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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 on public healthcare, weak social safety nets and poor labour rights meant the majority of the world’s countries were woefully ill-equipped

Aid , COVID-19 , Food , Human Rights , Refugees , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/09/2020

Nobel Peace Prize 2020 goes to World Food Programme

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as

Aid , Corruption , Opinions , Sustainable Development / 10/08/2020

What’s killing us in international NGOs?

Ann Hendrix-Jenkins The dark side of international development needs to be dismantled, and then transformed by developing different systems that are humane and restorative. To do so we have to face up to our own responsibilities, call out wrongdoing when we see it, and foster a new generation of ING

Aid , Biodiversity , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 10/07/2020

Leaked report: US halts funding to WWF, WCS and other Conservation NGOs over abuses

This news comes days after the UN Summit on Biodiversity, where numerous heads of government supported WWF and WCS’s call to declare 30% of the Earth as Protected Areas by 2030. The revelations in the leaked report demonstrate how dangerous this would be. The US government has halted more than $

Aid , COVID-19 , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/26/2020

$ 200 Millions WB Loan for Bangladesh to help Water and Sanitation Access

The credit is from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), which provides concessional financing, has a 30-year term, including a five-year grace period. Bangladesh currently has the largest ongoing IDA program totaling over $13.5 billion. The World Bank approved $200 millio

Aid , COVID-19 , Food , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 09/24/2020

Over 21,000 People Killed Since UN Global Ceasefire Resolution 90 days ago

The UN Secretary-General issued his first call for a global ceasefire in March amid COVID pandemic, yet early signs of progress have since stalled, as armed groups have continued or even increased fighting At least 21,347 people have been killed in conflict, including more than 5,800 civilian adults

Aid , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/21/2020

Tajikistan’s desperate thirst for clean drinking water

Firuza Karimova Many schemes launched, but only 62% have access to clean water “Stocking up on water is our responsibility, as men here work, and water is the most important thing for us throughout the day for our chores,” says Oisha Samariddinova, a resident of Tajikistan’s southern and most

Aid , Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Launches & Events , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/20/2020

World’s first Global Fund for Coral Reefs launched

A new, first of its kind fund to protect coral reefs was officially launched on the sidelines of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, with a coalition of partners convening to mobilise resources to make coral reefs more resilient. The Global Fund for Coral Reefs seeks to raise and invest U

Aid , Business , Corruption , Economy , Environment , Governance , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 09/13/2020

State uses all power to curb environmental and social movements: David Graeber

On the passing of David Graeber; ground breaking writer and anarchist anthropologist, Jason Kirkpatrick recollects the interview he did in 2012 and reflects on his Berlin visit Influential academic David Graeber had been invited to Berlin to present his new book Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by curre

Aid , Corruption , Monitoring , Opinions , Sustainable Development / 09/07/2020

The diabolically difficult mid-term review of funding programmes

Gordon Peake Trepidation within a donor or managing contractor about reputational damage to their brand is palpable. Success in promotion rounds and winning new contracts depended upon hawking achievements, not tarrying on missteps. No Ambassador or High Commissioner wants the contents of a page-tur

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