About Simon Maxwell
Simon Maxwell is a former Director of the Overseas Development Institute.
Articles by Simon Maxwell
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Francesc Badia i Dalmases is Editor and Director of democraciaAbierta.
No to TTIP
Constitutional conventions: best practice
Europe’s global challenge: three crucial months
The politics of climate change
The route to international action on climate change can’t escape from politics. But can this be understood as tough consensus-building rather than conflict-resolution, asks Simon Maxwell.
Global development: Barack Obama’s agenda
The new United States president inherits major challenges of climate change, poverty, global governance and aid policy reform. The responsibility to help meet them is on development professionals too, says Simon Maxwell.
Financing development: from Monterrey to Doha
The global summit in Doha on paying for aid and development takes place amid a worldwide economic recession. All the more reason for visionary thinking and bold action, say Alison Evans & Simon Maxwell.
A new global order: Bretton Woods II...and San Francisco II
The G20 summit in Washington must focus on an inclusive and dynamic renewal of the global development agenda - a task in which Europe has a vital role to play, say Dirk Messner & Simon Maxwell.
(This article was first published on 11 November 2008)
Development in a downturn
Rome’s food summit: a torch passed
The global development agenda in 2007
Chemical warfare in the bathroom
Inside the palace of glass
