DEVELOPMENT:  Too Many Donors Spoil the Aid
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BRUSSELS, Jul 16 (IPS) - An excessive number of aid donors is hampering  efforts to make development assistance more effective, a new  study has found.
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London, 20 October 2004 --- âCorruption in large-scale public projects is a daunting obstacle to sustainable development, and results in a major loss of public funds needed for education, healthcare and poverty alleviation, both in developed and
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Rivalries are growing between aid agencies and media in crisis zones, a  media conference hears.
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Delays in delivering aid to survivors of Sunday&#39;s Indian Ocean tsunami catastrophe could cause thousands more deaths, aid agencies are warning.
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Wealthy countries are balking at financing World Bank projects because of their own budget problems and lingering questions over the bankâs relevance.
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Political leaders and aid agencies are pleading with governments and individuals around the world not to skimp on donations to Africa as they open their wallets to tsunami victims in south and southeast Asia.
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International assistance to the Palestinians will not be effective unless Israel eases travel restrictions that have stalled some aid projects and sent the costs of others soaring, Oxfam International warned on the eve of a donors' conference.
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WASHINGTON: Chinese Minister of Finance Jin Renqing has called on the world&#39;s developed countries to step up their aid provision to poorer nations.
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The World Bank and IMF are poorly suited   to lead the flow of aid to Africa, which would be more   effective if it was distributed in line with a nation's needs,   not competing donor interests, a U.N. agency said.
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Although globalization has transformed Asia, decades of assisted development have not produced sustained prosperity in Africa.
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Comment is free: Ban Ki-moon: The negative aspects of the era of mobility too often overshadow its potential power: to bring millions out of poverty.
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The amount of aid rich countries give to poorer nations has fallen by half since the 1960s, risking the lives of millions of children, a leading development charity said in a report released Monday.
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Red tape, corruption and a lack of public support for government policies are hampering investment in the poorest countries, a report from the World Bank revealed yesterday.
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A. $2.1 trillion B. $920 billion C. $230 billion D. $100 billion A. $2.1 trillion is not correct. While more than 5 billion people live in the developing world, the total aid given to help their development last year was considerably less than $2.1 trillion.
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Delays in getting aid to survivors of the Indian Ocean disaster could cost thousands more lives, aid agencies say.
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ATHENS, Sep 17 (IPS) - The challenge of distributing and managing aid is  inevitably controversial. And with the EU the largest aid donor  in the world, the decisions it takes are hugely significant.
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UNITED NATIONS -- In the three weeks since the Indian Ocean tsunami ripped up coastlines in Asia and Africa, the United Nations has credited more than 40 governments, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank with unprecedented pledges of assistance valued at nearly $4 billion.