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Designing a 21st century Summit

Posted by: Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on: 20 June 2013 - Categories: Other

The coverage of the Tax, Transparency and Trade "Three T’s" agenda for the G8 over the past few days has been excellent. On my twitter feed I’ve seen many commentators, Non-Governmental Organisations and others welcoming the outcomes. As a civil …

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Transparency and parliamentary scrutiny

Posted by: Ian Attfield, Education Adviser, Posted on: 19 June 2013 - Categories: Education, Tanzania

Almost a year has sped past since I attended the 2012 Education Budget debate in Tanzania's Parliament, the Bunge in Dodoma last year, in my first week's work. I was unable to make it this year, but  it seems that the debate …

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Commitment to win the battle against undernutrition

Posted by: Anne Philpott, Nutrition and Health Advisor, Posted on: 11 June 2013 - Categories: Nutrition

We now know that undernutrition is the cause of nearly half of all child deaths – and we know what we can do about it. Last week there was a series of high level nutrition events in London. I’m part …

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Feeding potential

Posted by: Frank Kapeta, Youth Ambassador - Save the Children, Posted on: 6 June 2013 - Categories: Development Debates, Nutrition, Tanzania

My name is Frank, I’m 17 years and live in Tanzania. When I was growing up I often had just 1 meal a day. Between the ages of 2 and 4, my family frequently faced hunger and malnutrition. Some days I felt …

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Can the G8 help Kenya increase trade?

Posted by: Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on: 26 March 2013 - Categories: Kenya, Other

A recent experience brought to life for me some of the issues facing developing countries trying to improve tax collection. I have lots of family in Kenya, and a few days ago, my dad received the news that a cargo …

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The rise of development effectiveness

Posted by: Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on: 22 March 2013 - Categories: Other

A few months ago, DFID's Secretary of State Justine Greening announced the beginning of a new, non-aid based relationship with India focused on trade and the private sector. Around the same time, David Cameron, announced a focus for the UK's G8 presidency …

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Sharing the post-2015 framework

Posted by: Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, Posted on: 8 November 2012 - Categories: Other

It might be over a month away, but my husband and I have already begun to think about the Christmas and New Year holidays here in the UK. In particular, it looks like lots of my family are likely to travel from …

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