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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 |
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 |
April 14, 2014
Malnutrition is defined as undernutrition, micro-nutrient deficiency and overweight. Unfortunately, it causes high economic and social costs to society in almost every country. According to FAO’s latest estimates, 12.5 percent (868 million people) of the global population is undernourished. Still, 26 percent of the world’s children have child growth retardation (stunting); 2 billion people suffer… » read more
By Natalia Alonso, Oxfam’s EU Head of Office The latest figures from the OECD seem promising but hide an uncomfortable truth. Donors have collectively increased their development aid spending, but most of Europe’s wealthiest governments still fail to meet promises designed to alleviate global poverty and slash economic inequality. Overall, the EU-19 contribution to overseas… » read more
March 22, 2014
Today, March 22, 2014, is World Water Day. This worldwide event has been observed by all UN member states since 1993 when the United Nations first introduced it. The event aims on promoting social awareness on water issues such as access to clean and safe water and the promotion of sustainable aquatic habitats. This week,… » read more
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Development Policy, English, European Citizens' Initiative, Sustainable Dev. |
March 10, 2014
By Matti Kohonen, Oxfam’s EU policy advisor Saturday marked International Woman’s Day, a global celebration and awareness initiative which highlights the socio-economic difficulties women face on a day to day basis, as well as ways we can tackle this. The European Union have long trumpeted their credentials on the issue, but despite on-going, promising rhetoric,… » read more
February 21, 2014
The findings of a visit to the EBRD sponsored Patos Marinza oil field in Albania show how local development and investments in resource extraction often do not go hand in hand. The case provides valuable lessons for the revision of the EBRD’s safeguard policies. by David Hoffman, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog I first visited… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Development Policy, Energy, English, Enter your zip code here |
February 12, 2014
By Natalia Alonso, Head of Oxfam’s EU Office, and Mohamed L. Coulibaly, Oxfam’s Mali Country Director As the second anniversary of Mali’s coup looms on the horizon and stability slowly creeps back across the country, significant changes in how the country is governed and aid is distributed is sorely needed. A new report by Oxfam… » read more
As activists pointed out at a consultation meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia’s hydropower sector has plenty of lessons to be learned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. by David Chipashvili, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog Yesterday in Tbilisi, during a public consultation on the good governance policies of the European Bank for Reconstruction and… » read more
January 15, 2014
Think of innovation in health and many people conjure up images of men and women in white coats – surrounded by coloured test tubes crouched over microscopes in sterile laboratories – developing intricate vaccines or other miracle cures. Yet these tightly controlled, high cost, industrial scale operations are only one end of a very long… » read more
January 12, 2014
By Kuba Gogolewski, BankWatch Six months after the Egyptian army deposed Egypt’s first freely elected president, the weak democratic signals by the authorities are overshadowed by widespread repression. How can the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development possibly help under these circumstances? Or put differently: Will the limited benefits to the country’s private sector from… » read more
January 8, 2014
Tweet I finished my last post with the idea that we must change the way we perceive development. And that may be a harder nut to crack that expected. I will restrict my argumentation on Romania because I know the realities here better, but I’m confident that the idea can be exported. This idea to… » read more
In the fractious, rife-with-conflicts Arab World, described for long time as immune to democratic transformations, revolts sneaked in, toppling some regimes and shaking the thrones of others. Despite the great efforts and numerous investments and projects in the region, the perception of Arab masses has not changed in a way that reflects the deep and… » read more
