Shantha BloemenUnderstanding Poor-Country DebtHow do poor countries finance their development?Nov 18, 2018Nov 18, 2018
Shantha BloemenA future stolen: Young and out of schoolI lived in war-torn Liberia in 1997. At the time I moved there, a decade of civil war had decimated the public education system. The…Oct 11, 2018Oct 11, 2018
Shantha BloemenWhy the electric mobility revolution should not bypass Africa’s rural womenWhen I was 23 and beginning a career in international development, I lived in a rural Zambian village. Like every other household there, I…Oct 10, 20181Oct 10, 20181
Shantha BloemenREFLECTIONS ON CHINA, AFRICA & DEVELOPMENTBeing opaque and lack of transparency are common complaints about China’s foreign aid. The analysis often starts from the basis that there…Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018
Shantha BloemenUna McCauley — Memories from MonroviaIt was shortly after I arrived in Liberia in January 1997 as a UNV, that I first met Una McCauley. As the Save the Children Programme…May 29, 2018May 29, 2018
Shantha BloemenThe power of the bullyThe report was laid out in front of me by the headmaster of my son’s school. A report by a teacher on his performance during two months of…May 8, 2018May 8, 2018
Shantha BloemenChallenging Charity StereotypesI was in one of the busiest central parts of the Sydney when I came across an image I had not seen in years: a poor African child with…May 8, 2018May 8, 2018
Shantha BloemenFarewell Robert & Grace MugabeChange finally comes in an unexpected wayNov 15, 2017Nov 15, 2017
Shantha Bloemen#FREE MARTHA — Another Zimbabwe must be possibleI keep on thinking of Martha O’Donovan, a 25-year-old American woman, spending another night in Harare’s notorious remand prison, an awful…Nov 8, 2017Nov 8, 2017
Shantha BloemenSustaining structures of hope in rural Kenya: the challenge of funding community developmentThis last week, in my various tasks with the GFCF, I have been working with Wem Intergrated Health Services (or WEMIHS), a community based…Oct 11, 2017Oct 11, 2017