Aid
What the Green Climate Fund really means for international development
Marc Gunther In its seventh year, progress for the fund has been slow. What will it take to fulfill the GCF’s promise? When the […]
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Biodiversity
A second Honduras anti-dam activist assassinated, EU funders suspend funding
Nelson Garcia, a member of the same Indigenous rights group as murdered activist Berta Caceres, has been assassinated in Honduras. On Tuesday, Nelson Garcia was […]
Sustainable Business
Italian corporation reported to OECD over dam disaster
Survival International has reported Italian engineering giant Salini to the OECD over its construction of a controversial dam set to destroy the livelihoods of […]
Education
Africa Analysis: Research grant shake-up brings hope
Linda Nordling An initiative to harmonise how African research grants are managed is good news. When Tanzania’s national science funding body, the Commission for […]
Aid
From Zorro to Zombie: the rise and fall of the microcredit movement
Milford Bateman, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia The global microcredit industry has achieved nothing more for the mass of clients than to plunge […]
Environment
Local level water cooperation flourishes in Central Asia
Bunyod Holmatov & Jonathan Lautze Despite high-level tensions between countries, water cooperation is thriving on the tributaries of the Syr Darya Water has been a major […]
Aid
Which wealthy countries have the best and worst development policies?
Where do donor countries stand in a barometer-Denmark has the most development-friendly policies while South Korea, Japan and US ranks poorly The Commitment to […]
Aid
The Paris climate agreement at a glance
Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; James Whitmore, The Conversation; Michael Hopkin, The Conversation, and Wes Mountain, The Conversation On December 12, 2015 in Paris, the […]
Aid
UN launches 2016 humanitarian appeal asking for $20.1 billion, the highest request ever
More than 125 million people in the world need humanitarian assistance. This will require a record US$20.1 billion in funding – five times the […]
Aid
The Story of a Solar Fridge: Film
Vincent Urban DR Congo is often a forgotten crisis. It doesn’t show up much in the news, but millions of people continue to be […]
Aid
Sustainable Development Goals, an opportunity for transnational solidarity
Civil society activists share their ideas and strategies on SDG implementation-the need to think without a box and talking eye to eye A two day conference (6-7 […]
Aid
Every year, 5-7 trillion US$ or Japan’s entire GDP is needed for fulfilling SDGs
Developing and emerging economies are leading a quiet revolution to forge robust and sustainable financial systems for 21st century needs but who will foot the […]
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