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Brian G. Dowling

David Cameron & Jeffrey Sachs: Educated women hold the key to ending poverty - Commenta... - 0 views

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shared by Brian G. Dowling on 03 May 10 - Cached
  • Brian G. Dowling on 03 May 10
     
    First, the UK needs to meet our moral commitment to increase spending on aid to 0.7 per cent gross national income. But this investment has to go hand-in-hand with greater transparency, ensuring the money reaches the people who need it most. A Conservative government will create an independent aid watchdog and publish every item of aid spending online, so that the performance and impact of development policies are transparent to taxpayers in Britain and to people in the developing world.
  • Brian G. Dowling on 03 May 10
     
    A British Conservative potential Prime Minister speaking of the Millennium Development Goals as a responsibility of his government. I made the point in my last blog post that the Millennium Development Goals resonate better everywhere than they do here in America.
Brian G. Dowling

The Wilson Quarterly: Africa's Village of Dreams - 0 views

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shared by Brian G. Dowling on 06 Jun 10 - No Cached
  • Brian G. Dowling on 06 Jun 10
     
    It's not this diagnosis of Africa's problems that makes Sachs's theories contentious, but his proposed solution, which might be called shock ­aid-­huge, sudden injections of money into poor areas. Over five years, $2.75 million is being invested in the single village of Sauri, and an equal amount will be sunk into each of another 11 Millennium Village sites that are being established in 10 African ­countries.
  • Brian G. Dowling on 06 Jun 10
     
    A critical review of Sachs' Millennium Villages.
Brian G. Dowling

Business & Human Rights : The World Bank Launches Private-Public Initiative to Empower ... - 0 views

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shared by Brian G. Dowling on 23 Oct 08 - Cached
  • The World Bank Launches Private-Public Initiative to Empower Adolescent Girls Author: World Bank Dated: 10 Oct 2008 The World Bank joined governments and the private sector today to launch the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI) to promote the economic empowerment of adolescent girls in poor and post-conflict countries...The AGI is being piloted in Liberia through a partnership between the Bank, the Nike Foundation...It will be expanded in the coming year to include Afghanistan, Nepal, Rwanda, South Sudan...“...Every global company should invest in the girl effect. Economists have demonstrated that it is the best possible return on investment,” said Mark Parker, President and CEO of Nike...Public and private sector partners pledged today around $20 million to fund the Initiative, including: The Nike Foundation $3M. [also refers to Cisco, Standard Chartered, Goldman Sachs]
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