We're off to Nairobi for two Manifesto events. The first is a day-long Roundtable, hosted by ACTS, on Friday. For the second, we'll be joining the 4th TWAS-ROSSA Young Scientists' Conference in Africa (theme: "Science and Technology Enterprises in...

By Alankar and Bhagwati from Sarai Some poorer communities on the fringes of cities in India don’t get the best access to water, either because they’re not covered, or only partly covered by the formal state-provided water system. They are now...

In the run up to the Copenhagen conference on climate change, here's Melissa Leach from the STEPS Centre talking about how to pay the climate change bill. Payments from industrialised countries to developing countries are one method of footing the...

"Rebooting development: Innovation policy in the age of technological abundance" was the title of the 13th Marie Jahoda Annual Lecture. It was hosted by SPRU on 7 October 2009. Calestous' deep knowledge is obvious, as well as his passion for the...

The Water Symposium's all over now - photos from the symposium are on our flickr - but we're still digesting some of the debates and discussions. For now, some highlights from Day One, which was mostly taken up by a healthy discussion on climate...