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         <title><![CDATA[Economy amongst issues discussed at G8 summit ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The G8 summit, held on 18-19 May and hosted by President Obama at Camp David, included discussions on the global economy, energy and climate and food security.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[ICAI publishes reports on education, budget support and India]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/244/icai-publishes-reports-on-education-budget-support-and-india</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), the independent body responsible for monitoring the impact of UK aid, has published their latest set of evaluations on DFID's education and health programmes in India, on DFID's education programmes in East Africa and on budget support.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[EU reaffirms 0.7% aid commitment]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/242/eu-reaffirms-0.7-aid-commitment</link>
         <description><![CDATA[EU development ministers have reaffirmed their commitment to reach spending of 0.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reaction to Queen's Speech]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Queen&rsquo;s Speech confirmed that the UK Government will reach the 0.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Girls' Education Challenge]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/240/girls-education-challenge</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A new challenge fund has been launched by DFID to support NGOs and the private sector in enabling girls' education in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[SOS Children's Villages wins media award]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/241/sos-childrens-villages-wins-media-award</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Bond member SOS Children's Villages received the New Media award at the One World Media Awards on 8 May for Our Africa, a website which helps children across Africa to film and share their lives with others around the world.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Course programme announced]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/237/course-programme-announced</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Our training course dates through to March 2013 are now up on our training calendar.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[UK must do more to fight corruption]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[UK compliance with the UN Convention Against Corruption is &ldquo;incomplete&rdquo;, finds a review by the Bond Anti-Corruption Group.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[IDC report shows positive findings on EU aid]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The UK Parliament International Development Committee report, published 27 April, shows that the effectiveness of the European Commission's external assistance has improved considerably and that it can offer clear added value in international development cooperation.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Review highlights impact of EU aid]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The independent OECD peer review of the EU&rsquo;s overseas development programmes and policies has underlined their critical impact and highlighted the "formidable role" they play in helping some of the poorest people in the world.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Financial crisis used as an excuse to cut aid]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/232/financial-crisis-used-as-an-excuse-to-cut-aid</link>
         <description><![CDATA[For the first time in a decade the amount of money the world gives in Official Development Assistance is falling as 16 of the OECD Development Assistance Committee donors fail to meet their aid commitments.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Abandoning 0.7% would affect world’s poorest ]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA["Abandoning 0.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[EU policy coherence "a key political issue"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/230/eu-policy-coherence-a-key-political-issue</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Lack of coherence on policies around trade, development and security can have a detrimental impact on development, according to Liberal Democrat MP Martin Horwood, who spoke at a Bond event on EU Policy Coherence for Development on 26 March.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reports evaluate DFID's work]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/229/reports-evaluate-dfids-work</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The Independent Commission for Aid Impact has published a set of reports evaluating DFID&rsquo;s work with the World Bank, in Afghanistan and with the Nike Girls Hub.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Budget response]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/228/budget-response</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Responding to the UK budget statement, Ben Jackson, Chief Executive of Bond, said:"We commend the government's continued commitment to increase overseas aid.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Health, conflict and Afghanistan]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/227/health-conflict-and-afghanistan</link>
         <description><![CDATA[There are three consultations on our policy pages about conflict, health and Afghanistan.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Network unlocks “funding within hours”]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/224/network-unlocks-aofunding-within-hoursa</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Bond members, including Action Against Hunger, ActionAid, Christian Aid and HelpAge International, and a range of major private sector suppliers are part of the UK&rsquo;s new rapid response network announced by International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Women’s rights: time to take stock]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/225/womenas-rights-time-to-take-stock</link>
         <description><![CDATA[International Women&rsquo;s Day, 8 March, provides an important opportunity to recognise the political, economic and social achievements of women.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Aid legislation letter]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/220/aid-legislation-letter</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Bond members have written to Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg expressing concerns about the decision to postpone legislation enshrining the increase in UK aid spending to 0.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Welcome Ben Jackson]]></title>
         <link>http://www.bond.org.uk/news.php/222/welcome-ben-jackson</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Ben Jackson joined Bond as Chief Executive on Monday and will be out and about over the next few weeks meeting members and key decision makers in the international development sector such as Mark Lowcock (DFID Permanent Secretary).]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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