Press Releases related to Development Assistance
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ONE reaction to Gordon Brown conference speech
Today Gordon Brown announced that the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on development assistance will become law under forthcoming legislation.
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New Global Health Initiatives Bolster Smart Efforts Saving Lives in Africa
Two major announcements today take aim at preventable diseases in poor countries MORE
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“Hold G20 Summit in Africa”, anti-poverty group urges
African countries offer solutions to global economic and climate crises MORE
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IMF Delivers New Financing to Help Poorest Countries Deal with Downturn
The International Monetary Fund has delivered a significantly improved financing package for the least developed countries, ONE said today. The package includes zero interest rate loans through 2011. It also provides lending capacity of $17 billion through 2014. MORE
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IMF Delivers New Financing to Help Poorest Countries Deal with Downturn
The International Monetary Fund has delivered a significantly improved financing package for the least developed countries, ONE said today. The package includes zero interest rate loans through 2011. It also provides lending capacity of $17 billion through 2014. MORE
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ONE reaction to G8 food security communiqué
The G8's US$20bn agreement to provide support for the world's poorest farmers was welcomed today by advocacy group ONE. The deal was expected to amount to US$15bn over three years, but at the last minute the communiqué announced the figure had risen to US$20bn. The deal also includes significant steps to make progress on the effectiveness of aid for agriculture. MORE
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Keep Africa aid promises and act now to stem hunger, G8 told, or risk global irrelevance
Leaders of the world's eight biggest economies must act this week to rescue their aid promises to Africa, advocacy group ONE said today, including agreeing a special deal for the continent's farmers. MORE
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G8 commitments to Africa: some on track, but Italy and France may cause G8 as a whole to default
Bill Gates, Bob Geldof, Dr Françoise Ndayishimiye, Arunma Oteh and Archbishop Desmond Tutu launch ONE's 2009 DATA Report at a London press conference. The Report finds that some G8 nations made encouraging progress last year towards fulfilling the commitments they made at the 2005 Gleneagles Summit to fight extreme poverty in Africa. But two G8 members - Italy and France - are performing so poorly they are threatening to cause the G8 as a whole to default. MORE
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ONE Welcomes President Obama's FY2010 Budget Request
ONE Welcomes Comprehensive Approach to Global Poverty Alleviation in President Obama's FY2010 Budget Request, Urges Congressional Action. MORE
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ONE and Bob Geldof React to Closing of World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings
Immediate, concrete action on Africa's fiscal stimulus needed, says Bob Geldof MORE