UN MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN URGES STAGGERING $850 BILLION ALLOCATED TO IMF AND WORLD BANK AT G-20 BE TARGETED AT ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
2 Apr 2009
UN Millennium Campaign vows to support citizens' monitoring of commitments made by G-20 leaders
Aid in Crisis as World Economy Falters
17 Mar 2009
Politicians, researchers, government officials and aid agency representatives will gather in Wellington this week for a major symposium on world poverty and how it ought to be addressed.
Aid Statistics in a couple of clicks.
21 Jan 2009
The new Query Wizard for International Development Statistics (QWIDS) is designed to provide easy access to DAC and CRS statistics.
- more and better aid
UN MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN URGES STAGGERING $850 BILLION ALLOCATED TO IMF AND WORLD BANK AT G-20 BE TARGETED AT ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
2 Apr 2009
UN Millennium Campaign vows to support citizens' monitoring of commitments made by G-20 leaders
Aid Statistics in a couple of clicks.
21 Jan 2009
The new Query Wizard for International Development Statistics (QWIDS) is designed to provide easy access to DAC and CRS statistics.
Norway gives the world's highest level of official development assistance as a percentage of gross national income (0.95%)
21 Jan 2009
Norway gives the world's highest level of official development assistance as a percentage of gross national income (0.95%) according to the OECD Review of Norway's development co-operation (full report to be published in a future issue of the OECD Journal on Development)
Unicef: Poor children at risk in global downturn
9 Jan 2009
Although New Zealand is hurting, assistance for poorer countries should be kept up, Dennis McKinlay writes.
Doha disappointment: governments fail to deliver on development finance
11 Dec 2008
The UN conference on Financing for Development finished on 2nd December in Doha, after four days of heated discussions and a whole-hearted fight by civil society (and some progressive governments and officials) to avoid a 'race-to-the-bottom' in development financing.
DACnews, December 2008: How will aid fare with the financial crisis?
1 Dec 2008
How will aid fare with the financial crisis... are we also heading for an aid crisis? Are we prepared to balance this major challenge with other continuing hurdles, such as conflict and fragility, or promoting growth for the poor while protecting natural resources? Do partner countries have the capacity they need?
Market woes threaten UN aid goals
28 Nov 2008
Rich countries must not use the banking crisis as an excuse to backpedal on aid commitments, leading charities have said in advance of a Doha-hosted United Nations summit on development.
Bretton Woods 2 conference: limited expectations
13 Nov 2008
On November 15 the leaders of 20 nations and the major multilateral financial institutions will gather behind closed doors in Washington to discuss the future of the global economy. This group includes many of the people, governments, and institutions whose policies are responsible for the current financial meltdown. Civil society groups and many governments have called for a process that is much more inclusive of other nations and the peoples of those nations.
More than 116 million people - nearly 2% of the world's population Stand Up Against Poverty
24 Oct 2008
World record for mass mobilisation shattered. Citizens demand that world leaders keep promises to achieve the millenium goals and end inequality.
Financial crisis leaves developing countries in the lurch as World Bank/International Monetary Fund annual meeting ends
13 Oct 2008
ActionAid: World Bank/International Monetary Fund annual meetings failed to guarantee assistance for the world's poorest countries, despite admitting that the most vulnerable could face "serious, and in some cases, permanent damage" from the global financial crisis.
Kiwis take a stand to mark 'World Poverty Day'
10 Oct 2008
Kiwis take a stand to mark 'World Poverty Day' The Art of Living (AOL) Foundation in collaboration with the United Nations Millennium Campaign, is hosting a free public event in Wellington's Civic Square to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (Friday, October 17th).
Ending Global Poverty and Building a Safer World - Oxfam NZ to host important election debate
9 Oct 2008
Come along to one of Oxfam's global issues election debates
Eurodad - World Bank new poverty estimates: more confusing than ever
24 Sep 2008
"At the end of August the World Bank published a report with the new count of how many people live in extreme poverty. The new figures fuelled the ongoing debate on poverty estimates."
Action Aid report finds Food Crisis may derail world's promises to the poor
24 Sep 2008
In 2000 the world committed to halve the numbers of hungry people by 2015, along with other promises aimed at promoting poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equality and combating child mortality, Aids and other diseases. Some progress has been made, but maternal mortality, the goal most off track has barely improved, and hunger is getting worse not better as the food crisis bites.
World Bank updates Poverty Estimates for the Developing World
28 Aug 2008
"New poverty estimates published by the World Bank reveal that 1.4 billion people in the developing world (one in four) were living on less than US$1.25 a day in 2005, down from 1.9 billion (one in two) in 1981. However, the sobering news - that poverty is more pervasive than we thought - means that we must redouble our efforts, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa," said Justin Lin, Chief Economist of the World Bank and Senior Vice President, Development Economics.
UN warning of human development catastrophe
10 Dec 2007
Millions of people in developing countries will have to cope with increased and more severe droughts, storms and floods, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report 2007-08.
