ACP Group Calls For Better Aid Coordination

ACP Group Calls For Better Aid Coordination, Abolition Of Aid Conditionalities

Countries from the African, Caribbean and Pacific region are taking a united stance at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness currently underway in Busan, South Korea. The forum will review whether global development assistance is meeting its aims in terms of growing economies and easing poverty, and look to setting a new agenda for aid.

Pacific fights for survival at COP 17

On an international scene fixated with the global financial crisis and the tangle of creating effective and sustainable development policies, Pacific nations join the UN’s COP17 climate change summit this week in Durban, South Africa with a very clear and basic focus – the survival of their peoples.

Food price volalitility in ACP countries focus of top briefing

Price volatility is one of the most critical economic and food security challenges facing global policymakers today. Spikes in food prices can have significant impact on incomes, markets, and nutrition worldwide, particularly in ACP countries. The monthly Brussels Development Briefing will be held this Wednesday 30 November, to discuss food price volatility for ACP countries and review the results of the recent G20 Summit in Cannes. The briefing will provide a dialogue platform to feed into the policy debate for the G20 in Mexico11.

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