“The threat of land grabbing has reminded us how vital access to land is for 500 million food-insecure households around the world,” UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food Olivier De Schutter said ahead of this month’s meeting in Rome of the UN Committee on World...
The aid watchdog checked on whether donors publish information about their budgets, their allocation and procurement policies, or audit reports on their own performance. And what about their country programmes? Did they publish their strategies, projected budgets,...
The free trade deal has been given new impetus at today’s APEC meeting, in Hawaii, with United States President, Barak Obama, saying he wants to see a text for an agreement finished in 2012 and by Japan’s decision to join the talks.At this stage, no...
AusAID has moved quickly to implement the ‘Australian Multilateral Assessment’, a process recommended by the Government’s Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness. This process is designed to assess multilateral institutions by ranking them against a...
People & Planet is published by a partnership of 49 not-for-profit Australian social justice and environment organisations, and raises funds for the work of these organisations in promoting a just, sustainable world.Perfect for daily use, both the diary and...
Over the years, we’ve seen some tremendous progress. The number of children in school has increased from 1 million under the Taliban to 7 million today, a number unmatched in Afghanistan’s history. The number of girls in school has increased from almost...
