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A memo to the G8: Time to deliver on aid transparency

A memo to the G8: Time to deliver on aid transparency

In the wake of the U.N. High-Level Panel Report on the Post-2015 Framework proposing a transformational agenda on transparency and a ‘Global Data Revolution’, there is no time like the present for the G-8 to be the game-changers and mobilise at the forefront of the open government movement. Much of the hard thinking and political legwork on aid transparency has already been done. The G-8 (and many others), agreed to take action at the High Level Forum on Aid Effectivness in Busan, South Korea more...

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D C on June 16, 2013

Hard choices: When the Syria aid response runs out of money

Hard choices: When the Syria aid response runs out of money

reliefweb.int –

In a spacious office in Jordan's general security building, a career diplomat, now the Jordanian government focal point for Syrian refugees, runs off a list of expenses: water tank vehicles, additional classrooms, hospital equipment, even insecticides. In Anmar Alhmoud's hands is a large stack of papers from which can be gleaned the exact cost of the Syrian refugee crisis to Jordan. So far, he says, the country has spent nearly half a billion dollars meeting the needs, both in refugee camps more...

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D C on June 12, 2013

Unblocking results: Using aid to address governance constraints in public service delivery

Unblocking results: Using aid to address governance constraints in public service delivery

Governance constraints and weak institutions are a major cause of poor public service delivery in developing countries, yet there is little evidence on whether and how aid can help to release or ameliorate such constraints. Evidence that does exist tends to focus on the impact of particular types of accountability structures (such as user committees and citizen report cards). In contrast, little research has considered the broader implications of governance constraints for the design and more...

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D C on June 12, 2013

Should development organizations stop worrying about the future?

Should development organizations stop worrying about the future?

europeandcis.undp.org –

is there any point at all for development practitioners to think about the future in a world where volatility and transition seem to have become the norm and we are often reminded of the inanity of our efforts to anticipate black swans (e.g. with the financial crisis)? From post 2015 consultations all the way to vision 2050 papers (see, for example, Vision 2050 or Asia 2050: Realizing the Asian Century) – is this all an exercise in futility? A recent Nesta report Don’t stop thinking about more...

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D C on June 10, 2013

Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment: Nauru Case Study

Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment: Nauru Case Study

aideffectiveness.org –

The purpose of this national climate change finance assessment (the Nauru Case Study) is to assist the Government of Nauru (GoN) make informed decisions on measures to improve access to and management of climate change resources. It has been undertaken in response to a request from the GoN, following recent decisions made by Leaders and Economic Ministers on climate change financing. The Nauru Case Study is based on review of readily available information on the policies, programs and more...

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D C on June 10, 2013

UN agencies and partners launch largest ever humanitarian appeal for Syrians: US$4.4 billion needed for emergency aid for 2013

UN agencies and partners launch largest ever humanitarian appeal for Syrians: US$4.4 billion needed for emergency aid for 2013

reliefweb.int –

The United Nations estimates that 6.8 million people in Syria need urgent humanitarian assistance, 4.25 million of them are internally displaced from their homes and nearly half of them are children. At least 1.6 million Syrian refugees are now hosted across several neighbouring countries, including Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq. In the last few months the UN, Red Crescent and other international and local humanitarian organizations in Syria have fed up to 2.4 million people per more...

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D C on June 9, 2013

Video: Bill Gates Defends Foreign Aid and Slams the Book "Dead Aid"

youtube.com –

On May 28th, 2013 during a Q&A session at the University of New South Wales, Bill Gates, co-Founder of Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, responded strongly to a question about Dr. Dambisa Moyo and her book Dead Aid.

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John Daly on May 31, 2013

Comparison of the Monitoring and Evaluation Systems of the World Bank and the Global Fund

Comparison of the Monitoring and Evaluation Systems of the World Bank and the Global Fund

lnweb90.worldbank.org –

The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) has recently completed a review, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the World Bank’s Engagement with the Global Fund, which focuses on the engagement between the World Bank and Global Fundsupported activities at the country level. This comparison between the monitoring and evaluation systems of the two organizations represented an input into that larger review. The purpose of this study is to document the approaches of the two more...

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D C on May 26, 2013

Emergency shelter prototype assembles like an Ikea cupboard

Emergency shelter prototype assembles like an Ikea cupboard

"Australian architecture firm BVN Donovan Hill made an appearance at Melbourne’s recent Emergency Shelter Exhibition in order to demonstrate its new emergency shelter concept. Developed with the aim of providing comfortable surroundings for its occupants, the temporary structure resembles a 3D puzzle and is said to assemble much like an Ikea cupboard."

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John Daly on May 25, 2013

Harnessing All Resources To End Poverty

Harnessing All Resources To End Poverty

devinit.org –

The world has changed dramatically since 2000 when the Millennium Development Goals were agreed. The goal to halve extreme poverty was realised ahead of schedule and there is growing consensus that the end of poverty is achievable within a generation. Developing countries now have access to a larger and more diverse range of resources than ever before and, as the world sets priorities through the post-2015 framework, we need to consider how different resource flows – public and private, more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

The Global Fund should take transparency to another level

The Global Fund should take transparency to another level

blog.aiddata.org –

Global Fund transparency, as it is practised today, is more of a barrier to journalists and in-country activists than anything else: intimidating piles of reports filled with obscure language, countless files and downloadable materials that reassure technocrats in donor capitals but that don’t say much about the reality of what happens to the funds when they hit the ground. Understanding, processing and making use of this information requires learning about technical jargon, Global Fund more...

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D C on May 19, 2013

More Information on the New Funding Model, Please

More Information on the New Funding Model, Please

aidspan.org –

This is a plea for the Global Fund to become more active in communicating information about the new funding model to its broad audience of people working on and interested in Global Fund matters. For a multilateral agency like the Global Fund, the development of a new funding model (NFM) is extremely complex and time-consuming, as is the transition from the rounds-based system. All of this needs very careful planning and attention to detail from all involved. It also needs a good communication more...

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D C on May 19, 2013

How to Note: Assessing the Strength of Evidence

How to Note: Assessing the Strength of Evidence

The “Assessing the Strength of Evidence” How to Note aims to help all DFID staff appreciate better the strength of evidence they are using to inform their policy and programming choices. DFID is making the guidance publically available, as it may be helpful to researchers and policy makers in government departments, research institutes and funding bodies. Identifying and using high quality research studies isn’t straightforward. The note offers some rules of thumb. When DFID writes or more...

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D C on May 19, 2013

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US Navy ship to sail the Pacific on a humanitarian mission

US Navy ship to sail the Pacific on a humanitarian mission

csmonitor.com –

The US Pacific Fleet said May 9 that it will send an amphibious dock landing ship to six Pacific island nations over the next several months to provide humanitarian assistance and help people better prepare for disasters. The USS Pearl Harbor will leave Hawaii on May 24. It will stop first in Samoa and then visit Tonga, the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands. The US Navy has been sending vessels on similar humanitarian missions since 2006, when it sent the more...

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D C on May 17, 2013

RCTs Awesome, but Then What?

RCTs Awesome, but Then What?

blog.aiddata.org –

Randomized evaluations became the chic international development approach a few years back, as they re-energized the aid effectiveness debate with the promise to unbury the causal links of program interventions and development. According to Brigham, Findley, Matthias, Petrey and Nielson, “By assigning interventions to treatment and control groups, researchers can learn the causal effects of the projects and, by replication, accumulate knowledge of effective development practice in which we can more...

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D C on May 17, 2013

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