The annual public letter from Bill and Melinda Gates has become a much-celebrated event in the global development calendar. But lost in the excitement around this year’s letter is the fact that it uses 6,000 words to paint a picture that is so selective in its use of...
An alluring cast of speakers including the First Lady Michelle Obama, Queen Rania of Jordan, John Kerry, and Ban Ki-moon, among others, spoke at last week’s World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC. Bill Gates was the guest star of the Bank’s final live-cast panel...
The Gates Foundation’s Narrative Project If not The Narrative Project’s aid and charity, then what? And how? This webinar will examine and invite debate on the evidence behind concerns about the approach being taken to “fix” public attitudes to development by...
