Policymakers in the UK struggle to take up and use information on health in developing countries. The Realising Rights research consortium, funded by DFID, is working to try and ensure that its research is used in policy and practice.

Democracy has failed in Afghanistan. That statement can't make easy reading for Barack Obama, Gordon Brown or indeed anyone that believes in democracy. But has democracy failed irreparably and irreversibly in Afghanistan, or was it the wrong solution?

The Prime Minister discusses Afghanistan as he answers questions from citizens ranging from our role in fighting the Taliban to building infrastructure to the what the future holds and many others.

In the landscape of EU external action, humanitarian aid has become, over the years, a well-established policy. The outgoing EU Development and Humanitarian Aid Commissioner discusses the future of international aid.