The Financing for Development Forum, a 4-day UN meeting where participants from around the world will discuss how we, as a global community, should, can, will finance development, is in full swing. ...
Because trade takes place between unequal partners in terms of economic development, the WTO launched the Aid for Trade initiative in 2005, with the objective to help developing countries accessing...
Over the last several months, ActionAid Uganda has endured attacks by external forces aimed at halting operations and undermining work in communities across the country. What began as a siege on our...
The livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, particularly the rural poor, are heavily dependent on secure and equitable access to and control over land and natural resources which are in turn...
Delhi is battling toxic smog yet again. It is not unlikely that we forget about the health emergency in a few weeks. India topped global pollution deaths in 2015, according to a report by The Lancet...
Last month, police raided the offices of ActionAid Uganda, the Great Lakes Institute (GLISS), and Solidarity Uganda. More raids on the offices of other NGOs have since followed. Every indication...
A critical review of IMF advice on female labour force participation and fiscal consolidationBy virtually every global measure, women are disadvantaged relative to men. Access to decent work is...
The World Bank still has much to learn.The World Bank has published its first ever World Development Report (WDR) on education (‘LEARNING To Realise Education’s Promise’), helping to make the case...
This month, the European Commission announced a series of initiatives to ensure its free trade policy benefits everyone. Among them, a proposal to member states to mandate the Commission to...
by Ana Paula, Bratindi Jena, & Ruchi TripathiIs there a more symbiotic way for human beings to interact with nature? And, perhaps just as important, how can we progress towards it together?There...
Yesterday, at the European Development Days in Brussels, we presented a new report titled ”ActionAid’s Guiding Framework for National Tax Spillover Analyses”. Behind this somewhat technical title,...
Laily Begum is a grassroots woman leader from Bangladesh. Married and a mother of three, she has been leading her community to build disaster resilience against the frequent tidal surges, cyclones...
The European Commission released last week a reflection paper on harnessing globalisation. This aims at kicking off a debate on how the EU and its Member States can shape globalisation in a way...
It’s hard to believe that in 2017 it is legal to rape a woman and face no charge. But sadly, it’s true.In many countries across the world, men can be ‘let off’ a rape charge if they marry their...
The Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shared in Brussels today elements from the Global Outlook and Policy Priorities of the organisation, to be presented next week in...
