The scramble for resources poses many ethical questions – and cooperation is anything but unusual

Participatory budgeting is about every voice being heard

China's authoritarian approach to devolution proves that citizens' desires ultimately do matter

The World Bank is reviewing its social and environmental Safeguards – and civil society organisations fear dilution

For reasons of politics and methodology, it is especially challenging to evaluate peacebuilding operations

Munich Re's disaster statistics show that climate change is making storms, floods and draughts ever more likely.

Church-based organisations in Germany criticise their country's increasing arms exports

The IMF and multilateral development banks support middle-income countries , but bypass low-income countries in global financial crisis

All dimensions of unspectacular, conventional banking are needed to drive development

European bank regulators would do well to learn from their Latin American counterparts