Overhaul the global relief system now or watch millions more people slide over the edge into destitution, an aid agency says in a report full of warnings to donors, governments and humanitarians alike.
As rocketing food and fuel prices force more people to resort to begging and more children to give up school to work, CARE International says it would be better - and much cheaper - to act now than to try to wade in later with inefficient life-saving aid.
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Following the recent events in Georgia civilians have had to abandon their homes looking for a safe place. There is therefore an urgent need for humanitarian support to cover the basic needs of the displaced population. The Mayor of Istanbul has underlined the need to protect civilian population all over the world and called for solidarity of the international network. Mayor Topbas has invited UCLG members to make financial or in-kind contributions through their usual channels or through institu more...
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Political leaders from around the world, heads of bilateral and multilateral development agencies, donor organizations, and civil society organizations met in Accra, Ghana, from 2 to 4 September to make development aid money more effective. Millions of people’s lives around the world are at risk if the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) to result from this “Third High Level Summit on Aid Effectiveness” will not be more ambitious.
Health has featured prominently in the preparations for this H more...
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'A group of UK NGOs is calling on governments to increase Aid for small-scale African farmers in ways that will help them to feed their people, improve their livelihoods and sustain the environment.
Aid to improve local food production and consumption does not, however, appear to be the priority, despite the urgency of the food crisis.'
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'UNCTAD continues to respond to the emerging needs of the Palestinian economy by intensifying assistance, in coordination with other United Nations and international organizations and in close consultation with Palestine. However, funding shortfalls threaten efforts to build on previous achievements and reach the hoped-for results. Improved extrabudgetary funding remains critical to achieving UNCTAD’s mandate of responding to the evolving needs of the Palestinian economy.'
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In June 2007, Action for Global Health produced their first policy report, Health Warning which highlighted the significant gaps in donor aid that need to be overcome if the health Millennium Development Goals are to be met. This new report, Healthy Aid, takes this analysis one step further to look not only at how much aid European donors are allocating to health concerns in developing countries, but also looks at how this money is being spent and makes recommendations on how donors can improve more...
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Concrete steps towards a millennium free from hunger: WFP is working together with its partners in the UN, non-governmental organizations, academic institutes and governments for a millennium free from hunger. This brochure lists the WFP 2007 achievements towards meeting the UN Millennium Development Goals.
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