Photo: UN Geneva

Aid and development links: Kenyan elections, the SDGs, aid systems and more

A basic income trial in Kenya, the fascinating and lucrative relationship between North Korea and Africa, how the aid system needs to change and more.

Jonathan Pryke

17 July 20171 min read

The ABC’s latest episode of Foreign Correspondent covers the work of GiveDirectly’s basic income trial in Kenya – written story here.
United Nations Seretary-General António Guterres has outlined his plan to reposition the UN development system to better help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Washington Post details the fascinating and lucrative relationship between North Korea and Africa.
As Kenyans prepare to vote next month in general elections, BuzzFeed discusses the struggles female candidates, who currently make up 20% of parliament, face in contesting.
Duncan Green sums up the feedback he received after last week arguing that academics were still failing to translate their research into impact.
Also on Duncan Green’s blog, the new Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, discusses how the aid system needs to change.
The latest edition of Development Policy Review brings together new research that has gathered recipient country perspectives on international development. Some of the authors provide a summary for Devpolicy.