Violent clashes in Kyrgyzstan

Cai Wilkinson is a Lecturer in the Centre for Russian and East European Studies who works with IDD in the State-building in Difficult Environments research group. Talk of the possibility of violent conflict in southern Kyrgyzstan, which is part of the cross-border Ferghana Valley region, is not new. The so-called “Osh events” of 1990, when … Continue reading “Violent clashes in Kyrgyzstan”

Ten years into the Millennium Development Goals: another tipping point?

Michael Hubbard is Reader in Development Economics and a specialist in public economic management, international aid management, and agriculture policy reform. In this blog post, he comments on the mood in the run up to the Millennium Development Goals summit, 20-22 September in New York No one predicted collapse of the Soviet Union, global freeze … Continue reading “Ten years into the Millennium Development Goals: another tipping point?”