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Category Archives: Lynne Featherstone
Is overseas aid an instrument of soft power?
Originally posted on Phil Vernon:
I was giving evidence to a UK House of Lords select committee on aid as an instrument of soft power yesterday, so spent a bit of time researching what “soft power” actually means. It turns…
Posted in Alan Duncan, DFID, Humanitarian Aid, International Development, International Development Association, International Political Economy, Justine Greening, Least Developed Countries, Lynne Featherstone, Millennium Development Goals, Official Development Assistance, Posts, World Bank
Tagged Department for International Development, DFID, foreign aid, House of Lords, Humanitarian Aid, International Development, International Political Economy, IPE, Joseph Nye, ODA, Official Development Assistance, Phil Vernon, post 2015, post-MDGs, soft power, The Committee on Soft Power and the UK’s Influence, UK Parliament
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Queen’s speech 2013: The 0.7% worry, no fuss
An extremely short blog post. Based on a…tweet! Ivan Lewis @IvanLewis_MP Leaving 0.7 bill out of Queens speech shows Camerons weakness + lurch to right. + yet another eg of @nick_clegg’s impotence.#brokenpromise Again, I’ve no political affiliation. Nevertheless, I wonder … Continue reading
Posted in DFID, International Development, Ivan Lewis, Justine Greening, Lynne Featherstone, ODI, Official Development Assistance, Poverty Reduction
Tagged 0.7%/GNI, Department for International Development, DFID, foreign aid, International Development, Ivan Lewis, Justine Greening, Lord West, Lord West of Spithead, Lynne Featherstone, ODA, Official Development Assistance, UK Conservative Party, UK Labour Party, UK Liberal Democrats, UK Parliament
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It’s not really such a great aid mystery
Originally posted on Phil Vernon:
The latest edition of The Spectator carries an opinion piece by Jonathan Foreman entitled The Great Aid Mystery http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/8808521/the-great-aid-mystery/. In a diatribe laced with rather tired tropes, and whose style undermines the argument he makes, Foreman’s main points…
Posted in Alan Duncan, Andrew Mitchell, DFID, International Development, Justine Greening, Lynne Featherstone, MDGs, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction
Tagged 0.7% Legislation, 0.7%/GNI, Alan Duncan, foreign aid, Jonathan Foreman, Justine Greening, Lynne Featherstone, ODA, Official Development Assistance, The Spectator, UK Conservative Party, UK Development Policy, UK Foreign Policy
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