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Fraction of Oil Profits Sought for Poorest Nations

The world's 50 poorest nations -- ranging from Cape Verde and Haiti to Nepal and Sierra Leone -- are turning to the major oil-producing nations for urgently needed assistance for development. Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, U.N. under-secretary-general for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), has proposed that oil-producing nations should consider earmarking just 10 cents per barrel from their rising incomes for infrastructure development in LDCs in the next 10 years. (Thalif Deen, IPS, 24 August 2006)

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34449

(Added: Fri Aug 25 2006   Hits: 181)

NZAID Field Blog

NZAID's field blog gives an up-close and up-to-date insight on the realities of aid on the ground. NZAID staff will update the blog as they travel to the field to visit NZ funded programmes and projects. The first blog will be written by NZAID Communication Manager, Catrina McDiarmid, who is travelling to Papua New Guinea on a visit focussing on the Millennium Development Goals and the Pacific, HIV/AIDS, and other sexual and reproductive health issues. (NZAID, 2006)

http://nzaid.blogspot.com/

(Added: Mon May 22 2006   Modified: Thu Jun 08 2006   Hits: 320)

'Global cause' and effect: How the aid system is undermining the Millennium Development Goals

A new report by WaterAid argues that donor "blind spots" and single issue causes are undermining the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. An aid system needs to be built that will "respond to the complex needs of poor communities" not to the whims of preferences of political leaders in the north or to the loudest northern campaigns. WaterAid is not calling for water and sanitation to be added to "the shopping list for international development favourites" but rather for "international donors and developing country governments to begin to see the linkages between essential services and to shape their development policy accordingly" (WaterAid, 15 August 2007).

http://www.wateraid.org/documents/global_cause_and_effect__mdg_midway_paper.pdf

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30 year war creates shadow of hunger over Eritrea

War and drought have reduced this East African country to a state of almost total dependence on food aid. Most of the fertile land was caught up in the conflict with Ethiopia, and now that peace has returned, farmers have found their land covered with land mines and their cattle stolen. This special report by Panos Features says Eritrea is destined to be dependent on food aid for some time to come. (Donica Tesfamariam, Panos, April 2006)

http://www.panos.org.uk/global/featuredetails.asp?featureid=1038&ID=1003

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A Wider Approach to Aid Effectiveness

In this paper the authors discuss the results of research into the impact of foreign aid on human development. Rather than focussing on per capita income, as is common in the existing literature, they look at how aid impacts on a range of human development indicators, including measures, of health, education and fertility, and allow for the fact that these different dimensions of wellbeing are likely to interact with each other. Overall, aid is found to have a substantial positive impact on many development outcomes. (David Fielding et. al. UNU Wider Paper, February 2006)

http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/rps/rps2006/rp2006-23.pdf

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Africa's Missing Billions: International arms flows and the cost of conflict

A report from Oxfam, IANSA and Safeworld about the estimated the economic cost of armed conflict to Africa's development. The sum estimated is equivalent to international aid from major donors in the same period. If this money was not lost due to armed conflict, it could solve the problems of HIV and AIDS in Africa, or it could address Africa's needs in education, clean water and sanitation, and prevent tuberculosis and malaria (IANSA, Oxfam and Saferworld, 2007).

http://www.oxfam.org/en/files/bp107_africas_missing_billions_0710.pdf/download

(Added: Fri Oct 12 2007   Hits: 130)

African Voices - Improving EC aid to Agriculture in Africa

African Voices in Europe has been launched by Practical Action to expose the failures of EC aid to improve the lives of farmers and livestock keepers in Africa and set a new agenda for ensuring aid reaches Africa's poorest communities. The site includes videos, photo stories, and in-depth research on EC aid to agriculture in Africa.

http://practicalaction.org/?id=africanvoices

(Added: Fri Mar 16 2007   Modified: Fri Dec 21 2007   Hits: 311)

Aid and Growth

This article - written for the IMF's magazine 'Finance and Development' by Steven Radelet, Michael Clemens and Rikhil Bhavnani - discusses the debates about aid and economic development. It presents the contrasting arguments before leading into the authors' own econometric research that shows that, when the differing impacts of different types of aid are taken into account, aid is clearly correlated with increased economic growth. (September 2005)

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2005/09/radelet.htm

(Added: Mon Oct 02 2006   Hits: 194)

Aid and Trade Workshop Reports

This webpage contains the workshop reports from the Aid and Trade Event held in January 2008. Topics include Partnering for Relief, Pre-disaster Recovery Planning, Shelter Recovery Coordination and Transporting Relief.

http://www.aidandtrade.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=350&Itemid=71&sub=1

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Aid for Trade - Why and How? [PDF]

This report by International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty argues that trade negotiations as represented by the Doha Round will promote development only if two conditions are met: first an ambitious and balanced market access package in key areas such as agriculture or services; second, actions to address developing countries insufficient infrastructural, institutional and human capacity. This second condition is best met through Aid. Hence the report's title Aid for Trade.

http://www.ileapinitiative.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=0&func=download&filecatid=235&lang=en

(Added: Fri Mar 10 2006   Modified: Tue Aug 22 2006   Hits: 350)

Aid for trade at a glance 2007 : 1st global review (pdf)

This report presents the results of a collaboration not only between the OECD and World Trade Organization, but also between the broader trade and development communities. The challenge is one of global policy coherence - how to better harness trade for development, and development assistance for trade. (OECD, 2007)

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/24/63/39638213.pdf

(Added: Wed Jan 23 2008   Hits: 90)

Assessment of the future humanitarian risks in occupied Palestinian territory

This paper examines the humanitarian risks in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the coming months. The analysis has been organised according to three scenarios. Scenario 1 reflects the current situation. A more critical forecast is related to the withdrawal of funding to the Palestinian Authority. In Scenario 2 Israeli-enforced movement restrictions and security measures continue and the Palestinian Authority's (PA) budget and services are only partially funded. In Scenario 3 Continued movement restrictions and security measures and the PA budget and services a re not funded at all. The paper warns of an extremely bleak humanitarian situation for the Palestinian people. (United Nations, 11 April 2006)

http://www.choike.org/documentos/hum_asses.pdf

(Added: Thu May 04 2006   Hits: 219)

Avoiding failure with Hamas

Can Hamas change? The Palestinian Authority's government has suggested respect for past agreements with the caveat that these must serve Palestinian interests; and officials hint that one day they would accept a two-state solution, only to contradict themselves the next. While there is genuine uncertainty over whether Hamas ultimately can come up with the right answer, this article argues that halting aid to the Palestinian Authority almost certainly will yield the wrong one. Starving the Palestinian Authority of such resources almost immediately after Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has taken office and before his government's policies can be assessed would be tantamount to ensuring the experiment in Islamist political integration is stillborn. Should Hamas conclude that failure is its only option, it will eventually revert to its proven methods of violence - and three out of every four Palestinians would fall beneath the poverty line. The author recommends donors should rather respond by prioritising what Hamas does, not what it says and allow a trial period for aid. Adopting such an approach has nothing to do with endorsing Hamas's ideology or previous conduct, and everything to do with devising a realistic policy to deal with a real problem. (Robert Malley, International Herald Tribune, 10 April 2006)

http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4066

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Christian World Service

CWS works with some of the poorest communities worldwide, regardless of race or religion. Inspired by our faith, they believe the provision and enjoyment of the basic necessities for living a decent, just and humane life is the will of God for all humankind. They support poor and marginalised communities in their own efforts to tackle poverty and build self-sufficiency and respond quickly to help people in need when disaster strikes. Standing with the poor, they campaign on the issues that cause poverty and injustice. CWS is committed to working for justice in Aotearoa New Zealand, in partnership with Maori, and honouring the Treaty of Waitangi.

http://www.cws.org.nz/

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Debt swaps for development. Creative solution or smoke screen? - 2007-11-22

Debt swaps are not a new idea. Via a debt swap, the creditor country cancels a debt at its nominal value. In return, the debtor invests part of the cancelled amount in development projects according to conditions previously agreed by both parties. In the 1980s debt swaps were widely used, particularly in emerging economies. This is a look at the concept of debt swap and the implications it has (Eurodad, October 2007).

http://www.eurodad.org/uploadedFiles/Whats_New/Reports/Debt_swaps_ENG(2).pdf

(Added: Tue Nov 27 2007   Hits: 80)

Development Co-operation Report 2005

The authoritative source of information on the foreign aid policies and programmes of donor countries, the annual Development Co-operation Report by the Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) presents detailed statistics and analysis, this year providing an insight into some of the urgent and intractable issues that members have been working together to address in 2005. Will donor countries reach the annual target of USD 130 billion by 2010? Where is aid going and how can it be used more effectively? Does technical co-operation - paying experts from developed countries to work in developing countries - make sense? Is enough being done to stimulate growth to benefit the lives of poor people? As always, this account is complemented by comprehensive statistical information on aid flows, reflecting the DAC's role in accounting transparently for the activities of its members. OECD, Feb 2006.

http://www.oecd.org/document/35/0,2340,en_2649_33721_36052835_1_1_1_1,00.html

(Added: Wed Mar 15 2006   Hits: 244)

Development, Humanitarianism and the Spectre of Colonization in the Eastern Province

This paper focuses on the current situation in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, in the context of Mahinda Rajapakse claimed victory over the LTTE in the region and his pledge to resolve conflicts and tensions therein through development (David Rampton, SOAS, 22 September 2007).

http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/DavidRampton%5B1%5D.pdf

(Added: Tue Oct 02 2007   Hits: 116)

Does Foreign Aid really work?

Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer this important question have been dominated by a focus on the impact of official aid provided by governments. But today, possibly as much as 30 percent of aid is provided by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and over 10 percent is provided as emergency assistance. In the first-ever attempt to provide an overall assessment of aid, Roger Riddell presents a rigorous but highly readable account of aid, warts and all. Does Foreign Aid Really Work? sets out the evidence and exposes the instances where aid has failed and explains why. The book also examines the way that short-term political interests distort aid, and disentangles the moral and ethical assumptions that lie behind the belief that aid does good. The book concludes by detailing the practical ways that aid needs to change if it is to be the effective force for good that its providers claim it is.

http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199295654

(Added: Sun Apr 29 2007   Modified: Fri May 04 2007   Hits: 223)

Effective development assistance: a guide to sector wide approaches

This interactive CD-ROM aims to help policymakers and other actors operate effectively in a SWAp environment. Drawing mostly on health sector examples of SWAps, it is aimed both at those with no prior experience and those wishing to build on existing knowledge. This is a hands-on and user-friendly tool presenting a comprehensive overview of SWAps, their aims and key components, with exercises, activities, a full case study and other materials. Taking users through the aims and key components of SWAps, this resource demonstrates how SWAps differ from other aid instruments and considers the issues raised by poverty reduction strategies, decentralisation, existing projects, and global health partnerships. Available free of charge from the HLSP Institute.

http://www.hlspinstitute.org/projects/?mode=region&id=115030

(Added: Thu Oct 26 2006   Modified: Mon Nov 06 2006   Hits: 196)

End Oil Aid

A coalition of organizations working together to end oil aid and address the issues at the intersection of oil dependence, climate change, and international debt.

http://www.endoilaid.org/

(Added: Thu Oct 25 2007   Hits: 163)

Financing Gender Equality Is Financing Development [pdf]

Gender equality is recognized as being essential to human development, making it critical to ensure that all aspects of development financing, domestic and international, fully recognize women's economic contributions, and support their economic security and rights. (UNIFEM discussion paper, 2007)

http://www.unifem.org/campaigns/csw/2008/documents/FinancingGenderEqualityIsFinancingDevelopment_eng.pdf

(Added: Fri Apr 11 2008   Hits: 49)

Forum on the Future of Aid: Southern Voices for Change in the International Aid System

The Forum on the Future of Aid is an online community dedicated to research and opinions about how the international aid system currently works and where it should go next.

http://www.futureofaid.net/

(Added: Wed May 31 2006   Hits: 290)

Gaza medical system at breaking point - aid workers

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip were struggling to cope with the influx of wounded after five days of intense Israeli military activity, including a ground incursion and repeated air strikes, which has left at least 115 Palestinians dead and over 300 wounded, according to medical sources in the territory (IRIN, 3 March 2008).

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=77076

(Added: Tue Mar 04 2008   Hits: 32)

Gearing macroeconomic policies to manage large inflows of ODA: the implications for HIV/AIDS programmes

This working paper examines how macroeconomic policies can be managed to accommodate a large inflow of foreign aid to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic and still maintain macroeconomic stability. Because of the daunting scale of this epidemic, funds need to be disbursed urgently in order to contain its spread, yet some economists worry that rapidly scaling up foreign assistance for this purpose will cause inflation and appreciation of the real exchange rate. As this paper explains, governments and central banks need to coordinate fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policies in order to be 'absorb' aid to safeguard long-term economic growth alongside combating the epidemic. (Anis Chowdhury and Terry McInley, International Poverty Centre, UNDP, May 2006)

http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/newsletters/WorkingPaper17.pdf

(Added: Mon May 15 2006   Hits: 234)

Gem of the Pacific

Catrina McDiarmid looks at how New Zealand is helping the Cook Islands rebuild its pearl industry

http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/library/currents/currents-6-gem-of-the-pacific-dec07.pdf

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