{"id":1495,"date":"2025-10-02T04:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:08:52","slug":"special-reports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left folder content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article>\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpecial Reports<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-future-calling\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/special-reports\/special-report-the-future-calling\/192248-4-eng-gb\/special-report-the-future-calling_column.jpg\" alt=\"Special Report: The future calling\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"serie\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-future-calling\/\">Special Report: The future calling<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 09, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tOur world is changing quickly and profoundly. Rich and poor \u2013 regardless of where they live \u2013 are faced with increasingly \u2018thick\u2019 problems and social change is more politicized and contested than ever before. And yet, most international developmen&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-future-calling\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/special-reports\/kennis-voor-mondiale-ontwikkeling\/183150-7-eng-gb\/kennis-voor-mondiale-ontwikkeling_column.jpg\" alt=\"Kennis voor mondiale ontwikkeling\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"serie\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Kennis voor mondiale ontwikkeling<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 04, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tDit Special Report is samengesteld door Evert-jan Quak, Ellen Lammers en Frans Bieckmann. Het is een weerslag van het debat over het kennisbeleid van het Nederlandse ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken dat de afgelopen maanden werd gevoerd op de web&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-changing-the-rules-of-the-game\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/images\/broker-26\/pag-09\/726425-1-eng-gb\/pag-09_column.jpg\" alt=\"Special Report: Changing the rules of the game\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-changing-the-rules-of-the-game\/\">Special Report: Changing the rules of the game<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/de-weijer-frauke\/\">Frauke de Weijer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 10, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tDevelopment organizations have yet to come to terms with the inherent complexity of institutional change. Institutional change takes time, and the kind of institution best suited to a given situation depends on the context. In other words, a succe&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-changing-the-rules-of-the-game\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/special-reports\/special-report-the-acp-eu-relationship\/149884-8-eng-gb\/special-report-the-acp-eu-relationship_column.jpg\" alt=\"Special Report: The ACP-EU Relationship\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"serie\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Special Report: The ACP-EU Relationship<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 23, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tCan you think of a group of almost half of the countries in the world, delivering crucial commodities, without a real say in global governance? Well, it exists. It&#8217;s called the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). And the group no&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-reshuffling-power\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/special-reports\/special-report-reshuffling-power\/70785-3-eng-gb\/special-report-reshuffling-power_column.jpg\" alt=\"Special Report: Reshuffling power\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"serie\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-reshuffling-power\/\">Special Report: Reshuffling power<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/lammers-ellen\/\">Ellen Lammers<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 10, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe two articles in this special report explore the shift that is needed from the national to the global, not just in outlook but especially in policy agendas, institutional set-up, cooperation between sector ministries, governance and funding. Ho&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-reshuffling-power\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-heart-of-the-matter\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/special-reports\/special-report-the-heart-of-the-matter\/65732-1-eng-gb\/special-report-the-heart-of-the-matter_column.jpg\" alt=\"Special Report: The heart of the matter\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"serie\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-heart-of-the-matter\/\">Special Report: The heart of the matter<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/oya-carlos\/\">Carlos Oya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/sanchez-pedro\/\">Pedro Sanchez <\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 07, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tFor this special report, The Broker asked Carlos Oya and Pedro A. Sanchez to present their views on the global food crisis. Oya explores the problems of unequal food distribution and market liberalization. He argues that deregulated markets should&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-heart-of-the-matter\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-taxing-global-public-bads\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/special-reports\/special-report-taxing-global-public-bads\/56691-2-eng-gb\/special-report-taxing-global-public-bads_column.jpg\" alt=\"Special Report: Taxing global public bads\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"serie\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-taxing-global-public-bads\/\">Special Report: Taxing global public bads<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/spahn-paul-bernd\/\">Paul Bernd Spahn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/griffith-jones-stephany\/\">Stephany Griffith-Jones<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 06, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThis interest coincides with a search for innovative sources of financing to meet development goals and fund global public goods. So why not tax global public bads to fund public goods? Taxing public bads would yield a double dividend. In the firs&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-taxing-global-public-bads\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/towards-a-global-development-strategy\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/special-reports\/towards-a-global-development-strategy\/36519-4-eng-gb\/towards-a-global-development-strategy_column.jpg\" alt=\"Towards a global development strategy\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"serie\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/towards-a-global-development-strategy\/\">Towards a global development strategy<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 14, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tLess Pretension, More Ambition, a report written by the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), has succeeded in shaking up the aid debate. It has reiterated the urgency of thoroughly rethinking development policies.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/towards-a-global-development-strategy\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/special-reports\/special-report-greening-the-global-economy\/30933-9-eng-gb\/special-report-greening-the-global-economy_column.jpg\" alt=\"Special report: Greening the global economy\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"serie\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Special report: Greening the global economy<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Jeffrey Sachs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Peter H. May<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 03, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tSome countries have shifted resources to stimulate \u2018green economy\u2019 opportunities, looking to capitalize on societal concerns about the spillovers of profligate consumption during the recent speculative bubble. Under the banner of a \u2018Global Green N&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/special-reports\/special-report-cities-of-the-world-unite\/26100-5-eng-gb\/special-report-cities-of-the-world-unite_column.jpg\" alt=\"Special Report: Cities of the world unite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"serie\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Special Report: Cities of the world unite<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nijman-janne-e\/\">Janne E. 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