Tag: international development
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Brown gives evidence to the select committee
Earlier this week, Gordon Brown gave evidence to the International Development Select Committee, warning that increased protectionism during the global recession would hurt African development. The BBC have a great article about the session and you can watch footage of Brown’s evidence here. As you may know, we won’t meet the MDGs on current trends…
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Great article on financial transactions tax
Very quick post to let you know about a great article on The Guardian website, in case you haven’t seen it. Ben Phillips writes about the financial transaction tax and the discussions that are due to take place about it at the upcoming G20 summit. He also talks about the need for campaigners to keep…
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New Shadow Secretary sets up local international development group
The new Shadow International Development Secretary, Harriet Harman, has established an international development advisory panel in her constituency, Camberwell and Peckham. The new panel, which will be hosted using virtual groups will have regular contact with and will meet regularly at Southwark Town Hall in Peckham. Speaking about the panel and her new brief, Harriet…
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Steve Cockburn on the human right to water
There’s a very interesting blog by LCID’s Steve Cockburn over on the Progress site about the Tories pulling out of the process to recognise the right to water. In July the UK abstained on a UN resolution tabled by the president of Bolivia recognising access to water and sanitation as a human right, due to…
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Richard Howitt MEP hosts event this weekend on regulating banks
This weekend, Richard Howitt, MEP for the East of England will be hosting an event on the future regulation of banks, after the financial crisis. There will be a speaker from the Robin Hood Tax campaign there. The details of the event are: Saturday 16 October 10am for a 10:30am start – 1pm finish Alex…
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Douglas Alexander: Responsibility to the poor: a matter of justice, not charity
Next week Douglas Alexander is publishing a new pamphlet with the Foreign Policy Centre – today read this preview on The Guardian’s Development site. Clear, progressive principles must underpin the development community’s handling of state fragility, poverty and inequality Human history does not always advance at a steady and inevitable pace. Some years, whether…
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Monday 27th
International Development will get its moment in the spotlight this morning when Shadow Secretary of State, Douglas Alexander MP addresses conference as part of the Britain in the World plenary session (Conference Hall from 9am). Once the speeches are over lunchtime has a solidarity theme to it, with Parliamentary Friends of Colombia hosting Colombia: The…
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Sunday 26th
The fringe programme kicks off and the highlight for LCID is Fighting Poverty in the ‘No-Money era’: Could Robin Hood protect the poor and the Planet? Hosted by Oxfam and the TUC at 6pm in Manchester Central, Central 4. LCID has been campaigning in support of a Robin Hood Tax for the last year, and…
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Could the Government be about to destroy the International Development Act?
By Margaret Dantas Araujo Some of the UK’s biggest charities, Oxfam, CAFOD, and Save the Children, have publically raised concerns about the growing threat of securitisation of the aid budget. The use of aid for political reasons would be in direct contravention of the International Development Act 2002. The act, explicitly states, (1)The Secretary of…
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Is economic success masking political fault lines in Rwanda?
By Lee Butcher Lee Butcher is a Researcher in the House of Commons for a Labour MP – all points expressed are done so in a personal capacity. In this post, Lee explores whether economic reform is outpacing political reform in Rwanda. The concerns raised by the recent re-election of President Kagame in Rwanda and…
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