The UK should be playing its part by removing from its own trade agreements the requirement to comply with damaging seed rules, and commit to exclude them from any future trade negotiations.
Last week, the International Development Committee (IDC) published its report and recommendations on the adequacy and effectiveness of the FCDO’s work on disability inclusion. Here. the Bond Disability and Development Group analyse the report, looking at what works, and what priorities the FCDO need to make.
the most recent OECD-DAC review of the UK’s performance illustrates the problems with donors essentially marking their own homework, which reinforces calls for radically reforming this body and creating a more accountable aid system.
Following the release of the provisional UK aid statistics, we look at what the numbers reveal, including a sustained heavy spend from the Home Office, and how that has effected work on poverty reduction.
The 68th session of the UN Commission for the Status of Women served as a pivotal moment for UN Member States to unite and commit to robust measures in combating women’s and girls’ poverty worldwide. Louisa Syrett of The Fred Hollows Foundation takes us through the outcomes, especially pertaining to sight loss and gender equality.
Annalisa Renna takes us through the progress our working groups have made on locally led development, and explains why the time is now to get involved and start taking action as we strive towards a new era in international development.
Members of Bond advisory group present ideas, suggestions and imperatives for the future as we look to make locally led development a reality with a strong plan for implementation.
The brutal conflict in Sudan is approaching it’s one-year anniversary. Mercy Corps’ Rebecca Gibbons tells us why it’s time for the UK government to scale up funding in Sudan and help tackle the ongoing famine.
Pressures on grassroots organisations in India keep on growing, both governmentally and from foreign donors and INGOs. But there is hope to be found in collaboration and resistance. New blog from Bond’s Tushar.