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March 20, 2015
From March 13th to 15th 2015 Egypt held a jumbo meeting in Sharm-el-Sheikh, gathering 2000 investors, bankers, officials, ministers, royalties and heads of government from some 100 countries to celebrate a “new” Egypt. The purpose of this well-planned event was to show the international business community that after three decades Mubarak and four years unrest… » read more
March 3, 2015
By FinancialGuy We tend to call the hundreds of people packed onto tiny vessels “illegal” immigrants, but the reality is that most of them are poor and desperate.
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Development Policy, English, EU Citizens and Media, Global Europe |
January 20, 2015
China’s outward investment flows have expanded enormously over the past decade. This has led to predictions, often from China, that its outward investment will soon exceed its inward investment. These predictions have been taken up outside China, and have been recycled in the Western media, including the Financial Times and the Economist among many others.… » read more
January 6, 2015
This article is an attempt to on the one hand understand the root causes of the ISDS controversy and, on the other hand, to spell out a set of possible compromises over this sensitive issue. Hanging in the balance is CETA, the new generation treaty between the EU and Canada, then perhaps TTIP and the… » read more
January 5, 2015
By Filip Kovacevic Putin held a surprise meeting with the French president François Hollande at a Moscow airport. From the way he smiled at the unscripted press briefing, it was clear that the meeting went extremely well. And it is not difficult to understand why.
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Development Policy, English, EU Citizens and Media, Europe's East, Global Europe |
December 11, 2014
Taking part in the protests against poverty and war held during the NATO Summit in Chicago in May 2012, Vietnam war veteran Ron McSheffery stated: “I am in total support of stopping NATO and stopping the slaughter of innocent civilians. If we took the money we spent on bombs and put it into green energy,… » read more
November 27, 2014
Guest blogpost by Anjali Sen, member of the VSO International Board and South Asia Regional Director of the International planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). I have been part of the quest for gender justice and women’s equality for decades. And I am proud of a lot of what we achieved. But as the political leaders change… » read more
November 23, 2014
By Hilary Jeune, Oxfam’s EU policy advisor When 2015 was declared the European Year of Development, it was seen as an ideal opportunity for the European Union (EU) to raise awareness on the bloc’s role in lifting people out of poverty. Yet with the calendars counting down fast, this commitment now appears to be more… » read more
September 28, 2014
The recent rejection to release Evgeny Vitishko’s, an imprisoned environmental activist in Russia, illustrates the backlash against fundamental rights and freedoms in some countries. Multilateral development banks need to take notice of this trend and be more wary of the risk that their lending may strengthen authoritarian regimes. by Klara Sikorova, cross-posted from the Bankwatch… » read more
July 22, 2014
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an open data platform on Development Aid, aimed at improving transparency on funds to developing countries. The new website is still under development. The Ministry already provides OECD with an annual report on this data. Information on 2004-2012 period is already available on the new website. In… » read more
July 15, 2014
The Risk-Monger recently went to Tacloban and was shocked to see how a new industry of aid risks undermining the long-term resilience of the local inhabitants. While there is still much to do, the first thing that must be done is remove the international directors and project managers of the aid NGOs. They are creating… » read more
by Claudia Ciobanu, Bankwatch A new report shows how private western-based companies are benefiting from multilateral development banks’ support while governments and citizens in recipient countries are delegated to the sidelines.
— This is the first of two parts of my exclusive interview with Greens/EFA Vice President and MEP Ulrike Lunacek. — This year’s European parliamentary election will commence in less than 24 hours with the Netherlands and the United Kingdom among the first nations out of 28 to vote first. Most of the member states… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Development Policy, Energy, English, enlargement, EU Citizens and Media, EU Elections 2014, EU Priorities 2020, future EU, Global Europe, Sustainable Dev. |
— This is the first of two parts of my exclusive interview with Greens/EFA Vice President and MEP Ulrike Lunacek. — This year’s European parliamentary election will commence in less than 24 hours with the Netherlands and the United Kingdom among the first nations out of 28 to vote first. Most of the member states… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Development Policy, Energy, English, enlargement, EU Citizens and Media, EU Elections 2014, EU Priorities 2020, future EU, Global Europe, Sustainable Dev. |
What is the place of women in development? What are the challenges and achievements of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls? How should the promotion of gender equality be included in the post-2015 agenda? These are some of the issues discussed during the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the… » read more
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Development Policy, English, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe |
What is the place of women in development? What are the challenges and achievements of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls? How should the promotion of gender equality be included in the post-2015 agenda? These are some of the issues discussed during the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the… » read more
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Development Policy, English, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe |
What is the place of women in development? What are the challenges and achievements of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls? How should the promotion of gender equality be included in the post-2015 agenda? These are some of the issues discussed during the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the… » read more
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Development Policy, English, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe |
What is the place of women in development? What are the challenges and achievements of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls? How should the promotion of gender equality be included in the post-2015 agenda? These are some of the issues discussed during the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the… » read more
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Development Policy, English, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe |
What is the place of women in development? What are the challenges and achievements of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls? How should the promotion of gender equality be included in the post-2015 agenda? These are some of the issues discussed during the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the… » read more
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Development Policy, English, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe |
What is the place of women in development? What are the challenges and achievements of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls? How should the promotion of gender equality be included in the post-2015 agenda? These are some of the issues discussed during the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the… » read more
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Development Policy, English, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe |
