Few issues are capable of galvanising both the development community and the general public in equal measure. But the possibility of introducing a tax on the financial sector – more nattily known as the Robin Hood Tax – is one subject which has done just that. Why has the Robin Hood Tax gained such popular [...]

The latest AfGH/DSW policy briefing, on health spending in Mozambique, calls on the EU to provide Maputo with extra funding under the recently launched MDG initiative. It also expresses concern that the need to “demonstrate development results” to donors in a time of fiscal tightening is moving towards a new “financing by results” approach. Mozambique [...]