JANUARY 2011
ISSUE 5
EDITORIAL:
Global and local goals
RICHARD SYNGE
There will be much debate in the months ahead over whether the agreement reached at the United Nations’ climate negotiations in Cancun is really a “significant step forward” – as claimed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – or a poor compromise. Activists say that the deal so far...
GLOBAL INSIGHT: GOVERNANCE
A less prescriptive approach to good governance
S. UNWORTH & M. MOORE
Attempts to transfer Western institutional models from rich to poor countries often fail because the...
Tightening finances put reform under pressure
DAVID MENYAH
Recent progress towards better standards of governance could be jeopardised in today’s climate of austerity...
“Evidence-based policies require credible data”
DR HANIA FARHAN
The Ibrahim Foundation was set up in 2006 to stimulate debate on good governance in...
GLOBAL INSIGHT: MIGRATION
“Migrants can help economies recover faster”
WILLIAM LACY SWING
Upon the publication of the IOM’s biennial Migration Report, William Lacy Swing talks to Global...
On the move: globalisation & the migration imperative
PROF. ROBIN COHEN
While globalisation has increased mobility, Western perceptions of the negative effects of migration are exaggerated....
Storms in a tea cup?
ETIENNE PIGUET
The threat of climate-related mass migration may make for good newspaper headlines, but scientific evidence...
SPOTLIGHT: MALTA
“We punch above our weight”
LAWRENCE GONZI
Since taking office as Prime Minister in 2004 – the same year that Malta joined...
Malta: The small island with big ambitions
STEVE MALLIA
With a robust economy and a government determined to derive maximum benefit from membership of...
A cultural and creative renaissance
ARIADNE MASSA
The resurgence of arts and culture reflects Maltese enthusiasm for engaging with the outside world,...
Resilience and strong fundamentals
ANTHONY MANDUCA
After being negatively affected by the global financial and economic crisis in 2009, Malta’s economy...
Mixed fortunes – Malta and the EU
HERMAN GRECH
Not all the effects of EU membership have been welcomed, but Maltese citizens have been...
GLOBAL ARENA: WATER SECURITY
“Water security is becoming a real issue”
DR ANIA GROBICKI
The Global Water Partnership's Executive Director explains that recycling and reclaiming water should be a...
Water politics and common sense
UNDALA ALAM
Countries dependent on shared water resources have little reason to go to war over them;...
Innovation and the private sector
KIRSTY TUXFORD
The Mediterranean basin is an arid region where climate change threatens the future reliability of...
Aridity crisis looms large across the Middle East
The Middle East has basically run out of water. Demand outstrips supply and the region...
Big plans for diverting Himalayan waters
India and China, industrialising at breakneck speed, have plans for an estimated 200 dams and...
Vidal – Climate change shifts our delicate water balance
JOHN VIDAL
Even in the most water-abundant regions, previously reliable supplies are threatened by big changes in...
IN FOCUS: BELIZE
“We must focus on improving our competitiveness”
DEAN BARROW
Elected to office in 2008 as leader of the United Democratic Party, Dean Barrow talks...
In good shape to grow
RICHARD SYNGE
The challenges facing the Belize economy may be common to many small countries, but there...
A taste of the Caribbean in Central America
PATRICK JONES
The prospects for the future are bright, despite occasional economic setbacks, the challenge of drug-related...
IN FOCUS: KENYA
Kenya: Constitution promises a fresh agenda
KENNEDY ABWAO
Although an enormous amount of fine-tuning will be required, last August's constitutional referendum in...
GADO – satire is a serious business
ISABEL NANTON
An afternoon stroll through Nairobi’s streets provides Kenya’s top cartoonist GADO with the inspiration he...
Not such rough justice
ISABEL NANTON
Nairobi Province’s Commandant-in-Charge of Prisons, Wanini Kireri, has adopted a new approach towards reforming criminals,...
Mobile power leads expansion
TOM MALITI
The growth of telecommunications in recent years is helping to stimulate an economic revolution in...
“The new Constitution will encourage foreign investment.”
MUGO KIBATI
Global: What are your thoughts on Kenya’s economic prospects leading up to the next elections...
“The new Constitution creates for Kenya a moment of hope …”
JOHN GITHONGO
In February 2005, John Githongo fled his native Kenya fearing that his life was in...
