Tag Archives: fragile states

What’s ODA? It’s definition has been changed…

Posted on February 21, 2016 by ipeanddevelopment

I was about to write Part 3 of the 2015 SDSR when this news release appeared. In summary, the UK along with others Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Development Assistance (OECD-DAC) have altered the definition of Official Assistance (ODA). … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Mitchell, DFID, International Development, Justine Greening, Official Development Assistance, Posts | Tagged 2010, Andrew Mitchell, communique, conflict states, defintion, Department for International Development, DFID, extremism, foreign aid, fragile states, Ha-Joon Chang, International Development, ODA, OECD, OECD-DAC, Official Development Assistance, OOF, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development-Development Assistance Committee, Other Official Flows, private sector, public sector | Leave a comment

The NSS 2015 & SDSR 2015: The “Development” parts Part 1

Posted on December 14, 2015 by ipeanddevelopment

Author’s note: Devex won’t accept this so here it goes… So the much awaited National Security Review and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 is out. As the title(s) imply, it’s not just a military-centred document, but one that covers … Continue reading →

Posted in David Cameron, DFID, Humanitarian Aid, International Development, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction, World Bank | Tagged 0.7% Legislation, 0.7%/GNI, A Secure and Prosperous United Kingdom, Chevening Scholarship, Commonwealth scholarship, conflict states, Defence, Department for International Development, development, DFID, foreign affairs, foreign aid, fragile states, Home Office, International Development, Marshall Scholarship, National Security Review 2015, NSS 2015, ODA, SDSR 2015, Strategic Defence and Security Review, Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, Tier 4 Visa, United Kingdom, Visa | Leave a comment

Links for thought 11

Posted on October 6, 2015 by ipeanddevelopment

Haven’t done this series in a while so here we go: 1) Jin Liqun: From the lines of Lord Byron to AIIB’s corridors of power A Devex article on Jin Liqun,the first leader of the recently created, non-Western dominated, non-neoliberal … Continue reading →

Posted in Ha-Joon Chang, International Development, MDGs, SDGs | Tagged 2030, Africa, AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Christine Lagarde, Conflict, Conflict Pool, CSSF, Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, DFAT, DIE, fragile states, German Development Institute, Ha-Joon Chang, IMF, IMF Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Jin Liqun, Malala, Malala Yousafzai, Malcolm Turnbull, MDGs, Migration, Millennium Development Goals, minister for international development and the Pacific, Phil Vernon, post-MDG goals, SDGs, Stability and Security Fund, Steve Ciobo, sustainable development goals, Telegraph, Tony Abbott, UN, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States Agency for International Development, USAID | Leave a comment

The World Bank: how is it doing?

Posted on October 15, 2013 by ipeanddevelopment

Originally posted on Phil Vernon:
Last week I spent some time in Washington D.C., on the fringes of the World Bank/IMF autumn meetings. I was discussing International Alert’s recommendations for making the next round of the Bank’s International Development Association (IDA 17) funding…

Posted in IDA, International Development, International Development Association, Posts, World Bank | Tagged Dr. Jim Yong Kim, fragile states, IDA, IDA 17, IDA Replenishment, IDA Replenishment Rounds, International Development, International Development Association, Jim Yong Kim, Phil Vernon, World Bank, World Bank Group, World Bank Reform | Leave a comment

Re-post from The Broker: “We’ll always have Paris…”

Posted on October 24, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

After much contemplating on whether I should write an article that was not really my forte,this was the end result, submitted 2 hours before midnight on the 18th/19th of October. Continue reading →

Posted in International Development, OECD, Official Development Assistance, Organisaiton for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris Declaration | Tagged aid effectiveness, Busan, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Climate Change, conflict states, Denis Bruke, donors, foreign aid, Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, fragile states, Frans Bieckmann, International Development, Jiesheng Li, Magazine, Migration, national security, ODA, OECD, Official Development Assistance, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, Remittances, securitisation of aid, The Broker | 1 Comment