News highlights, late October 2015

Aid and cash:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/welfare-reform-direct-cash-poor/407236/?utm_source=SFFB

Problem with aid to local agencies:

http://www.irinnews.org/report/102029/emergency-aid-obstacles-to-going-local

ODI report on UN SDGs:

http://www.developmentprogress.org/sites/developmentprogress.org/files/scorecard_report.pdf

Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize winner:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/12/why-angus-deaton-deserved-the-nobel-prize-in-economics/?utm_content=buffer3fbce&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Literature and Africa:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/man-booker-shortlist-2015-the-fishermen/409399/

News highlights, early September 2015

China and the misallocation of aid in Africa:

http://www.theigc.org/blog/are-african-leaders-misusing-chinese-development-finance-the-price-of-country-ownership/

Where to allocate aid:

http://aiddata.org/sites/default/files/wps6_the_foreign_aid_effectiveness_debate_evidence_from_malawi.pdf

http://aiddata.org/blog/the-politics-of-aid-allocation-new-evidence-from-zambia

Illegal exploitation of resources –timber in Senegal:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201509111298.html

Preserving seeds for humanity:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/21/us-mideast-crisis-seeds-idUSKCN0RL1KA20150921

Assad, Syria, War crimes:

http://www.businessinsider.com/assads-government-still-kills-way-more-civilians-than-isis-2015-2?IR=T

News highlights, early April 2015

EU aid and Western Sahara:

http://eubulletin.com/4018-exclusive-olaf-report-reveals-diversions-of-eu-aids-to-western-sahara.html

A feminist or ethical foreign policy:

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/analysis/2015/03/19/Sweden-s-feminist-foreign-policy-sparks-off-quarrels-.html

Industry dominates TTIP negotiations:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/trade-advisory-committees/

Palestine after the Israeli elections:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/16/palestinians-care-israeli-election-legal-challenges?CMP=share_btn_fb

Aid policy and children:

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/21/uk-approach-children-war-zones-conflict-lamentable-report

News highlights, late March 2015

The situation in Western Sahara:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/world/fighting-is-long-over-but-western-sahara-still-lacks-peace.html?ref=world&_r=1

Criticism of aid agencies:

http://www.irinnews.org/report/101197/what-refugees-really-think-of-aid-agencies

Dealing with war crimes in South Sudan:

http://www.irinnews.org/report/101197/what-refugees-really-think-of-aid-agencies

The problem with Dodd-Frank:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/02/how-dodd-frank-is-failing-congo-mining-conflict-minerals/

The military future of Europe:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/08/jean-claude-juncker-calls-for-eu-army-european-commission-miltary

Gender discrimination:

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/mar/09/un-declaration-step-backwards-for-womens-rights-csw?CMP=share_btn_fb