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• Recession’s not Over Yet (But Poor Countries are Faring Better than Expected)

  Posted by Ivy Mungcal on 04 February 2010

    Donors have been stepping in to help mitigate the effects of the global financial crisis on poor countries. But have they done enough? Some experts say no.   Dirk Willem te Velde, a program leader at the Overseas Development Institute, is one of them. The response from rich countries and international financing institutions is not enough to fill the widespread financing gaps, te Velde argues in a recent blog post.   As the World Bank’s “Global Economic ...

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  • Tags: global financial crisis, humanitarian assistance, international financing institutions, developing countries, Overseas Development Institute, Dirk Willem te Velde
  • Posted:02/04/2010 10:02:03 PM | Email | Permalink
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• Sector-based Agriculture Development: Can it Work?

  Posted by Ivy Mungcal on 04 February 2010

    Now is the right time to improve – and implement – sector-based approaches to agricultural development, Lidia Cabral argues in a recent Overseas Development Institute briefing paper. Such approaches may not have been universally successful, but they can have a lasting impact if implemented well.   Sector-based approaches have helped to improve donor coordination and promote country ownership. But they have also resulted in poor sector policies and slow decisio...

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  • Tags: aid effectiveness, aid coordination, Paris declaration, Africa, Latin America, Asia
  • Posted:02/04/2010 10:00:58 PM | Email | Permalink
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• Experts: Plan Haiti’s Long-Term Recovery Now

  Posted by Ivy Mungcal on 20 January 2010

   What's the best way the international community can help Haiti rise from the rubble left by the Jan. 12 earthquake? Build the country's resilience, development experts say. Of course the initial course for recovery would be to rebuild houses, reconstruct roads, and rehabilitate other infrastructure, but these efforts may prove useless if Haiti's development partners don't help the country improve its ability to respond to future disasters and more importantly, ...

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  • Tags: Haiti, humanitarian, relief, recovery, development, reconstruction, infrastructure, economy, society, stability, politics, Alison Evans, Overseas Development Institute, Ben Ramalingam, Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action
  • Posted:01/20/2010 01:15:40 AM | Email | Permalink
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• Haiti Crisis: Beyond Immediate Action

  Posted by Ivy Mungcal on 15 January 2010

  The devastation in Haiti in the aftermath of a strong earthquake that hit the country Jan. 12 calls for action that would address long-term recovery issues, and not only the immediate needs of victims. Initial responses would inevitably focus on the immediate needs of  earthquake victims, but as Kara McDonald of the Council on Foreign Relations says, this action should be matched with a stronger and longer lasting commitment to secure Haiti's future stability...

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  • Tags: Haiti, United States, United Nations, aid, recovery, infrastructure, development, funding, Kara McDonald, Council on Foreign Relations, Heritage Foundation, James Roberts, Ray Walser, Barack Obama, Caribbean
  • Posted:01/15/2010 06:57:29 AM | Email | Permalink
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• Unger to Obama Administration: Aid Reform Now!

  Posted by Ivy Mungcal on 13 January 2010

   The Obama administration needs to act swiftly on its planned reform of U.S. foreign assistance. November's congressional elections will shorten the legislative calendar, and fundamental reforms may need to be signed into law soon. Building blocks for these reforms are already in place. Two reviews of the current aid system are nearing their completion: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's quadrennial diplomacy and development review, and the presidential study directiv...

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  • Tags: Obama, United States, USAID, development, Brookings Institution, global economy, aid, aid system, Department of State, Noam Unger, global health, climate change
  • Posted:01/13/2010 11:13:16 PM | Email | Permalink
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