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Development Dialogue

Development Dialogue is addressed to individuals and organizations in both the South and the North, including policy makers, international institutions, member of civil society, the media and the research community.

Development dialogue is intended to provide a free forum for critical discussion of international development priorities for the 21st century. The Journal reflects the outcomes of the Foundation’s seminars, but is also a forum for contributions to the ongoing debate.

Below the issues are listed in chronological order.
A more compact list of the issues can be found here.

The End of the Development-Security Nexus? The Rise of Global Disaster Management

Development dialogue no. 58, April 2012
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The End of the Development-Security Nexus? The Rise of Global Disaster Management
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Thinking and policy on ‘development’ and ‘security’ have undergone paradigmatic shifts in recent decades. The well-known merger of development and security into a ‘development-security nexus’ is now shifting towards an...
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The United Nations and Regional Challenges in Africa – 50 Years After Dag Hammarskjöld

Development dialogue no. 57, December 2011
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The United Nations and Regional Challenges in Africa - 50 Years After Dag Hammarskjöld
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This volume contains a selection of the contributions to an international conference held on 13-15 July 2011 at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The conference was devoted to...
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Erskine Barton Childers – For a democratic United Nations and the Rule of Law

Development dialogue no. 56, June 2011
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Erskine Barton Childers - For a democratic United Nations and the Rule of Law
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Erskine Barton Childers devoted his career as an international civil servant and his too short life thereafter to the tireless promotion of ideals and visions that both acknowledged and were...
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Dealing with crimes against humanity

Development dialogue no. 55, March 2011
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Dealing with crimes against humanity
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‘The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell.’ These words of the second Secretary-General of the United...
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Boiling Point » Can citizen action save the world?

Development dialogue No. 54, July 2010
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Boiling Point » Can citizen action save the world?
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By Kumi Naidoo

This volume offers the insights and reflections – both critical and self-critical – of a prominent civil society activist who has been engaged in local and global...
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