International Development
Public care about international development but worry about waste and corruption
Peter Goldstein writes about the findings of a new survey of UK citizens’ attitudes to overseas aid and international development.
Budget 2012: The consequences of failing to hit the 0.7% aid target laid bare
Richard Serunjogi of the Labour Campaign for International Development lays out the stark consequences of any failure to meet the 0.7 per cent aid target.
International development: The UK’s most popular ‘unpopular policy’
Sam Bacon, of the Global Poverty Project, urges the chancellor to commit to the 0.7 per cent target of UK GNI to be spent on international development.
We mustn’t let piracy rule the development agenda on Somalia
Though piracy, security and terror topped the agenda at the conference on Somalia, we mustn’t let it’s less high-profile development needs slip under the radar.
Tories delay enshrining 0.7% target in law. Again. When will they legislate?
International development secretary Andrew Mitchell has once again delayed enshrining the 0.7 per cent target in law.
Bill Gates: Innovation is the key to overcoming the need for aid
Mann Virdee reports from Bill Gates’s speech at the LSE this week.