The recent failure of the Rio+20 conference to agree on a real and just framework to reverse the environmental crises we face was the latest in a series of unsuccessful UN conferences, including the yearly international climate talks. Nnimmo Bassey, chair of Friends...
Are we making a difference?The successes and challenges of international aidThe world’s poorest face a constant battle to survive. They have inadequate access to health, education and other services. They face problems of hunger, malnutrition and disease. They...
While the Australian media were in a frenzy over mining magnate Gina Rinenhart’s attempts to take control of Fairfax, many of the world’s leaders, corporations and NGOs were at the RIO+20 summit discussing how to work together towards a sustainable...
WHEN we think of overseas aid, we think of helping people who need it. The government says aid helps people overcome poverty. But does it? Obviously, to overcome poverty we have to overcome the causes of poverty, and the big causes of poverty today are untouched by...
Australia has just released the AusAID Civil Society Engagement Framework.It is advocates a sustainable approach to overcoming poverty through better service delivery, improved governance and stronger local systems.Aidwatch is generally happy with the Framework, but...
AID/WATCH and Friends of the Earth together argued that the RIO+20 summit had a real potential to chart a sustainable agenda for the next two decades but that this was being undermined by the approach of the Australian Government.Read the response from the NSW...
