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EU Infrastructure Funding Post-Brexit
This symposium is an opportunity to strengthen understanding of the implications, risks and opportunities for local and regional infrastructure funding and development, following the UK’s secession from the European Union.
Public Policy Exchange 30 May 2017Draft EU position papers on Article 50 negotiations
The European Commission have produced two draft working paper's for Article 50 negotiations, addressing 'Essential Principles on Citizens' Rights' and 'Essential Principles on Financial Settlement'.
European Commission 29 May 2017Brexit and UK International Development Policy
This article explores the implications of Brexit for the UK and the EU's development policies and strategic directions, focusing on the former.
The Political Quarterly 9 April 2017Brexit: Implications and Impact
This overview of the EU and Brexit aims to provide participants with crucial knowledge of the Brexit negotiations and how UK stakeholders can influence them.
Dods Training 22 March 2017How Brexit will affect charitable giving
UK - Charities Aid Foundation head of research Susan Pinkney says ‘no one really knows’ how Brexit will impact charitable giving, but the signs are not as pessimistic as doomsayers might imagine.
Research Live 15 March 2017PM Commons statement on European Council
Prime Minister Theresa May gave a statement to Parliament on the issues addressed at the March EU Council meeting and next steps in preparing to trigger Article 50.
HM Government 14 March 2017Baroness Northover: UK Aid - high impact, low cost
The instability fostered in the world by poverty, migration, climate change, conflict, must be tackled collectively, says Baroness Northover.
Politics Home 2 February 2017Air pollution more deadly in Africa than malnutrition or dirty water, study warns
Annual human and economic cost of tainted air runs to 712,000 lost lives and £364bn, finds Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, say John Vidal.
The Guardian 20 October 2016Fully engaging the private sector in health systems development
Ron Askin on why public sector, private sector, and hybrid public-private partnerships must all participate to ensure a properly functioning health care system.
DevEx 11 October 2016Healthcare innovations won’t cure global health inequality – political action will
Boosting developing nations' access to medical advances is top of the agenda at Berlin's World Health Summit, but will it improve healthcare for the poorest? Ben Ramalingham discusses.
The Guardian 9 October 2016Why is it so hard for academics and NGOs to work together?
Reflections on how academia can do better in forging partnerships with international NGOs.
Oxfam 29 September 2016Global trends: falling income in advanced economies
Poorer than their parents? A new perspective on income inequality
Mckinsey&Co 26 July 2016"This is not a public service announcement"
Sho Konno from Restless Development blogs on what "communications for development" should mean in light of recent media attacks.
"This is not a public service announcement" 20 January 2017Putting flesh on the bones of the new UK Aid Strategy
A summary and review of four recent DFID policy papers - the Research Review, the Civil Society Partnership Review, the Bilateral Development Review, and the Multilateral Development Review.
Simon Maxwell 16 December 2016Brexit: lessons for global development governance
The paper from Simon Maxwell's keynote lecture at the Annual Conference of the Norwegian Association of Development Research, Oslo, 24-25 November 2016.
Simon Maxwell 27 November 2016DFID Civil Society Partnership Review
The Scotland Malawi Partnership welcomes the publication of DFID’s Civil Society Partnership Review and is in broad support of report’s findings, its tone and content.
Scotland Malawi Partnership 7 November 2016ActionAid statement on the Civil Society Partnership Review
ActionAid Chief Executive Girish Menon, comments on the Government’s Civil Society Partnership Review.
ActionAid 7 November 2016Influencing for systemic transformative change: the ACCRA model
Margaret Barihaihi tells Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance's story to inspire development practitioners and partners in making long term impact in the lives of men and women affected by climate change and disasters.
Oxfam 20 October 2016Humanitarian funding update April 2016
To meet the needs of 89 million people across 39 countries through humanitarian response plans, US$20.3 billion is required in global funding. This document pulls together the rest of the global figures as of 30 April.
Relief Web 3 May 2016A brief introduction to Futures
Futures Studies is a practice and a field of study about the future. Sparksgrove gives a brief description of futures, highlighting why it is both useful and challenging.
Sparksgrove 4 April 2016Evaluating the impact of flexible development interventions
Drawing on experiences of the Australia-Mekong NGO Engagement Platform and borrowing from the data-centred approaches of the commercial sector, Rick Davies argues that there is a useful role for "loose" theories of change and that they can be evaluable.
Monitoring and Evaluation news 31 March 2016More than half of British public say FGM is a top women’s rights concern
One in two people say that female genital mutilation is one of their top women’s rights concerns. This comes above equal pay and employment opportunities and access to childcare in a list of nine key women’s rights issues, according to new research by ActionAid UK.
ActionAid 10 February 2016World Report 2015 - Syria
The Syria chapter of the Human Rights Watch World Report 2015, the organisation's annual review of human rights around the globe 2015.
Human Rights Watch 27 January 2016UNICEF appeals for US$1.16 billion for Syria crisis response
UNICEF's Humanitarian Action for Children report 2016 is appealing for US$1.16 billion to fund the humanitarian response plan for Syria and the surrounding region in 2016.
Supporting Syria 26 January 2016We can criticise and be proud of foreign aid at the same time
'If anything, we need more not less aid.' Harriet Lamb, Chief Executive of International Alert, and Bond Chief Executive Ben Jackson explain how, by working in developing countries to support their economies and societies, we are in fact making ourselves more secure.
Huffington Post 13 June 2016Support commitment to humanitarian aid
Bond CEO Ben Jackson and Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek, representing the voices of civil society and business, have written an open letter urgining MPs to express their support for the UK's commitment to overseas aid in the developing world at a debate in parliament.
Financial Times 13 June 2016Leading aid agencies urge UK to stick to aid spending commitment
The Daily Mail highlights how aid from the UK has given "63 million access to water, sanitation and hygiene services."
Daily Mail 12 June 2016Charities urge MPs not to cut back on overseas aid spending
In a joint letter to MPs, the leaders of 20 top NGOs argue that while accountability and value for money are fundamental issues which have to be looked at, cutting aid spending is not the best first step.
The Guardian 12 June 2016Leading aid agencies urge UK to stick to aid spending commitment
In a letter to the Observer newspaper, leading NGOs have highlighted the achievements of British overseas aid, which they say improves and saves millions of lives every day.
Mail Online 12 June 2016Where exactly does Britain's £12.2bn foreign aid go?
Developing countries still need help to combat the extreme poverty within their societies – and despite the arguments, the vast majority of Britons are supportive and believe the UK should uphold its promise to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid.
The Week 1 June 2016Members' tweets
If you missed great news from Scotland on protecting #trafficking victims: https://t.co/yZ0DlKIPoO . When will the rest of the UK follow?
Orphanage funding equivalent to entirety of #EU funding for #Haiti. We must be working towards #DI.… https://t.co/4mBGPeFBDJ
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