Reading between the lines. Is EU aid in trouble?
The EU Council meeting on 19 and 20 June represents an important marker in this year of the Call to Action on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There are some serious issues to consider, including the failure of European donors to meet their commitments on aid, both in terms of the levels of funding and in delivering harmonisation and alignment. Most importantly, however, the future of the MDG project itself will be debated...
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The aid story in 2008. What’s next?
2008 is turning into another of those milestone years for aid. A cluster of high level meetings are focusing international attention on the challenges around effective development assistance. This presents familiar challenges: how to scale-up, align and harmonise aid to support achievement of the MDGs by 2015. But what is crucially different is the global context in which this must now be achieved. ..
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Engaging with Fragile States: Challenges and Opportunities
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank hosted a conference in Addis Ababa on ‘Engaging with Fragile States: Challenges and Opportunities’ on Tuesday and Wednesday last week (24-25 July). It was organised in close collaboration with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
Overall, I thought the conference was very interesting, especially in terms of the people it was able to bring together.
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What about aid quality?
In the run-up to the G8 summit, everybody's attention is focused on
how much the G8 leaders will commit in additional aid to help tackle
African poverty. Will George Bush be convinced that additional
resources are needed? Can Germany and Italy deliver..
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