Margaret Thatcher and International Development

The news of Margaret Thatcher’s death has prompted a huge number of articles and obituaries, and many attempts to try to gauge her influence on UK, Irish, European and world history.

We won’t go into those discussions, but will limit ourselves to an anthology of articles on the Iron Lady’s influence on global development.

So far, we have found these very interesting articles:

• Africa: Mrs Thatcher and the Continent  (AllAfrica.com)
• The Iron Lady’s legacy on international development (DevEx)
• Mrs. Thatcher and Africa (AfricanArguments.org)
• Margaret Thatcher: No fond farewells from Africa (Guardian)
• No, Africans don’t remember Margaret Thatcher fondly (Africa Is A Country)

• Thatcher’s role in “saving Nelson Mandela” (BBC)
• South Africans remain divided: Did Thatcher help or hinder the demise of Apartheid? (Washington Post)
• Thatcher wrong on Apartheid, Mandela, South Africa says (Globe and Mail)
• Remembering Thatcher’s Nigeria visit in 1988 (Vanguard)
• Margaret Thatcher receives critical eulogy from South Africa (Huffington Post)
• Zimbabweans react to Thatcher’s death (SW Radio Africa)
• Nyerere letter to Margaret Thatcher (1982)

• How Margaret Thatcher made the Conservative case for Climate Action (Mother Jones)
• Margaret Thatcher’s climate change of heart (Huffington Post)
• Was Margaret Thatcher the first climate sceptic? (Telegraph)
• Thatcher’s foreign policy legacy (Chatham House)
• Margaret Thatcher’s Foreign Policy: Was the Iron Lady on the Wrong Side of History? (Time)
• Top 10 ways Margaret Thatcher’s policies made our world more unequal (Informed Comment)

• China lauds “Thatcher’s Biggest Compromise” over Hong Kong (Channel News Asia)
• China sings the Iron Lady’s praises (Global Voices)
• Argentina ‘will not shed a tear’ (Telegraph)
• Margaret Thatcher and Israel (Haaretz)
• Margaret Thatcher’s lasting legacy in the Middle East (BBC)