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Book Review: Aid’s implementariat: national and invisible
Gordon Peake The book’s subtitle ‘The Invisible Labor of International Development’ has a dual meaning. It both reflects that this class of workers is […]
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Vaccine Deployment and Investment Key to Sustaining the Economic Recovery: World Bank
The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year. A recovery, however, […]
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Indian signs a second 400 million USD loan for COVID 19 with WB to assist poor households
The Government of India and the World Bank signed a $400 million project to support India’s efforts at providing social assistance to the poor […]
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What makes it Difficult to Evaluate Projects Ex-post: Lessons from WWF
Jindra Cekan The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) generously shared lessons from two ex-posts and in particular what they felt should not have been done in terms […]
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Create open data culture to feed hungry world – experts
Fiona Broom The world’s ability to feed its growing — and increasingly hungry — population will depend on a culture of openness in research and data sharing, a […]
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The news – good, bad and uncertain – on NGO donations in Australia
Terence Wood Most Australian development NGOs actually did quite well with donations amid the very difficult year that was 2019 with stagnant domestic economy, […]
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Too much climate finance given as loans force poorer nations into debt
A paltry 14 percent of climate finance is going to the least developed nations and just 2 percent to small island developing states, which […]
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Emergency action required to avert measles and polio epidemics
As COVID-19 disrupts immunizations, urgent action needed to protect most vulnerable children from deadly and debilitating diseases, with WHO and UNICEF estimating that US$655 […]
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UN agencies warn of acute food insecurity surging in the Central Sahel
Three UN agencies are calling for greater stabilization efforts and assistance to the most vulnerable in Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger by bridging […]
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Billionaires need to feed the hungry
Ikhtiar Mohammad While there are millions who cannot afford bread and butter even once a day, there are others who have ample wealth which […]
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A Green Agenda for the Western Balkans: Where are the teeth?
Pippa Gallop The European Commission on Tuesday published its 2020 enlargement package and an Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans. This was […]
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New global index shows catastrophic failure to tackle inequality across countries
Norway tops index, United States flails at 26, South Sudan ranks last, majority of world’s countries are woefully unprepared for COVID-19 Very low spending […]