News Development/Foreign Aid

• U.S. foreign aid chief talks about region?s future
  In a recent visit to Colombia, USAID?s Rajiv Shah talked to The Miami Herald about working in a region sometimes hostile to the agency?s goals.
  
• Togo leader slams rich countries over aid cuts
  The president of Togo, one of the world's poorest countries, on Monday slammed rich nations who have cut development aid saying it contributes to the spread of terrorism.
  
• Kremlin Grapples With Series of PR Disasters
  Rainbow flags were flown at half mast to mark President Vladimir Putin 's visit last month to Amsterdam, widely known as a city of open minds that take pride in enjoying free love.
  
• Angara cites RP ties with Japan
  Sen. Edgardo J. Angara has expressed confidence that the Philippines' bilateral ties with Japan will carry on in the next few years through trade, cultural, and foreign aid exchanges.
  
• Bush's Millennium Challenge is still changing the developing world
  It was far from his most expensive initiative, but it may end up being one of his most significant: The Millennium Challenge Corp., which President George W. Bush set up to push foreign countries to better govern themselves, has set a new standard for foreign aid. As Mr. Bush dedicated ...
  
• Petraeus warns about sequester cuts in opinion piece
  WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- The former commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan warns automatic budget cuts known as sequestration could end up harming national security.
  
• World Bank?s Jim Yong Kim embraces private equity
  Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group, reveals a change of heart about the role of private capital in supporting growth.        
  
• Muhammad Yunus: 'Put poverty in the museum'
  In interview with DW, former Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus says that social business organizations need to take on a more important role in international development aid work.
  
• Muhammad Yunus: 'Poverty belongs in a museum'
  In interview with DW, former Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus says that social business organizations need to take on a more important role in international development aid work.
  
• Muhammad Yunus: 'Poverty belongs in museums'
  In interview with DW, former Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus says that social business organizations need to take on a more important role in international development aid work.
  

• India second largest development aid giver to Sri Lanka - Economic Times
  Economic TimesIndia second largest development aid giver to Sri LankaEconomic TimesRehabilitation of Kankesanthurai harbor in the north at a cost of Rs 2.2 billion and construction of Dickoya hospital in the central hill districts at a cost of Rs 1.2 billion are some of the projects being implemented under Special Development Projects.Indian development aid second largest in Sri LankaHiru Newsall 7 news articles »
  
• Australia pledges $105.5million aid for development - Fiji Times
  Radio New Zealand InternationalAustralia pledges $105.5million aid for developmentFiji TimesMonday, May 20, 2013. Update: 2:14PM THE Australian government has announced that it will provide a record $105.5million ($A58.2m) in official development assistance to Fiji in the 2013-14 financial year. The allocation is an 18 per cent increase from ...Australia boosts official development assistance to FijiShanghai Daily (subscription)OECD seeks asylum budget detailsThe AustralianAustralia increases aid to Fiji with record commitmentRadio New Zealand InternationalManila Bulletinall 7 news articles »
  
• Mali offered more than ?3bn in aid ? with strings attached - The Guardian
  The GuardianMali offered more than ?3bn in aid ? with strings attachedThe GuardianAn EU-led donor conference agreed on Wednesday to provide ?3.25bn (£2.7bn) to fund a sweeping development plan for Mali, but European donors made clear that the interim government must live up to its promises to implement democratic and social ...Donors Pledge $4.2 Billion for MaliVoice of AmericaDonors pledge $4bn for Mali's reconstructionBBC NewsRebuilding of Mali Faces Daunting Obstacles, Despite Outside AidNew York TimesTheParliament.com -Deutsche Welle -Nigerian Tribuneall 122 news articles »
  
• Have DC changes in US government development aid policies affected practice ... - Oxfam America
  Have DC changes in US government development aid policies affected practice ...Oxfam AmericaAid does not cause development; people do. I'm talking about the local leaders who can access and actually use that aid effectively towards development outcomes. Oxfam is hearing that local leaders are starting to give the US government better marks ...
  
• Development: aid, trade and ideas - The Guardian (blog)
  Development: aid, trade and ideasThe Guardian (blog)Charity begins at home. A solid conservative sentiment, though not one for a Conservative-led government that is punitive towards Britain's poor, while sticking with a brave march towards a UN target to find 0.7% GNP for overseas aid. David Cameron ...
  
• Development aid: ?3bn earmarked to rebuild Mali - Presseurop (English)
  Development aid: ?3bn earmarked to rebuild MaliPresseurop (English)More than ?3bn in reconstruction aid for the 2013-2014 period was pledged to part of the Sahel region at a Mali Donors' Conference held in Brussels on May 15, reports Germany daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. This is "significantly more than the ...
  
• Transparent overseas development aid - Times of Malta
  Transparent overseas development aidTimes of MaltaThe report makes specific reference to an issue which Skop, the national platform of non-governmental development organisations, has raised before. This concerns the amount of funds annually given by Malta as aid to developing countries and the ...
  
• Africa rises as BRICS countries set up a different development aid model - Daily Nation
  Daily NationAfrica rises as BRICS countries set up a different development aid modelDaily NationAt a summit in Durban, South Africa, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (collectively known as BRICS) unanimously decided to set up a development bank that will finance development and infrastructure, not just in emerging ...and more »
  
• South Africa attacks UK decision to end development aid - Financial Times
  The GuardianSouth Africa attacks UK decision to end development aidFinancial TimesSouth Africa has criticised the UK's decision to end its multimillion-pound development programme in the African nation from 2015, saying the move was ?tantamount to redefining our relationship?. Justine Greening, the UK's international development ...South Africa warns aid cut means change in relationship with UKThe GuardianUK Unilateral Decision to Terminate Official Development Aid to South AfricaAllAfrica.comSA regrets UK's announcement on development aidBizcommunity.comAPA -Public Finance International -Creamer Media's Engineering Newsall 94 news articles »
  
• Exploring the Northeast Asian rivalry for power, influence via official ... - The Japan Times
  Exploring the Northeast Asian rivalry for power, influence via official ...The Japan TimesJapan used to be the world's leading foreign aid donor in the 1990s, spreading most of its largesse around Asia. But since 2001, Japan has slipped to fifth in donor rankings as budget deficits and the absence of strong political support lead to cuts in ...
  

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