The debate about what the G8 can deliver on transparency is heating up, with the UK coalition government under increasing pressure to provide leadership. But what are the issues at stake? And what, if anything, will summit talks between a group of political leaders from the world’s richest nations mean for the world’s poorest people?
Logging remains a problem, with often illegal activity taking place across the country. West Kilimanjaro
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For decades, developing nations have been forced to jump through hoops in order to access cash from aid agencies. Now they are starting to push back, bolstered by support from “non-traditional” sources of development assistance, including large emerging economies such as China and India, philanthropists such as the Gates Foundation and “social impact investors” such as the Shell Foundation.
The Conservatives are prepared to continue with Labour's pledge to increase the quantity of aid (by increasing aid to 0.7% of GNI by 2015).
The performance of the G8 at its Italian summit suggests that it has lost its way on international aid and development policy, say Marta Foresti & Leni Wild.