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Lessons from the Andes on Budgeting to Close the Gender Gap
- Inter Press Service
Three countries in South America's Andean region, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, have a great deal to teach and share with those meeting in Busan, South Korean this week to discuss, among other things, how to make sure that development aid incorporates a gender focus in order to be effective.
‘Accountability Vital in Improving Aid Effectiveness’
- Inter Press Service
Key actors meeting in Busan on Tuesday, the first day of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), lay emphasis on inclusive ownership, mutual accountability and the platform of the groundbreaking 2005 Paris Declaration.
Q&A: 'Gender Budgets Help You Think About People'
- Inter Press Service
Gender responsive budgeting (GRB), a U.N. Women tool to curb inequality, 'helps you think about people…and to use resources in a more effective manner,' says Lorena Barba.
Q&A: 'New Donors Can Help Farming Sector'
- Inter Press Service
Rising food prices, natural disasters and an energy crisis that is turning wheat into ethanol instead of bread have raised the spectre of inadequate global food supply that hits the poor. This grim reality has finally turned the spotlight on agricultural aid and its link to development effectiveness.
AFGHANISTAN: Fears of Being Left in the Cold after Pullout of Troops
- Inter Press Service
With the majority of international troops expected to withdraw over the next three years, there are growing doubts over donors' commitments to continue to support Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world.
South-South Ties Reshape Aid Paradigm
- Inter Press Service
When the G-8 countries, comprising the world’s largest industrialised nations, decided that improving Internet access to developing countries should be a priority, scores of leaders from developing world opposed the move.
New Deal for Donors and Recipients at Busan?
- Inter Press Service
The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), starting in this port city on Tuesday, will examine why international donor assistance worth trillions of dollars spent over decades has failed to eradicate poverty.
Aid Not Effectively Reaching Africa’s Poor
- Inter Press Service
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.
Q&A: Busan Beckons With New Promise
- Inter Press Service
For a start, stop calling it 'aid', Brian Atwood, chair of the Development Assistance Committee at the OECD, tells IPS.
MALAWI: Painkillers Prescribed for Malaria Amid Drug Shortage
- Inter Press Service
Malawi is experiencing a drug shortage as the country’s international donors remain reluctant to release aid meant for the health sector.
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