Tag Archives: International Development

Spotlight on the UNDG

Posted on July 21, 2018 by

There are several dozen agencies across the United Nations (UN) system. Most of them have a specialised agencies like the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) or the World Food Programme (WFP). There are some well-known UN Funds and programmes such … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Development, International Development, Millennium Development Goals, Posts, UNDG, UNDP, United Nations Development Group, United Nations Development Programme | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Characteristics of the new foreign aid architecture and ways forward

Posted on December 23, 2017 by

Introduction Countries have developed at various paces, some of them as a result of foreign aid or more officially known as Official Development Assistance ODA. In recent years, there have been many changes to the ODA architecture, including 1) a … Continue reading →

Posted in DFID, Humanitarian Aid, IDA, International Development, International Development Association, International Political Economy, Millennium Development Goals, Posts, SDGs, sustainable development goals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hello new FCO-DFID “development” department

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

Well besides the so-called Conservative-DUP “broken” deal, Theresa May further “joined up” ministers in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for International Development (DFID) with two ministers of state “joint up” or working in both departments. They are … Continue reading →

Posted in Alistair Burt, Boris Johnson, DFID, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Priti Patel, Rory Stewart, Theresa May | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Links for Thought 12

Posted on May 13, 2016 by

1) The Real Hamilton: What’s Not to Love? A Bloomberg article that talks about Alexander Hamilton, one of the very early US Treasury Secretaries, and how his ideas to grow the US economy then wouldn’t be accepted by the mainstream … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Thought, Ha-Joon Chang, International Development, Least Developed Countries, Overseas Development Institute, Posts, Poverty Reduction, SDGs, sustainable development goals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted on February 21, 2016 by

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The NSS 2015 & the SDSR 2015: The “Development” parts Part 2

Posted on February 8, 2016 by

Another also quite obvious development initiative proposed was to continue developing global or international development arena is brought up on page 48, paragraph 5.9 which states that the UK has and will continue to play a leading role in the … Continue reading →

Posted in David Cameron, DFID, International Development, International Trade, Least Developed Countries, MDGs, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction, SDGs | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted on December 14, 2015 by

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment