CSO Parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Accra, Ghana, 31 August - 01 September 2008
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CSOs call for a change in agenda
Zahira Kharsany
"It looked like this day would never come." These were the sentiments of Emmanuel Akweke of IDEG in Ghana speaking at a press conference at the Civil Society Organisation (CSO) parallel forum.   more >>
A call for real commitment
By Zahira Kharsany
Civil society wants citizens to have a voice in their development through an effective aid process   more >>
Raising Voices for Effective Aid
By Zahira Kharsany and Henri Valot
More than 6000 organisations across the globe participated in the consultation process in the run-up to the Third High Level Forum (HLF3) on Aid Effectiveness in Accra. And civil society wants to ensure that the voices of the people they represent are heard.   more >>
Accountability for Aid in the Spotlight
By Aly Ouattara
KORHOGO – Accountability in aid is under the spotlight in the Ivory Coast where CARE International has threatened to withdraw funding for pull a range of projects to fight HIV/AIDS if non-governmental organizations (NGOs) fail to account for their spending.   more >>
Global Agenda Increasingly Disease-Driven
By Michael J. Carter
SEATTLE, Washington - At the end of July, U.S. President George W. Bush signed a global health package that effectively tripled U.S. spending over the next five years to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in poor countries, to $48 billion.   more >>
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Mario Lubetkin
As civil society gathers in Accra ahead of the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, we stand at a critical juncture: the discussions, debates and agreements over the next few days will have an impact on the lives of millions of people around the world.   more >>
Building Peace with Effective Aid
By Lansana Fofana
The poor in post-conflict Sierra Leone – which depends on aid to rebuild after decade-long civil war - represent the daily challenges of the Paris Declaration "Development assistance has coordinated to ensure to be well equity of distribution among sectors and regions and proper monitoring mechanisms put in place."   more >>
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Challenges for Development
There are no quick fixes to transforming aid into an effective instrument to address poverty. But, much has been achieved already writes Antonio Tujan of Reality of Aid Network.
Funding Gap Fuels Literacy Gap
“Discussions on aid effectiveness need … to break once and for all with the notion that aid is some kind of charity," writes Adelaide Sosseh, Co-Chair of GCAP.
Citizen Agency
“The purpose of aid effectiveness is not aid effectiveness, but households escaping impoverishment, and people realizing concrete changes in their lives,” says Rakesh Rajani
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voices
Ahmed Swapan Mahmud
Anil K Singh
Aksel Naerstad
Ziad Abdel Samad
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interviews
"Political Power Is Still Very Masculine"
The integration of gender dimensions across the board is required, says Cecilia Alemany of the Association for Women's Rights in Development, at an interview.
"Policy Incoherence" Frustrates Funding for Gender Equity
Inequality between men and women "is not always linked to poverty,"Roberto Bissio, Coordinator of Social Watch told IPS in Montevideo, Uruguay.