Tag Archives: United Kingdom

The NSS 2015 & SDSR 2015: The “Development” parts Part 1

Posted on Dec 14, 2015 by ipeanddevelopment

Author’s note: Devex won’t accept this so here it goes… So the much awaited National Security Review and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 is out. As the title(s) imply, it’s not just a military-centred document, but one that covers … Continue reading →

Posted in David Cameron, DFID, Humanitarian Aid, International Development, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction, World Bank | Tagged 0.7% Legislation, 0.7%/GNI, A Secure and Prosperous United Kingdom, Chevening Scholarship, Commonwealth scholarship, conflict states, Defence, Department for International Development, development, DFID, foreign affairs, foreign aid, fragile states, Home Office, International Development, Marshall Scholarship, National Security Review 2015, NSS 2015, ODA, SDSR 2015, Strategic Defence and Security Review, Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, Tier 4 Visa, United Kingdom, Visa | Leave a comment

Links for thought 11

Posted on Oct 6, 2015 by ipeanddevelopment

Haven’t done this series in a while so here we go: 1) Jin Liqun: From the lines of Lord Byron to AIIB’s corridors of power A Devex article on Jin Liqun,the first leader of the recently created, non-Western dominated, non-neoliberal … Continue reading →

Posted in Ha-Joon Chang, International Development, MDGs, SDGs | Tagged 2030, Africa, AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Christine Lagarde, Conflict, Conflict Pool, CSSF, Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, DFAT, DIE, fragile states, German Development Institute, Ha-Joon Chang, IMF, IMF Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Jin Liqun, Malala, Malala Yousafzai, Malcolm Turnbull, MDGs, Migration, Millennium Development Goals, minister for international development and the Pacific, Phil Vernon, post-MDG goals, SDGs, Stability and Security Fund, Steve Ciobo, sustainable development goals, Telegraph, Tony Abbott, UN, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States Agency for International Development, USAID | Leave a comment

The AIIB, a new MDB… Remember the past

Posted on Apr 10, 2015 by ipeanddevelopment

I suppose it’s time for me to add my voice to the range of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) which has been hitting the headlines globally. I wanted to start off with an explanation of this proposed idea but their … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts, UNDP, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank | Tagged AIIB, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China, EPTA, Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, First Development Decade, Global Economic Governance, hegemony, IDA, Indonesia, International Development, International Development Association, Japan, Jerry Silverman, MDBs, Multilateral Development Banks, neoliberal, neoliberalism, People's Republic of China, RDBs, regional development banks, Special Fund, SUNFED, UK, UNDP, United Kingdom, World Bank Group | Leave a comment

A reason to maintain/increase both UK development and defence budgets

Posted on Mar 16, 2015 by ipeanddevelopment

Another reason for maintaining UK defence and aid spending/targets Read and understand

Posted in DFID, Official Development Assistance | Tagged 0.7%/GNI, 2%, C-17, Defence, defence spending, foreign aid, Humanitarian Aid, Ministry of Defence, MOD, ODA, Official Development Assistance, Royal Air Force, UK Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom, Vanuatu | Leave a comment

Who should give and how much? The case of the East African Famine crisis

Posted on Aug 21, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

The East African famine crisis is worsening and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) calling for action and more financial contributions . The usual donors have responded, albeit weakly, especially due to the US “debt ceiling” debacle, the US downgrading … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Mitchell, Humanitarian Aid, International Development, International Political Economy, OECD, Official Development Assistance, Organisaiton for Economic Cooperation and Development, Posts, Poverty Reduction | Tagged Andrew Mitchell, Chatham House, deficit, deficit reduction, Department for International Development, developing country, Development Awareness, Development Superpower, DFID, donors, East Africa, East African famine crisis, Eurozone debt crisis, Famine, FAO, Food And Agricultural Organisation, foreign aid, G8, Helen Milner, Humanitarian Aid, International Development, International Political Economy, IPE, Mexico, national debt, ODA, OECD, OECD-DAC, Official Development Assistance, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, SIDS, Singapore, Small Island Developing States, UK Development Policy, UK Foreign Policy, United Kingdom, US credit rating, US debt ceiling | 2 Comments

Links for Thought 8

Posted on Jul 16, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

Of Currency Wars and Capital Controls Emmanuel Yujuico, the author of IPE Zone , states an article by Yilmaz Akyuz on the pit falls of international capital flows for Least Developed Countries (LDCs). You can read the full paper here … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Mitchell, Constructivism, DFID, Human Development, Human Development Reports, IDA, International Development, International Development Association, International Political Economy, International Trade, IPE, Least Developed Countries, Millennium Development Goals, ODI, Official Development Assistance, Overseas Development Institute, Posts, Poverty Reduction, principal-agent theory, UNDP | Tagged 0.7%/GNI, aid allocation, aid data, aid effectiveness, Andrew Mitchell, budget support, Capital Flows, Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck, Christine Lagarde, Commonwealth, Commonwealth Secretariat, Constructivism, Constructivist approach, Department for International Development, DFID, Drought, Duncan Green, East African Famine, Emily Jones, Emmanuel Yujuico, EU, EU aid, European Union, Famine, foreign aid, gender equality, gender inequality, Global Economic Governance, Helen Clark, Human Development Reports, IDA, IMF, International Development, International Development Association, International Monetary Fund, International Political Economy, International Trade, IPE, IPE Zone, Jan Vandermoortele, Jeske van Seters, LDCs, Least Developed Countries, Liam Clegg, Malawi, Mark Furness, Mark Tran, Matthew Collin, MDGs, Mikaela Gavas, Millennium Development Goals, Min Zhu, Ngaire Woods, ODA, ODI, Official Development Assistance, Oladiran Bello, Overseas Development Institute, Oxfam GB, Philp Davies, Philp Davies MP, post-MDGs, principal-agent theory, Richard Jolly, Small States, Svea Koch, The Guardian, UNDP, UNICEF, United Kingdom, United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, World Bank Group, Yilmaz Akyuz | Leave a comment

Will the real Shadow Secretary of State for International Development please stand up?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

So today the Tory Defence Secretary, Liam Fox’s concerns over the 0.7% per GNI target were somehow leaked to the press. Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Mitchell, DFID, Harriet Harman, International Development, ODI, Official Development Assistance, Overseas Development Institute, Posts, Poverty Reduction | Tagged 0.7%/GNI, aid allocation, aid effectiveness, Andrew Mitchell, Cash on Delivery, CGD, Coalition Government, foreign aid, Harriet Harman, Labour Campaign for International Development, LCID, Liam Fox, ODA, ODI, Official Development Assistance, Overseas Development Institute, Shadow Front Bench, UK Conservative Party, UK Development Policy, UK Labour Party, United Kingdom | 1 Comment

Re-post from The Birmingham Brief: A critical assessment of the 2011 UK multilateral and bilateral aid reviews

Posted on Apr 21, 2011 by ipeanddevelopment

Here ishow my post that appearred on Birmingham University’s Birmingham Brief–an articled titled “A critical assessment of the 2011 UK multilateral and bilateral aid reviews”
Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Mitchell, DFID, Harriet Harman, IDA, International Development, Official Development Assistance, Posts, Poverty Reduction, Rushanara Ali | Tagged Bilateral Aid Review, Birmingham Brief, Coalition Government, Department for International Development, DFID, foreign aid, HERR, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Emergency Response Review, International Organisations, International Political Economy, IPE, Jiesheng Li, LDCs, Multilateral Aid Review, ODA, Official Development Assistance, Poverty, Poverty Reduction, principal-agent theory, UK Conservative Party, UK Labour Party, UK Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom, University of Birmingham, Value for Money | Leave a comment

The spotlight on Alan Duncan MP, the new Minister of State for DFID

Posted on Jul 29, 2010 by ipeanddevelopment

The focus here is a highly unliklely candidate for DFID’s second in command. Continue reading →

Posted in Alan Duncan, DFID, International Development, Posts | Tagged Alan Duncan, Andrew Mitchell, David Cameron, Department for International Development, DFID, foreign aid, International Development, Minister of State, UK Conservative Party, UK Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom | Leave a comment