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  • Women and Agriculture: Growing More Than Just Food

    July 30 2010

    Women Thrive Worldwide explore how many development programs and services do not adequately invest in women's agricultural productivity. MORE

  • Fertile Ground: How governments and donors can halve hunger by supporting small farmers

    July 30 2010

    Action Aid looks at how empowering local farmers to produce more food for local markets is the bedrock of global food security.
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  • ONE'S ANALYSIS OF THE G8 MUSKOKA SUMMIT STATEMENTS

    July 2 2010

    On June 25th and 26th, the G8 met in Muskoka Canada, ahead of the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada. Global development issues on the G8's agenda included maternal, newborn and child health, food security, and accountability. Although the G8 made targeted progress in these areas and expressed critical support for a partnership based on mutual accountability to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, their plan to tackle maternal and child health lacked both ambition and clarity, and their focus on accountability stopped short of calling on countries who have not yet delivered on commitments to do so urgently. MORE

  • The TRACK principles

    April 19 2010

    This briefing suggests five key principles which should be applied to any financial promise made by a policy maker. The briefing is aimed at those responsible for making the promises in government, as well as those judging the quality of the promises in the media and civil society. MORE

  • The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

    March 1 2010

    In 2010, GAVI is celebrating a decade of achievements and taking on an exciting mandate to deliver new vaccines for pneumococcal disease and rotavirus, the top two global disease killers of children worldwide. MORE

  • Polio: Challenge and Opportunity

    Feb. 12 2010

     The elimination of polio could be the next big success in global health. MORE

  • ONE’S Analysis of the President's FY2011 Budget Request

    Feb. 2 2010

    In his FY2011 budget request, President Obama continues to scale up resources for these critical accounts and in these tight economic times.  Such sustained commitment is critical. As this analysis shows, however, proposed increases for FY2011 fall short of the levels required to fulfill existing commitments on specific goals to fight poverty. MORE

  • Haiti Debt Cancellation Campaign

    Jan. 21 2010

    As Haiti rebuilds from this disaster, ONE is calling for the immediate cancellation of Haiti's $1 billion debt and ensure that any new assistance is provided in the form of grants, not debt-incurring loans. MORE