Geof Wood

LETTERS FROM THE UK

Dr Geof Wood is a development anthropologist and author of several books and numerous journal articles, with a regional focus on South Asia. He is also emeritus professor of international development at the University of Bath.

Frogs in the saucepan: A metaphor for our times

We have adjusted to the curtailment of our liberties and discrimination in various forms—social, racial, ethnic, immigrant and so on.

1d ago

Absurdity of justice

Since Margaret Thatcher, we have had that problem in spades in the UK; blame for failure is bounced around between ministries and private contractors, between policy ideas and those responsible for implementation.

3w ago

Stephen D Biggs’s pioneering work in helping small farmers

Stephen was more than a university teacher and researcher.

1m ago

Munich again, 87 years later

It is always good to seek peace rather than war, but the question is always, at what price and in whose interests?

1m ago

Economics for all?

How one develop can enough economic knowledge to understand political choices.

1m ago

Two cats in the yard

We move into 2025 with many heightened uncertainties.

2m ago

A new deal for Bangladesh-UK partnership in uncertain times

Even before the recent change of government in the UK, its role in Bangladesh has been shifting, especially bilaterally.

5m ago

A blueprint for reforms: Tackling corruption, inequality, and autocracy

The government needs to set in place irreversible principles and practices that constrain arbitrary power in the future leading to the misuse of popular consent.

6m ago
April 11, 2025
April 11, 2025

Frogs in the saucepan: A metaphor for our times

We have adjusted to the curtailment of our liberties and discrimination in various forms—social, racial, ethnic, immigrant and so on.

March 20, 2025
March 20, 2025

Absurdity of justice

Since Margaret Thatcher, we have had that problem in spades in the UK; blame for failure is bounced around between ministries and private contractors, between policy ideas and those responsible for implementation.

March 10, 2025
March 10, 2025

Stephen D Biggs’s pioneering work in helping small farmers

Stephen was more than a university teacher and researcher.

March 3, 2025
March 3, 2025

Munich again, 87 years later

It is always good to seek peace rather than war, but the question is always, at what price and in whose interests?

February 13, 2025
February 13, 2025

Economics for all?

How one develop can enough economic knowledge to understand political choices.

January 30, 2025
January 30, 2025

Two cats in the yard

We move into 2025 with many heightened uncertainties.

October 28, 2024
October 28, 2024

A new deal for Bangladesh-UK partnership in uncertain times

Even before the recent change of government in the UK, its role in Bangladesh has been shifting, especially bilaterally.

September 21, 2024
September 21, 2024

A blueprint for reforms: Tackling corruption, inequality, and autocracy

The government needs to set in place irreversible principles and practices that constrain arbitrary power in the future leading to the misuse of popular consent.

August 2, 2024
August 2, 2024

Surrealism and dark arts: Leaving citizens behind

Under the Tories, the emperor lost its clothes—if it ever had any. Its international rhetoric of “leave no one behind” is a hollow slogan at home.

June 12, 2024
June 12, 2024

A review of My Golden Bengal: A serious book for serious times

A remarkable gathering of informants have been interviewed in recent years by René Holenstein, a former ambassador for Switzerland, for 'My Golden Bengal: Views and Voices from Civil Society.'