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Category Archives: Alan Duncan
Is overseas aid an instrument of soft power?
I was giving evidence to a UK House of Lords select committee on aid as an instrument of soft power yesterday, so spent a bit of time researching what “soft power” actually means. It turns out it’s not just a…
Posted in Alan Duncan, DFID, Humanitarian Aid, International Development, International Development Association, International Political Economy, Justine Greening, Least Developed Countries, Lynne Featherstone, Millennium Development Goals, Official Development Assistance, Posts, World Bank
Tagged Department for International Development, DFID, foreign aid, House of Lords, Humanitarian Aid, International Development, International Political Economy, IPE, Joseph Nye, ODA, Official Development Assistance, Phil Vernon, post 2015, post-MDGs, soft power, The Committee on Soft Power and the UK’s Influence, UK Parliament
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It’s not really such a great aid mystery
The latest edition of The Spectator carries an opinion piece by Jonathan Foreman entitled The Great Aid Mystery http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/8808521/the-great-aid-mystery/. In a diatribe laced with rather tired tropes, and whose style undermines the argument he makes, Foreman’s main points when stripped of rhetoric can…
Posted in Alan Duncan, Andrew Mitchell, DFID, International Development, Justine Greening, Lynne Featherstone, MDGs, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction
Tagged 0.7% Legislation, 0.7%/GNI, Alan Duncan, foreign aid, Jonathan Foreman, Justine Greening, Lynne Featherstone, ODA, Official Development Assistance, The Spectator, UK Conservative Party, UK Development Policy, UK Foreign Policy
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Senior Tory accuses EU of “squandering” Britain’s aid budget.
Originally posted on The Truth is Where?:
By Robert Mendick and Andrew Gilligan 29th September 2012. Find Full Article Here:- A senior Government minister has accused the European Union of squandering Britain’s international aid budget on schemes that often have…
Posted in Alan Duncan, DFID, International Development, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction
Tagged aid effectiveness, Alan Duncan, Department for International Development, DFID, foreign aid, ODA, Official Development Assistance, Poverty Reduction, UK Conservative Party, UK Foreign Policy
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Squaring the Circle: is it time to stop this 0.7% nonsense?
People and organisations in the UK’s overseas development sector are getting hot under the collar. This is because the government is not prioritising legislation to enshrine a perpetual commitment to spend 0.7% of UK Gross National Income (GNI) on overseas development aid…
Posted in Alan Duncan, Andrew Mitchell, Campaigning, DFID, Glenys Kinnock, Harriet Harman, International Development, Ivan Lewis, Least Developed Countries, Mark Lazarowicz, ODI, Posts, Poverty Reduction, Rushanara Ali, Stephen O'Brien, Tony Cunningham
Tagged 0.7% Legislation, 0.7%/GNI, Campaigning, foreign aid, Gross Domestic Product, International Development, ODA, ODI, Official Development Assistance, Poverty Reduction, UK, UK Conservative Party, UK Labour Party, UK Liberal Democrats
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Links for Thought 9
After a while, here are some links for thought Continue reading
Posted in Alan Duncan, Ha-Joon Chang, International Development, International Political Economy, IPE, Joseph Stiglitz, MCC, Millennium Challenge Account, Millennium Challenge Cooperation, OECD, Official Development Assistance, Organisaiton for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris Declaration, Posts, principal-agent theory, Tony Cunningham, World Bank
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DFID and the end of its aid to China
Andrew Mitchell, Alan Duncan and Stephen O’Brien, the new trio in charge of DFID have recently ended DFID’s bilateral aid programme to China. Continue reading
Posted in Alan Duncan, Andrew Mitchell, DFID, International Development, ODI, Posts, Stephen O'Brien
Tagged aid allocation, aid effectiveness, Alan Duncan, Alison Evans, Andrew Mitchell, China, Department for International Development, DFID, dr alis, foreign aid, International Development, ODA, ODI, Official Development Assistance, Overseas Development Institute, Stephen O'Brien, Value for Money
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The spotlight on Alan Duncan MP, the new Minister of State for DFID
The focus here is a highly unliklely candidate for DFID’s second in command. Continue reading