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Proven success of aid for vaccines
A new study has found that aid channeled into vaccination has had a significant effect on…
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UK hosts arms trade treaty conference
The UK Government is today hosting a conference on the proposed Arms Trade Treaty. The treaty…
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Are Fair Trade cooperatives voluntary?
Alex Singleton at the Globalisation Institute reports that all is not well, in at least some…
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A Green Revolution for Africa
The Gates Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation joined forces yesterday to fund the development of a green…
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Is the tide turning on migration?
I’m grateful to my Dad for pointing out the article in today’s Guardian by Brendan Barber,…
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More democratic countries do more for developing countries
A new paper by Jorg Faust at the German Development Institute looks at whether rich countries…
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Extreme drug resistant TB
Ruth Levine at the Global Health Policy Blog rightly points out that the emergence of Extreme…
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Fair trade coffee workers paid below minimum wage
The FT reports that fair trade coffee from Peru is being produced by workers who are…
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Returning to DFID
After two wonderful years in Berkeley, working for the Center for Global Development, I am returning…
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Africa Now Better for Business Says World Bank Report
The annual World Bank report, Doing Business, reports an improvement in the business environment in two…
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