The World Food Program ‘s new report on 2007 food aid flows not surprisingly focuses on the current food price crisis. But more of a surprise from the WFP is a frank recognition that chucking thousands of tonnes of food into developing countries can ravage its agriculture. …
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The debate on vertical funds: necessary or overheated?
http://betteraid.org/blog/?p=97For the past decade, vertical funds have been the new “hook” in development aid. Does this mean that they are a fad that will soon be replaced by another trend, rendered as outdated as conditionality? Or are they simply the current expression of our constantly evolving knowledge on development aid? …
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Congo: unpaved road to development
http://betteraid.org/blog/?p=96The old Oriental and Equateur provinces in Congo DR are host to some of the most valuable equatorial forests and biodiversity hotspots in the world. But if you want to catch a glimpse of the area you will have to either cycle a few hundreds kilometres or jump on the back of one of the logging trucks working there. …
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Development Industry
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Trade Policy and the Food Crisis: Conflicting Views
http://davostoseattle.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/trade-policy-...to almost double its agricultural loans to African countries. Direct and short-term emergency food aid (that is, sending food itself, rather than money) can be even more problematic. Large-scale food donations can save lives in the short-term. Yet as Javier Pereira points out, floods of external produce into the local area can be extremely harmful to local agricultural capacity in the longer term, thus perpetuating structural weaknesses. I’d like to address some specific concerns that struck me when reading
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Pop Goes The Weasel
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Quel futur pour l’aide communautaire?
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How much money do I need
http://howmuchmoney.netnrsl wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt The Africa Cup of Nations has ended, but Ghana will host two other international events this year: the UN Conference on Trade and Development quadrennial conference in April and the High Level
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Bank both player and referee in road to Accra
http://howmuchmoney.net/bank-both-player-and-referee-in-road...nrsl wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt The Africa Cup of Nations has ended, but Ghana will host two other international events this year: the UN Conference on Trade and Development quadrennial conference in April and the High Level
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Open Budgets Blog
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Netcentric Campaigns | Advocacy 2.0 for the age of connectivity
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Whither EC Aid?
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