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Fight corruption
Transparency legislation would fight corruption in Africa by promoting good governance and bring an end to a culture of secrecy. More
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Government Corruption Casts Shadow over International Football Tournament
As world famous players from football clubs across Europe gather to take part in the Africa Cup of Nations, Europe's leaders have been urged to take swift action to help combat the rampant corruption and misuse of funds seen in host nation Equatorial Guinea. Campaign groups EG Justice and ONE have joined forces to call on the European Union to quickly adopt robust new rules that would force many of the multinational companies operating in Equatorial Guinea to publish the payments they make to the government for the right to extract oil. More
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Europe takes a step forward in fight against corruption
ONE has welcomed new measures proposed today by the European Commission that will help put an end to the resource curse that has blighted so many African countries. The new regulations will mean that extractive and logging companies will have to publish details of their financial activities for every mining, oil, gas and forestry project in every country they operate in. However, ONE has also stressed that the proposals must be tightened before they are implemented by member states. More
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A global partnership for progress against poverty
ONE today welcomed the launch by President Obama of the Open Government Partnership in New York, where eight world leaders made commitments on a range of issues that will help drive the development of African countries. These include the transparency of aid, natural resource revenues and budgets in developing countries. More
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ONE submission to the Labour Party’s Policy Review: “Tackling global inequality and promoting sustainable development in a changing world”
The Labour Party has a distinguished history on international development. The creation of DFID, setting the country on a path to 0.7% and showing global leadership at the Gleneagles G8 summit in terms of aid, debt relief and trade and development policy are just some of the major achievements of recent years. The 2011 policy review is a welcome opportunity to update and refresh the party’s policy base for a rapidly changing world. Africa, in particular, is changing in ways that challenge traditional stereotypes: a continent of nearly one billion consumers with economic growth projected to be nearly 6% annually over the next five years. Not only is it a place of growing economic opportunities, it is seeing improving transparency in both public and private sectors and increasing democratisation. Its relationships with the rest of the world are also changing. These are no longer just one-way relationships where aid is given and received, but are increasingly based on sound investment and trade opportunities and more equal partnerships. However, at the same time Africa continues to face great challenges; the continent and its people need to grow more food, improve education access and standards, keep more people healthy and respond to the challenge of climate change that will hit it hardest. The Labour Party’s policy review should address both the challenges and opportunities in global development, particularly in Africa. More
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Opening Government to Accelerate Poverty Reduction
This Briefing Note has been prepared by ONE for the launch of the Open Government Partnership, New York, 20th September 2011 More
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Open Government Partnership Country Action Plans – analysis from a development perspective
This Briefing Note has been prepared by ONE for the launch of the Open Government Partnership, New York, 20th September 2011 More
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Civil Society letter to the G20 anti-corruption working group
ONE welcomed the creation of a G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group at the Seoul summit. It has the potential to advance initiatives that improve domestic resource mobilisation, and cut the corruption and embezzlement that too often short changes ordinary citizens. On February 11th we signed a joint civil society letter to the working group highlighting some key areas we are asking them to progress on. These include ratification of the UN Convention Against Corruption, facilitating the recovery of stolen assets, country-by-country reporting and protection for whistleblower. Read the full letter here. More
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Europe must take practical steps to promote global development
On the first of the European Development Days in Brussels, ONE has called on the European Commission to support practical changes that will have a profound effect on developing countries. More
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Living Proof
Living Proof is about telling the real story of the incredible progress being achieved by some of the world's poorest people, backed by governments like ours. More