaired by Sajjadur Rahman, retired Associate Vice President at the former...
National planning is back in vogue – but how has it changed?

National planning is back in vogue – but how has it changed?

Following the recent award of an ESRC Strategic Network grant, Dr Admos Chimhowu outlines why new, locally driven forms national planning for development require greater scrutiny.     On 25 September 2015, all 193 UN member states committed themselves to a set of 17...