« Ideas for Development » is an international Blog meant to stimulate debate on development issues. It brings together a set of senior professionals engaged in this sphere through their careers and personal convictions. This Blog aims at offering a new forum for open discussion and interaction between scholars, students, professionals of various backgrounds and the public at large. Together, they can share information, viewpoints and visions for the future with the common goal of advancing the cause of development.
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Last post : July 22, 2010
DR MARGARET CHAN: Sustaining commitment to the MDGs
Dr Chan is Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2006. Two months from now, world leaders will meet at the UN in New York to review progress with the Millennium Development...
Last comment : July 29, 2010
Last post : July 16, 2010
Food security: How programmes can better support smallholder farmers?
Food Security: How programmes can better support smallholder farmers?
Last comment : July 27, 2010
Last post : June 4, 2010
After Copenhagen, we need visionaries
The Copenhagen Conference of the Parties did not yield the results that were expected both at the time of the 13th Conference of the Parties which took place in Bali in December 2007 and over many...
Last comment : July 7, 2010
Last post : March 24, 2010
A turning point on poverty
In these last five years before 2015, we need political support and accountability to meet the MDGs. Do you remember where you were when the bells rang in the new millennium? I was in...
Last comment : May 16, 2010
Last post : December 4, 2009
Copenhagen: Best Of ID4D Contributions on Climate Change
The end of 2009 is approaching fast. This year has been filled with expectations and hopes toward this month of December during which the world leaders are gathering to discuss the future of our...
Last comment : May 25, 2010
Last post : November 25, 2009
A coherent approach to poverty reduction, development and displacement
I believe that a coherent approach to poverty reduction and development needs to include an acknowledgment that refugees represent approximately 16 million of the people who live outside their...
Last comment : July 18, 2010
Last post : November 19, 2009
With the Mounting Climate Crisis, Our Global Trade Inter-Dependency is Vital
As I was jogging today, the image of Jacques Diouf fasting at the opening of the Rome Food Summit came to mind. I could not help but think about the thousands who die of hunger every day. The fresh...
Last comment : January 11, 2010
Last post : October 22, 2009
What our blog members have to say during the EDDs
This year, the 4th edition of the European Development Days (EDD) will be held in Stockholm from the 22nd to the 24th of October. Co-organized by the European Commission and the Swedish Presidency...
Last comment : November 5, 2009
Last post : September 9, 2009
Fixing Global Finance
The global financial and economic crisis, and how to fix it, has dominated newspaper headlines and public policy discussions this year. The financial turmoil which started with the collapse in the US...
Last comment : April 9, 2010
Last post : February 5, 2009
Solidarity, safety and regulations
The collection and distribution of unwanted, but still-usable goods is one of the many ways in which the populations of the North demonstrate solidarity with those of the South. This discreet flow...
Last comment : March 12, 2010
Last post : January 8, 2009
The nutrition challenge and what I saw in India
The global financial crisis and the high cost of food mean different things in different places. In those parts of the world where hunger is on the march, their impact can be measured in empty...
Last comment : July 14, 2010
Last post : November 21, 2008
Towards a Green Economy - Elements of a Global Green New Deal
During the past two months we have seen Governments commit more than USD 3000 billion towards stabilizing financial markets. A further USD 2000 billion have already been announced for economic...
Last comment : June 4, 2010
Last post : October 16, 2007
The New International Aid Architecture: New Players, New Challenges, Old Problems?
1. Twenty years ago, 22 members of the OECD/DAC accounted for 95% of total aid to developing countries. Today, aid to developing countries is delivered via more than 150 multilateral...
Last comment : April 8, 2010
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- DR MARGARET CHAN: Sustaining commitment to the MDGs Dr Chan is Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2006. Two months from now,...
- DPF's International Policy Summit on Africa - Monday 27 September 2010 at the Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels “Partnership Africa: New horizons for EU- and inter-African cooperation”
- Food security: How programmes can better support smallholder farmers? Food Security: How programmes can better support smallholder farmers?
- ECKHARD DEUTSCHER: Development cooperation needs greater coherence: how can all policies be geared towards development goals? Mr. Eckhard Deutscher has been the Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) since...
- After Copenhagen, we need visionaries The Copenhagen Conference of the Parties did not yield the results that were expected both at the...
- Broken EU aid promises push Millennium Development Goals out of reach, says CONCORD as OECD announces aid figures Figures released today by the OECD show a reduction(1) in EU overseas development aid in 2009. At...
- Debate on India-Brazil- South Africa (IBSA) Policy Dialogue Forum What are the consequences of the creation of new groupings of emerging economies with a strong...
- A turning point on poverty In these last five years before 2015, we need political support and accountability to...
- CONCORD joined ID4D's group of experts It is the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development.
- Africa's Billions (article with videos) Hello to all, I wanted to share with you a project that is particularly dear to me in this...
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