Iro-nsi Bose Credit:Miriam Gathigah/IPS

By Miriam Gathigah

BUSAN, South Korea, Dec 1, 2011 (IPS) – Gender champions have lauded the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness for providing gender equality and the empowerment of women a special session, but there is dissatisfaction with Thursday’s Busan outcome document. Continue Reading

An internally-displaced Kenyan woman cooks in her makeshift kitchen. Credit:Miriam Gathigah/IPS

Analysis by Miriam Gathigah

BUSAN, South Korea, Dec 13, 2011 (IPS) – Women’s rights champions are not prepared to let the dust settle on the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness that ended in this South Korean port city on Dec. 1 with the customary nod towards gender equality and empowerment. Continue Reading

Reclamando el derecho a la salud en el 4 Foro de Alto Nivel sobre Eficacia de la Ayuda al Desarrollo, en Busan, Corea del Sur. Crédito: Miriam Gathigah/IPS

Por Miriam Gathigah

BUSAN, Corea del Sur, 1 dic (IPS)  El Día Mundial de la Lucha contra el Sida se conmemora este jueves 1 buscando lograr “cero nuevas infecciones por el VIH, cero discriminación y cero muertes relacionadas”. En África también se necesitaría cero tolerancia a la corrupción en el manejo de los fondos de ayuda a su combate. Continue Reading

By Suvendrini Kakuchi

BUSAN, South Korea, Dec 1, 2011 (IPS) – Inclusiveness was the winner as donors, recipient governments, emerging economies, multilateral lenders and civil society representatives hammered out a consensual document at the close of a major meeting in this South Korean city to boost development aid effectiveness.

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Miriam Gathigah interviews Jean-Louis Sarbib, chief of  Development Gateway, which works to develop solutions that empower.

Jean-Louis Sarbib. Credit: Miriam Gathigah

BUSAN, Dec 1, 2011 (IPS) – Representatives of nations and organisations committed to development wrapped up on Thursday the Fourth High Level Forum (HLF 4) on Aid Effectiveness with an ambitious plan to eradicate global poverty.

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By Miriam Gathigah

Demanding Right to Health at Busan. Credit: Miriam Gathigah

BUSAN, Dec 01, 2011 (IPS) – As the curtain comes down on the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in this South Korean city, thursday, billions of people  will be marking yet another World AIDS Day –  this one themed ‘Getting to Zero,’ for zero AIDS-related deaths, zero new infections and zero stigma and discrimination.

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África podría lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas para el Milenio mejorando la eficacia de la ayuda. Crédito Miriam Gathigah/IPS.

Por Miriam Gathigah

BUSAN, Corea del Sur, 30 nov (IPS) Los delegados africanos al 4 Foro de Alto Nivel sobre Eficacia de la Ayuda al Desarrollo volverán a casa, este jueves, con muchas historias inspiradoras para intentar que sus respectivos países logren economías de medianos ingresos.

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By Miriam Gathigah

BUSAN, South Korea, Nov 30, 2011 (IPS) – There are many inspiring stories that delegates from Africa attending the ongoing Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness can take home to provide insights to their respective countries on making the transformation to middle-income economies.
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By Suvendrini Kakuchi

BUSAN, South Korea, Nov 30, 2011 (IPS) – The idea of business as an effective development tool is gaining ground at Busan where hundreds of experts are gathered to charter a new chapter in global aid amidst growing political and economic uncertainty among donors. Continue Reading

By Miriam Gathigah

Hillary Clinton at Busan Credit:Miriam Gathigah/IPS

BUSAN, South Korea, Nov 30, 2011 (IPS) – Women toil in the fields for most of their lives producing food and strengthening the largely agricultural economy of African countries, but when their fathers, husbands or older sons die, they are no longer welcome on land they may have tended for years.

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