Joshua Howgegohttps://www.scidev.net/global/rss.xml/?type=author&rssname=joshua-howgegoJoshua Howgego RSS feeds.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:29:44 GMTenScientists offer tips on averting innovation prize failurehttps://www.scidev.net/global/news/scientists-tips-innovation-prize-failure/https://www.scidev.net/global/news/scientists-tips-innovation-prize-failure/Innovation prizes may not be the best way to solve development problems, according to a set of papers. Tue, 12 May 2015 02:55:18 GMT+0000Joshua HowgegoIs it necessary to teach poor kids to code?https://www.scidev.net/global/scidev-net-at-large/teach-poor-kids-code-writing/https://www.scidev.net/global/scidev-net-at-large/teach-poor-kids-code-writing/One tech advocate thinks ‘coding is the new writing’ — this grand statement could hold several grains of truth. Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:51:03 GMT+0000Joshua HowgegoQ&A: Integrating science to reduce disaster riskhttps://www.scidev.net/global/features/integrating-science-disaster-risk-vulnerable/https://www.scidev.net/global/features/integrating-science-disaster-risk-vulnerable/As UN treaty talks come to a head, advisor Mark Pelling says the physical and social sciences are being united. Fri, 13 Mar 2015 03:50:20 GMT+0000Joshua HowgegoView on Private Sector: Insurance for the next Ebolahttps://www.scidev.net/global/column/private-sector-insurance-ebola/https://www.scidev.net/global/column/private-sector-insurance-ebola/Technical hurdles need overcoming to answer the World Bank’s call for epidemic insurance, says Joanna Syroka. Mon, 9 Mar 2015 04:35:38 GMT+0000Joshua Howgego‘Gap maps’ show the holes in development evidencehttps://www.scidev.net/global/news/gap-maps-holes-development-evidence/https://www.scidev.net/global/news/gap-maps-holes-development-evidence/Interactive tables show where robust evaluations of interventions related to issues such as sanitation are lacking. Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:48:58 GMT+0000Joshua HowgegoView on Private Sector: The dark side of microfinancehttps://www.scidev.net/global/column/private-sector-dark-side-microfinance/https://www.scidev.net/global/column/private-sector-dark-side-microfinance/Tech that helps target loans at poor people risks undermining the sector’s good intentions, says Rupert Scofield. Wed, 4 Feb 2015 03:52:28 GMT+0000Joshua HowgegoEbola vaccine arrives in Liberia for large-scale trialhttps://www.scidev.net/global/news/ebola-vaccine-liberia-trial/https://www.scidev.net/global/news/ebola-vaccine-liberia-trial/The US National Institutes of Health plans to test experimental treatment’s effectiveness in around 30,000 people. Fri, 23 Jan 2015 04:36:44 GMT+0000Joshua HowgegoView on Poverty: How donors can root out corruptionhttps://www.scidev.net/global/column/poverty-donors-corruption-education/https://www.scidev.net/global/column/poverty-donors-corruption-education/Developing innovative proxy measures of corruption could help evaluate the best strategies, says Shing-Yi Wang. Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:48:20 GMT+0000Joshua HowgegoHow our analysis blogs dug into 2014’s headline storieshttps://www.scidev.net/global/column/analysis-top-blogs-2014/https://www.scidev.net/global/column/analysis-top-blogs-2014/Among the issues dissected were inclusive watch design, e-voting security and cash cards for refugees. Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:44:29 GMT+0000Joshua HowgegoHow behavioural science could revamp developmenthttps://www.scidev.net/global/features/behavioural-science-development-policy-innovation/https://www.scidev.net/global/features/behavioural-science-development-policy-innovation/From boosting tax take to cutting disease, the science of ‘nudges’ is showing its potential, reports Joshua Howgego. Mon, 15 Dec 2014 05:30:16 GMT+0000Joshua Howgego