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Australian aid spending on hold in tight budget

Australian aid spending on hold in tight budget

france24.com –

"Australia will delay its foreign aid spending targets and close its embassy in Budapest as the government scrambles to rein in costs to meet revenue shortfalls, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said on Monday. "The ruling Labor government is preparing to hand down its final budget on Tuesday before it goes to the polls on September 14, admitting a slump in tax revenue means a promised surplus will not be achieved. "Part of the cutbacks will hit foreign aid, particularly a commitment to meet the so- more...

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John Daly on May 13, 2013

WTO: Latin Americans race to the finish line

WTO: Latin Americans race to the finish line

globalmemo.org –

The next head of the World Trade Organization will hail from Latin America, following the elimination of candidates from Indonesia, New Zealand and South Korea this week. Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, of Brazil, and Herminio Blanco, of Mexico, will compete for votes in the final round of consultations, which begin Wednesday. Having received the least support from across the WTO membership during the second round of consultations, Mari Elka Pangestu (Indonesia), Tim Groser more...

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John Daly on April 30, 2013

Unauthorized Immigrants: How Pew Research Counts Them and What We Know About Them

Unauthorized Immigrants: How Pew Research Counts Them and What We Know About Them

pewresearch.org –

As a broad new immigration proposal crafted by a bipartisan group of senators has taken shape before the U.S. Congress — with some of the most sweeping changes in a quarter-century — one statistic has been at center stage: the estimate that there are currently 11.1 million immigrants living illegally in the USA.. This is the group for whom proposed legislation would provide a path to citizenship for most. How Pew Research calculates this number is the product of decades of work by Jeffrey S. more...

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John Daly on April 23, 2013

Nouveaux audits du Commissaire aux comptes

Contents: pt.I. Rapport d'audit sur le Programme de participation de l'UNESCO. -pt.II. Rapport d'audit, gestion de la crise budgetaire et financière de l'UNESCO: impact des réformes en cours, des mesures d'urgence et des mesures structurelles consécutives. -pt.III. Rapport d'audit du Bureau multi-pays de l'UNESCO pour l'Inde, le Népal, le Bhoutan, le Bangladesh, le Sri Lanka et les Maldives, New Delhi, Inde) Main descriptors:management audit; financial audit; administrative reform 10 Apr. more...

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John Daly on April 16, 2013

What friends are made of: Bilateral linkages and domestic drivers of foreign policy alignment with China

What friends are made of: Bilateral linkages and domestic drivers of foreign policy alignment with China

econstor.eu –

With China's emergence as a global economic and political power, it is commonly assumed that its leadership's influence in international politics has increased considerably. However, systematic studies of China's impact on the foreign policy behavior of other states are rare and generally limited to questions regarding economic capabilities and the use of coercive power. This paper seeks to contribute to the literature on China's global political rise by taking a broader perspective. Drawing on more...

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D C on April 9, 2013

The UN Blueprint for the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Enabling optimism or true transformation?

The UN Blueprint for the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Enabling optimism or true transformation?

FIIA Comment published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) looks at the future of the global development agenda. The author, Marikki Stocchetti, works as a researcher in the European Union research programme at FIIA. As the era of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is drawing to an end in 2015, the UN has come out with a Blueprint for the future global development agenda that focuses on the notion of enabling development. The so-called “enabling factors” more...

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Mimosa Lankinen on April 8, 2013

Africa's Role in Shaping the International Nuclear Security Agenda

Africa's Role in Shaping the International Nuclear Security Agenda

allafrica.com –

This policy brief argues that the momentum generated by the nuclear security summit process is merely a starting point for improving nuclear security, and contends that international bodies, such as the IAEA, together with governmental and non-governmental experts, must now take this process forward.

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Moushumi Biswas on April 7, 2013

How Do International Organizations (IO) Promote Quality of Government? Contestation, Integration, and the Limits of IO Power

How Do International Organizations (IO) Promote Quality of Government? Contestation, Integration, and the Limits of IO Power

onlinelibrary.wiley.com –

How do international organizations (IOs) promote quality of government (QoG) and reduce corruption? IOs play a central role in most accounts of power in international relations. However, our understanding of how IOs exercise power seldom moves beyond the traditional material - normative dimensions of power. We suggest that an important dimension to understand IO power is the contestation - integration dimension, where IOs can exercise power either by integrating countries into networks of more...

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D C on April 5, 2013

Global drug policy is ripe for reform

Global drug policy is ripe for reform

THE EU SHOULD PROMOTE A NEW GLOBAL DRUG POLICY WITH EMPHASIS ON HARM REDUCTION INSTEAD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT The latest FIIA Comment published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) looks at the proposals to reform the global drug policy. The author, Mikael Wigell, works as a researcher in the Global Security research programme at FIIA. In the last few years, the global “war on drugs” has reached a turning point as the US-lead drug policy and the UN Single Convention more...

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Mimosa Lankinen on April 3, 2013

Can the UN Adjust to the Changing Funding Landscape?

futureun.org –

Private sources of financing have become a growing feature of UN budgets. An evaluation of the private financing of UNDP activities reveals both advantages (e.g.,increased resources, more technical expertise, better management) and challenges (e.g.,distorted priorities, unhealthy competition, weakened multilateralism).

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Vikas Nath on March 26, 2013

How Relevant Are the UN’s Regional Commissions?

How Relevant Are the UN’s Regional Commissions?

futureun.org –

In the commercial world, companies refer to “unique selling points” to justify their existence. In the case of the UN regional commissions, there is nothing comparable. If they disappeared, it is difficult to imagine which if any of their activities could not be assumed by the myriad regional and sub- regional structures of the other two-dozen UN development organizations, or the well-resourced regional development banks.

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Vikas Nath on March 26, 2013

The Aid Effectiveness Portal

aideffectiveness.org –

The HLF-4 web pages have been set up as collaboration between the OECD, the Government of the Republic of Korea and UNDP, guided by an Advisory Group of key stakeholders to the HLF-4 event. The Advisory Group provides strategic direction for the HLF-4 web pages, and reports to the Executive Committee of the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness in the OECD DAC. The Advisory Group includes representatives of the Government of the Republic of Korea (Chair), the Government of Ghana, a more...

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John Daly on March 13, 2013

What are the drivers, levels, and destinations, of recent transnational land acquisitions?

Front page of What are the drivers, levels, and destinations, of recent transnat

partnerplatform.org –

This paper seeks to assess the role of investment funds and sovereign wealth funds in large scale land acquisitions overseas through compiling key findings from existing studies and publications. The research examines the following: · How much land has been acquired, where, when and for what value? · The trends of investments (geographic and over time) · more...

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William Yeates on March 8, 2013

EU Citizens opinion poll on transparency, ethics, and lobbying in the EU

foeeurope.org –

As part of the EU Citizens project, Friends of the Earth Europe, Access Info Europe, Aitec, Environmental Law Service, Health Action International and Spinwatch, with the support of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (AK Europa), commissioned a public opinion poll on transparency, ethics and lobbying in the European Union (EU). The survey was conducted by TNS opinion in six European countries – Austria, the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom – with over 6,000 more...

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D C on March 7, 2013

Call for public discussions among candidates for UNESCO's Director General

Call for public discussions among candidates for UNESCO's Director General

electunescodg.blogspot.com –

UNESCO is unique in that its constitution calls for non-governmental national commissions in its member states to advise their governments on the views of the intellectual communities on UNESCO affairs. Perhaps the most important decision to be taken by the governing bodies of UNESCO this year is the selection of the person to serve as Director General for the next four years. That person will face not only the challenges of leading the UN lead agency in the fields of education, science, more...

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John Daly on February 28, 2013

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