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Below you find the most recent blogposts, linking you directly to the EADI Debating Development Research Blog where you can also subscribe to get notified whenever a new post is published. This happens around two to five times a month. Enjoy the read!

Recent Blogposts

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Against all Odds: How Local Communities Achieve Forest Conservation in Colombia

Sara Vélez Zapata, Gonzalo A. Vargas - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Community forestry is a set of diverse institutions and practices that enable rural communities to participate in managing forest resources; it is a strategy to curb deforestation and conserve biodiversity, while at the same time sustaining local livelihoods.
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Three Ideal Types for the Future of Development Cooperation

José Antonio Alonso - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
The international aid system is undergoing one of the most acute crises in its history. Although it is often portrayed primarily as a budgetary crisis—intensified by decisions such as the Trump Administration’s cuts to foreign assistance—it in fact reflects a deeper and long-standing structural malaise
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The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies

Lyla Mehta - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
Since the Brundtland Commission advanced the concept of sustainable development in 1987, a lively strand in Development Studies (DS) has engaged with the linkages between environment, sustainability and development.
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