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  • Opening Governance to Combat Corruption and Fight Poverty

    19 April 2012

    ONE’s asks of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group, Mexico 2012 More

  • Food. Farming. Future: Breaking the Cycle of Malnutrition and Poverty

    5 April 2012

    50 million people could be locked in extreme poverty and 15 million children could remain chronically malnourished unless world leaders take urgent action to break the cycle of poverty and hunger. More

  • THRIVE: Key Facts

    5 April 2012

    Key facts and figures for ONE's Thrive campaign More

  • Small Change / Big Difference

    13 March 2012

    The UK has long been a world leader in international development. In recent years the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has lifted an estimated 3 million people permanently out of poverty annually, through health, education, food, and sanitation programmes. However, in these difficult economic times, which have resulted in budget cuts for other government departments, there has been a heated debate about whether the UK is right to keep its overseas aid commitments. More

  • Financial reporting requirements for extractive industries within the proposals to amend the Accounting Directive – ONE’s view

    7 Feb. 2012

    ONE welcomed the European Commission’s proposals in October 2011 to include in the revision of the Accounting and Transparency Directives the requirement for European extractive and forestry companies to publish information on payments they make to governments in countries where they operate, on a per-project basis. ONE is now calling on European Union member state countries to show leadership by supporting and strengthening these proposals. More

  • Canadian Aid: Budgeting for Results

    21 Dec. 2011

    As a leading international donor, Canada provides over CAD$5 billion per year in official development assistance (ODA) to reduce hunger and poverty and improve quality of life for the world’s poorest. Between 2001 and 2010 Canada doubled its spending on foreign aid. From 2004 to 2010, Canada doubled assistance to sub-Saharan Africa (albeit against an adjusted target) by CAD$802 million, to deliver a total of CAD$1.94 billion.  More

  • The EU’s funding proposals for development under the MFF 2014-2020

    14 Dec. 2011

    Negotiations between EU Member States and the European Parliament on the future of EU development funding will begin in 2012 after the European Commission has put forward detailed proposals for external spending under the 2014-2020 Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) on 7 December 2011. More

  • Aid and Beyond: Transparency, accountability and results

    24 Nov. 2011

    A Summary of ONE’s Position for the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Busan  More

  • From aid effectiveness to development effectiveness: Delivering results through transparency and accountability

    8 Nov. 2011

    Commitments made at Busan should be carried through and cut across other international forums and initiatives as best practices to guide development activities, improve results in meeting development outcomes in health, education, and agriculture, and speed progress in reducing poverty. More

  • Replenishing the Global Fund for Education

    1 Nov. 2011

    The Global Partnership for Education will host its first replenishment November 7-8, 2011 in Copenhagen. The replenishment will focus on financing for the Global Partnership's multilateral fund, but will also encourage donors to increase their bilateral contributions and coordinate them with the GPE strategies. More