Posted on 27 November 2011 by admin
By Miriam Gathigah
BUSAN, South Korea, Nov 27, 2011 (IPS) – Gender responsive budgeting becomes important when seen in the background of unpaid but important care work done by women, say delegates to an international meet on aid effectiveness in this South Korean city. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 November 2011 by admin
By Miriam Gathigah
NAIROBI, Nov 24, 2011 (IPS) – Kenyan tea and coffee farmers remain disgruntled about the minimal profits they make selling their cash crops, the country’s leading foreign currency earners, as the government receives millions in funding for training and subsidies that most of these farmers are yet to see materialise. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 November 2011 by admin
Lidia Fromm Cea, director general for cooperation at Honduras’s Ministry of Planning and Cooperation
Credit:A.D.McKenzie/IPS
PARIS, Nov 19, 2011 (IPS) – A new model of making development assistance more successful is expected to emerge at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4), to be held Nov. 29 – Dec. 1 in Busan, Korea.
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Posted on 10 November 2011 by admin
By Inés Benítez
One of many women in Kenya who are self-employed thanks to microloans from the Women’s Enterprise Fund. Credit:Miriam Gathigah/IPS
Posted on 10 November 2011 by admin
Por Inés Benítez
Una de muchas mujeres keniatas que generan su propio empleo gracias a micropréstamos del Fondo Empresarial para la Mujer. Crédito: Miriam Gathigah/IPS
Posted on 01 November 2011 by admin
Por Daan Bauwens
BRUSELAS, nov (IPS) – La nueva política de la Unión Europea (UE) de apoyo al mundo en desarrollo, detallada en la “Agenda para el Cambio”, puede privar a muchos países, en especial a los de medianos ingresos, de una asistencia económica todavía esencial para muchos de ellos, advierten organizaciones no gubernamentales.
Posted on 31 October 2011 by admin
By Daan Bauwens
Zambia has recently been categorised as a middle-income country, yet two-thirds of the country's population live on less than two dollars per day. Credit: Ephraim Nsingo/IPS
BRUSSELS, Oct 31, 2011 (IPS) – Last week the European Commission unveiled its ‘Agenda for Change’, a new policy framework outlining priorities for the European Union’s development aid and detailing the Commission’s renewed focus on economic growth as a means of poverty reduction, particularly in the world’s poorest countries. Continue Reading
Posted on 15 September 2011 by admin
By Mandeep Tiwana and Netsanet Belay*
JOHANNESBURG, Sep (IPS) — In the hope for a fairer deal on aid for the continent, African leaders are planning to present a unified position at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4) in Busan, South Korea.
Posted on 08 September 2011 by admin
Por Daan Bauwens
BRUSELAS, sep (IPS) – La ayuda al desarrollo no es efectiva porque se concede mediante contratos de miles de millones de dólares otorgados a empresas de países ricos, un fenómeno llamado asistencia bumerán, concluyó un estudio realizado por la organización Eurodad.
Posted on 06 September 2011 by admin
By Daan Bauwens
BRUSSELS, Sep 6, 2011 (IPS) – Development aid is ineffective mostly because it is tied to contracts worth billions of dollars awarded to firms in developed countries in a phenomenon called boomerang aid, a new study says.
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