19 April 2012
ONE’s asks of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group, Mexico 2012 More
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
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
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
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
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
24 Nov. 2011
A Summary of ONE’s Position for the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Busan More
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
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
