Development economist warns of consequences when research funding shrinks

Development economist and researcher Ann-Sofie Isaksson talks about the research project in Malawi. The results indicate that aid projects that contribute to households' improved financial conditions to control their own situation have a positive effect on reducing chronic malnutrition in children. Images: Ann-Sofie Isaksson, Canva.

Of: Elina Malmberg

In June 2023, the government decided that the Swedish Research Council would no longer be tasked with financing new projects under the area Udevelopment research. Research support in international development has thus decreased by two-thirds in two years. Developmentklingsmagasinet has spoken with Ann-Sofie Isaksson, development economist and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies and the University of Gothenburg, om developmentaleeconomic research and the consequences of cuts.

June 9, 2025, Interview

The polio virus has once again found its way to Africa

Photo 1: Nyaluak Tebuom, 14, walks with a box filled with vaccines during a polio campaign carried out by The Global Polio Eradication Initiative in South Sudan 2011. Photo: UNICEF / Brian Sokol. Source: Flickr.

Of: Angel Collin

After 32 years of struggle, it seemed as if in 2016 the last case of wild poliovirus had been seen on the African continent, but the setback came almost six years later. A young girl is now found to have fallen ill in the Malawi capital Lilongwe.

April 6, 2022, News