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ODA and Africa – 6 key points Friday 12th February 2010

ODA to sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) was at an all time high in 2008 at $37 billion1. This continues an upward trend since 2000, driven especially by growth in HIV/AIDS spending and in humanitarian assistance. SSA is maintaining its customary share of growing ODA, but will fall short of the 2010 target by around $17 billion. In 2008 ODA to SSA was 0.09% of DAC donor GNI.

Government revenues have shown impressive growth (tripling since 2002) but have fallen by 5% of GDP in 2009.

What needs to happen on ODA to sustain progress on poverty?

Dan Coppard speaking on Climate Aid additionality and Copenhagen in Development Today Friday 12th February 2010

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DI interviewed on the Reality of Aid for CBC’s the National Tuesday 26th January 2010

The programme can be viewed here

Haiti Aid Fact Sheet Tuesday 19th January 2010

How does the response to the Haiti crisis compare with development assistance? This briefing paper provides a summary profile of aid to Haiti.

Click here to download the briefing paper

Reflections on the 3rd OECD World Forum on 'Statistics, Knowledge and Policy' Oct 2009 - Dan Coppard Wednesday 4th November 2009

Q. How many statisticians does it take to change a light bulb?
A. That depends, it’s really a matter of power.

"Making every penny count" - Tory party fringe meeting Friday 16th October 2009

The fringe meeting 'Making Every Penny Count: Transparency and Accountability in International Aid' at the Conservative Party Conference, Manchester was attended by people from both development and non development backgrounds which led to a number of interesting discussions.

Owen Barder, aidinfo

'Aid that empowers the poor' – Labour Fringe meeting Monday 5th October 2009

There was a great turnout for Development Initiatives fringe meeting at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton last week. Chaired by Hugh Bailey the head of the APPG on Africa, the panel of speakers were invited to address the question of how to use aid to reach the poorest of the poor.

devinit.org has radical overhaul Friday 25th September 2009

Development Initiatives is today launching its updated and user-friendly group website. The new site sports a more up-to-date look, and is designed to better showcase our people, our message, and the various "Initiatives" – our programmes that work to eliminate poverty through the transformative power of information.

“Aid is about people” at the Lib Dems Friday 25th September 2009

We’re just back from a successful Fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrats Party Conference in Bournemouth.

The Fringe was chaired by Olly Buston from ONE/Data. Olly reminded everyone of the importance of keeping Britain on target to achieve the 0.7% of GNI that it has repeatedly committed to set aside for development assistance. But he also pointed out that the qualitative aspects of aid delivery are just as important as the quantity of aid given.

We’re off to the UK Party Conferences Monday 21st September 2009

The United Kingdom, through DFID, is an important donor to influence. Not only is the UK a major donor in terms of aid volume, but it is also a respected leader in progressive aid policies and new ideas to support better aid delivery.
DFID’s policy and direction is controlled by the Parliament of the day, currently led by Gordon Brown’s Labour government. But Parliament is drawing to the end of its term, and a general election to elect a new Parliament must be held by no later than Thursday, 3 June 2010.
Change is in the air.

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