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GREECE: The Athens Stock Exchange. Greece has staggering public debt and budget deficits due to the global recession /  Panos Pictures - Yannis Kontos/Polaris

On track or new tracks for the MDGs?

8 September 2010

Jon Barnes, Panos London's Head of Governance and Globalisation Programme looks at how the Millennium Development Goals are faring in the light of recent global economic events.

Bangladesh: A village woman is talking to her husband from the cell phone of Rabia Begum, who runs a small business where she lets villagers use her cell phone for a nominal fee / G.M.B. Akash - Panos Pictures

The importance of communication

20 July 2010

Murali Shanmugavelan, head of Panos London's Information Society programme, talks briefly about the role of communication technologies and their impact on citizenship in this think piece ahead of the IAMCR's 2010 conference in Braga, Portugal.

A still taken from the digital story titled, 'Joys of a broken soul' created by Pamala as part of the AHPN and Panos London digital storytelling project

A snapshot of life

11 May 2009

Migrants who tell their own stories defy the common labels of victim or scrounger and provide a powerful counterpoint to mainstream reporting, says Clodagh Miskelly.

Mozambique: Condoms are distributed in the market after an educational programme on HIV/AIDS / Jenny Matthews - Panos Pictures

It's vital to make research public

4 December 2008

Research has much to say to the politicians and policy makers whose decisions affect our lives, according to Joanne Carpenter.

Living with poverty, coping with shame

14 October 2008

Vivid and powerful personal testimonies deepen our understanding of poverty and motivate us to push for change, says Olivia Bennett.

India: rural villagers access information via computer connection / Robert Wallis – Panos Pictures

Public should say how digital billions are spent

14 May 2008

Governments have collected huge sums in Universal Access Funds. Murali Shanmugavalen wants the people to decide how they are used to bridge the communications gap. 

Pakistan: Chan Bibi shared her experience / Sungi Development Foundation

Celebrating the uncelebrated

14 May 2008

In the run up to the International Day for Sharing Life Stories, Siobhan Warrington calls for people's own experiences to underpin development work.

Jordan: Man watching Al Jazeera at a coffee shop / Yola Monakhov - Panos Pictures

Satellite broadcasting gag threatens development

11 April 2008

Mark Wilson believes the recent clampdown on satellite broadcasters in Arab League countries threatens to damage the wellbeing of millions.

A technican undertakes telephone repairs beside an advertisement for Comium, one of the main mobile telephone operating companies in Sierra Leone / Fredrik Naumann - Panos Pictures

Market forces alone won't end the digital divide

13 February 2008

The UN says the digital divide is narrowing. Murali Shanmugavalen tells us to think twice about leaving the job to telecoms industry giants.

Madagascar: farmers harvesting / Jean-Leo Dugast - Panos Pictures

Left out of the climate communication loop

3 December 2007

Rod Harbinson wants those out of the communication loop to find out how climate change will affect them.

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India: Lawyers discuss a case at a 'mobile court' that helps the disenfranchised / Jacob Silberberg - Panos Pictures