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  Ukraine crisis

  Ukraine crisis

  EU flies in aid to Ukraine, but how will it reach most in need?

  2 Feb 2015

  Already contending with several challenges that constrain their ability to provide humanitarian support, aid groups working in eastern Ukraine now have to deal with new security provisions that may impede delivery even further.

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  EYD2015

  EYD2015

  Beyond the bubble, millennials take center stage for EYD2015

  29 Jan 2015

  2015 is the European Year for Development, and the European Commission and members of the European Parliament are banking on the present generation of young adults to take #globaldev issues to the streets and along the corridors of power.

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  Disaster relief

  Disaster relief

  Quake aid 'exposed culture gap' — Haiti activist

  19 Jan 2015

  Five years after the 2010 Haiti quake, many Haitians feel international efforts to help the country recover failed to meet their goals, particularly local ownership of development gains. We learn more from Gotson Pierre, an award-winning Haitian journalist who urges foreign aid groups to "go local" and understand what the country is all about before setting up shop.

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  Belgian aid

  Belgian aid

  Belgian development bank targets small enterprises

  9 Jan 2015

  The Belgian development bank's new multiyear investment strategy streamlines priority sectors and countries, and hones its focus on micro, small and medium enterprises. It also lays the groundwork for private sector investments, its chief investment officer tells Devex.

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  Ebola crisis and response

  Ebola crisis and response

  FAO seeks support to tackle food insecurity in Ebola-stricken areas

  19 Dec 2014

  The number of people threatened by food insecurity in the Ebola-affected region in West Africa could jump from 500,000 to 1 million by March 2015, Devex learns from a FAO official as the U.N. agency raised the alarm over the new danger looming beyond the immediate health crisis.

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  EU budget

  EU budget

  EU finally agrees on 2015 budget, but development funding remains in limbo

  18 Dec 2014

  The European Union avoided a total collapse of its budget by agreeing on its expenses for next year after the European Parliament accepted a compromise with the council. Snowballing debts from past years, however, could still jeopardize development funding throughout 2015.

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  Ebola crisis and response

  Ebola crisis and response

  Battle against Ebola to go 'mini, local' — experts

  16 Dec 2014

  The struggle against Ebola is evolving. Fighting the disease in West Africa now requires smaller and more flexible locally staffed teams in the countryside to respond to mini-outbreaks, Devex learns from sources who attended a recent high-level meeting with U.N., EU and NGO experts in Brussels.

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  Private sector engagement

  Private sector engagement

  EU ministers push for larger private sector role in development

  15 Dec 2014

  Recognizing that the private sector is adopting an increasingly higher profile in global development efforts, European Union development ministers agreed Friday on an ambitious set of proposals to strengthen the role of the private sector in future EU-funded projects. NGOs, however, warn the ministers are "only seeing the good side" of more corporate involvement.

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  Belgian aid

  Belgian aid

  New Belgian development policy demands courage and cuts

  28 Nov 2014

  In an effort to "sharpen the DNA of development cooperation," Belgium will be reducing its development budget and prioritizing fewer countries over the next five years. What will all these mean for the future of Belgian foreign aid?

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  Post-2015 development agenda

  Post-2015 development agenda

  EU outlines priorities for post-2015 talks

  27 Nov 2014

  This week, the European Parliament passed a resolution detailing the stand the EU should defend in next year's negotiations over the post-2015 sustainable development goals. We give you an insider perspective into the process that led to a hard-fought consensus.

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