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Blue marble: The Pacific in the post-2015 development agenda
Pacific Institute of Public Policy, 2013On 7 December 1972 members of the Apollo 17 moon mission created an image that would redefine the world. The Big Blue Marble photograph, as it became known, depicted a fragile Earth hovering in the void.DocumentWriting the 'Other' into humanitarian discourse: framing theory and practice in South-South humanitarian responses to forced displacement
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2013Although Southern-led development initiatives have enjoyed increasing attention by academics in recent years, there remains a relative paucity of research on South-South humanitarian responses.DocumentDisasters and diversity: a study of humanitarian financing for older people and children under five
HelpAge International, 2013Oly 1% of humanitarian aid targets older people and 2.3% children under five. This study from HelpAge adds to the growing body of evidence pointing to a limited connection between diversity and programming.DocumentWhere do the world’s multidimensionally poor people live?
2013Recent research has discussed a shift in the location (or geography) of global poverty. This paper asks where do the world’s multidimensionally poor people live?DocumentThe post-2015 delivery of universal and sustainable access to infrastructure services
Overseas Development Institute, 2013Many of the proposals for post-2015 goals and targets appear ambitious, but what would it take to achieve them? This paper assesses what is needed to achieve goals for universal and sustainable access to infrastructure, specifically water, energy and transport.DocumentA safer and more prosperous world: why aid really matters in an age of austerity
2013Former UK Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell sets out his thoughts on the future of international development and the UK’s aid programme.DocumentAid and development: issues and reflections
Department of Economics, Strathclyde University, 2013This paper aims to explore three areas in the literature on aid and development. The first focuses on Dambisa Moyo’s controversial book Dead Aid (2009), developing some criticisms which were not fully elaborated in the reviews which followed its publication.DocumentImplementing Global Public Policies : Are the Aid Agencies Walking the Talk?
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 2012Today a broad recognition exists on the nature and scope of global public risks, and their impact on development. Based on available evidence and recent evaluation work by the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and some bilateral donors, this chapter aims at highlighting the results achieved in the implementatDocumentBrazil’s generous diplomacy: friendly dragon or paper tiger?
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 2012Featuring a stable democracy and dizzying economic growth, Brazil is fast on the way to acquiring global power status. The country is investing in enhanced multilateral and bilateral relationships as a means of leveraging trade and reducing vulnerability abroad and on the domestic front.DocumentLearning the Lessons? Assessing the response to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel to build resilience for the future
Oxfam, 2013In 2012, the Sahel region of West and Central Africa was once again hit by a severe food crisis, affecting over 18 million people at its peak. At the start of 2012, when the crisis began to unfold, many governments, donors and aid agencies were determined not to make the same mistakes again.Pages