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A New Compact for Global Education
Impressive progress has been made in education in recent years, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Thanks in large part to debt relief and the prioritization of education by governments in developing countries, 40 million more children were enrolled in primary school between 1999 and 2006. Increased development assistance played an important role in these successes. In countries like Tanzania, Ghana, Mozambique and Zambia, for example, substantial increases in development assistance helped support large expansions in enrollment. MORE
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President Obama's FY2010 Budget Request - May 7, 2009
On May 7, 2009, President Obama sent his FY2010 Budget request to Congress. In total, the FY2010 request includes $53.9 billion for International Affairs (the 150 Account), which is $4.1 billion more than the total appropriated in FY2009, or an 8.2% increase.[1] Since the FY2010 request includes all FY2010 funding for Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan and humanitarian needs (i.e. P.L. 480 food aid), this analysis compares the FY2010 request with the total FY2009 spending including both the base appropriation, emergency supplementals, and a pending FY2009 supplemental.
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Making G20 Commitments Work for Africa
ONE's proposals for how the World Bank and IMF should follow up on the commitments of the G20. Downloadable PDF.
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Special Drawing Rights of the IMF Factsheet
Find out what Special Drawing Rights (SDR) are and how they can help IMF member countries. Downloadable PDF. MORE
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IMF Gold Sales Factsheet
ONE proposes the IMF use surplus profits from revaluing gold to support the G-20 promised $6 billion in additional resources for highly concessional lending or grants for the world's poorest countries. Downloadable PDF.
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ONE’s Analysis of the G20 Communiqué, 2 April 2009
After difficult negotiations, the G20 summit yielded potentially significant gains to the world's poorest countries.
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Africans Speak Out
If you really want to know what Africans - leaders, policy makers and aid beneficiaries -- think about aid and what many Africans working on the ground to improve the lives of poor people think about Ms. Moyo's prescriptions, read these comments. MORE
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The Facts about Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo
Dead Aid, a new book by economist Dambisa Moyo, claims that aid is the cause of all of Africa's problems. While ONE has never argued that development assistance is a panacea, the facts are clear that targeted aid does have a positive role to play in promoting development in the poorest countries - especially at this time of global economic crisis. This role must be seen alongside other prerequisites for progress: trade, private investment and improved governance. MORE
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ONE Policy Recommendations for the G20 London Summit
G20 leaders must include the poorest in any global solution to the current crisis, both because they will be hardest hit and because their economic growth can be part of the long term solution. MORE
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A Fiscal Stimulus for Sub-Saharan Africa
New research commissioned by ONE found that investing $50 billion in a stimulus package for Africa would have benefits for both Africa and the rest of the world.
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