Top global development foundations in South Africa: A primer
South Africa’s foundations are expanding beyond their traditional focus on domestic issues. Here’s a list of the country’s most noteworthy aid and relief foundations.
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What forced WFP to buy from Glencore?
Posted by Jenny Lei Ravelo on 08 February 2012
The U.N. World Food Program has received flak for spending millions of pounds to buy grains from the international market, but a Devex International Development Leader says the criticism “misses the point.” On Monday (Feb. 6), The Guardian reported that WFP spent 50 million pounds ($79 million) to procure emergency food rations from Glencore International, an FTSE 100 grain trader. This, the newspaper said, goes against the program’s pledge to buy food from “v...
- Tags: WFP, Glencore, Chatham House, Horn of Africa, food, donor
- Posted:02/08/2012 09:13:07 AM | Email | Permalink
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Oxfam report: We need to go local
Posted by Jenny Lei Ravelo on 08 February 2012
The need to review and challenge the current humanitarian system is high, especially when the present method no longer works as efficiently as it should — which is to reach more people and save more lives. This is what international nongovernmental organization Oxfam wants to address in its latest report, ”Crises in a New World Order.” The report says building local capacity and investing in disaster risk reduction are the ways to go in today’s changing times&...
- Tags: Oxfam, Crises in a New World Order, disaster risk reduction, conflict, crisis, local capacity, funding, NGO, British Red Cross
- Posted:02/08/2012 06:16:29 AM | Email | Permalink
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UNICEF gears up for innovation
Posted by Jenny Lei Ravelo on 08 February 2012
UNICEF will push for more innovations this year to address people’s humanitarian needs, but it needs increased support to embark on this journey. Speaking on the first regular session of the UNICEF executive board for 2012, Executive Director Anthony Lake said he believes innovation can accelerate the progress UNICEF has made across “all of UNICEF.” Lake identified some of the innovations the agency has supported, including the development of polio vaccines...
- Tags: UNICEF, HIV, vaccine, polio, global health, agriculture, CEAP, antibiotics, SMS, ICT, Rapid FTR, funding, Bill Gates
- Posted:02/08/2012 10:16:48 AM | Email | Permalink
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DfID reacts to 'peanuts' issue
Posted by Jenny Lei Ravelo on 08 February 2012
U.K. Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell has spoken: The issue of India calling British aid “peanuts” is outdated. The Department for International Development published an article on Tuesday (Feb. 7) in response to a recent story that put U.K. aid to India on the spotlight. Mitchell said India Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s comment calling the 280 million pounds ($459 million) of U.K. annual foreign assistance a “peanut”...
- Tags: DfID, Andrew Mitchell, Praful Bidwai, United Kingdom, India, foreign aid, Manmohan Singh, David Cameron
- Posted:02/08/2012 07:35:07 AM | Email | Permalink
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Development news round-up: Finland weighs aid to Nicaragua, DfID's response to 'peanuts' issue, and more
Posted by Jenny Lei Ravelo on 08 February 2012
Today, we reported: Finland weighs future of aid to Nicaragua DfID reacts to ‘peanuts’ issue Conflict forces aid group out of northern Mali UNICEF gears up for innovation Oxfam report: We need to go local What forced WFP to buy from Glencore? Other must-reads: Australia looks into increasing support for agricultural research Food security, poverty challenge Arab World Haiti needs faster distribution of aid, not fresh funding ODE review of AusAID co...
- Posted:02/08/2012 10:59:02 AM | Email | Permalink
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