Desk Notes - Ideas, arguments, and open questions shaping policy and development practice. Read our essays, brief reflections, and analytical pieces:

Ideas, arguments, and open questions shaping policy and development practice. Read our essays, brief reflections, and analytical pieces:

The emotional geography of Pakistani cities

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Women's labour and small farms

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AI summits...whats cooking in the neighborhood ?

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Between Messaging and Meaning: What Pakistan's Public Campaigns Teach Us About Social Change

This post explains how communication acts as the connective tissue between public services and real-world adoption, highlighting Pakistan’s unusually deep campaign experience across health, WASH, nutrition, and emergency risk response.