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   G8 leaders must do more than talk a tough game on multinational tax avoidance

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 17 June 2013

   'Eight years on Britain has changed. Comeback gigs are so common they’re practically passé and politicians appear reluctant to talk about aid at all. If you stopped the next person you saw in the street and asked them what we might expect from the summit, the answer would probably be ‘what summit?’.'

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   G8 and trade: the development angle

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 11 June 2013

   The list of competing priorities for this year’s G8 summit was whittled down to three by David Cameron.

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   Illegal logging

   Logging remains a problem, with often illegal activity taking place across the country. West Kilimanjaro
   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: Robert Okanda BCClimate Champions
   Source: Flickr
   

   Environmental governance as a gateway to rural security, justice and poverty alleviation

   Event - Workshop - 11 June 2013 14:00 - 17:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   This workshop will examine how interventions in the environmental sector can be utilised as an entry point to improve security, justice, and democratic participation of civil society in fragile states. RSVP by 7 June to wcseurope@wcs.org to guarantee a place.
   

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   We must rethink the role of aid for a new era

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 31 May 2013

   'It’s time for us to think more about how traditional “aid,” or official development assistance, fits in to the new landscape.'

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   UK should revisit its decision on South Africa and its concept of aid

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 2 May 2013

   'Directing aid from middle-income countries demonstrates a misunderstanding about the role it can play in big and increasingly better-off countries.'

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   If we want to change the world, where's the cash going to come from?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 25 April 2013

   'We have deliberately rejected a simplistic understanding of how finance operates, analysing country context, sources of finance, techniques used to translate money into action, and accountability of financial actors.'

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   The accountability of the G20’s development agenda: perspectives and suggestions from developing countries of the Commonwealth and Francophonie

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 15 April 2013

   Zhenbo Hou and Dirk Willem te Velde

   In a paper prepared for the Commonwealth - Francophonie - G20 Development Working Group Meeting, this paper presents perspectives and suggestions from developing countries of the Commonwealth and Francophonie.

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   Who picks up the tab for development?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 4 April 2013

   'We cannot expect the people in the UK to pay taxes to improve education and health in Pakistan if the Pakistan elite is not paying income tax.'
   

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   Spain can be a trailblazer in this new age of aid austerity

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 26 February 2013

   'I think aid should be increased because there are many issues that require international attention, including persistent poverty, but much more important are the objectives and effectiveness of aid interventions. Rather than worrying about how much money it is spending, Spain should demonstrate how much it can achieve with limited money.'

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    EU aid cuts: A short-term approach to a long-term budget

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 11 February 2013

    'EU leaders have... focused on the quantity at the expense of the quality. They have decided to continue to fund CAP although it is a bad return on investment for EU taxpayers and does not effectively address today’s emerging global challenges.'

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