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Aid & development links: UK aid, doorstop banking, access to justice and more

Aid & development links: UK aid, doorstop banking, access to justice and more
Published 6 Feb 2015   Follow @StephieDunstan

  • The UK pledges another £100 million for Syrian refugees, bringing  UK contribution to £800 million, Britain's largest ever response to a humanitarian emergency.
  • On Friday President Obama released the 2015 US National Security Strategy. Read how it elevates the role of development.
  • From Brookings, nine global priorities that will help progress at the upcoming UN Financing for Development Conference.
  • How doorstop banking can help tackle poverty.
  • UK development policy must look beyond aid, says landmark report from the UK Parliament's International Develop Select Committee.  
  • Why is justice so important to development? Watch this video from Open Society, with an impressive  line-up of appearances by the likes of Amartya Sen and Mark Malloch-Brown:

 



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