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ONE Statement on Selection of Dr. Jim Yong Kim as President of the World Bank
ONE congratulates Dr. Jim Kim on his selection by the Executive Directors of the World Bank as the Bank's next president. MORE
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Canadian Aid: Budgeting for Results
As a leading international donor, Canada provides over CAD$5 billion per year in official development assistance (ODA) to reduce hunger and poverty and improve quality of life for the world’s poorest. Between 2001 and 2010 Canada doubled its spending on foreign aid. From 2004 to 2010, Canada doubled assistance to sub-Saharan Africa (albeit against an adjusted target) by CAD$802 million, to deliver a total of CAD$1.94 billion. MORE
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Canadian Aid
Cuts to poverty-fighting programs won’t balance the budget, but they will set back progress on Canada’s development priorities and risk jeopardizing existing investments. MORE
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FY2011 Budget: Stop the cuts
In February 2011, the US House of Representatives voted to make huge cuts in the FY2011 budget. Poverty-fighting, cost-effective programs-which make up less than one percent of the US budget-were sharply cut. MORE
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IMF: May the best candidate win
In the summer of 2011, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a search for a new Managing Director. This was an important moment for the fight against extreme poverty, as the IMF sets key global economic policies that impact the world's poorest people (take debt relief, for instance). MORE
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Budget analysis: House State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee Markup
Disproportional cuts to global poverty programs puts ONE's priorities at risk. MORE
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ONE Statement on the House State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill for FY2012
We believe the current bill could have harmful consequences on America's effective work in saving lives and lifting people out of extreme poverty. We look forward to working with both the House and Senate to restore funding in key global health and development accounts as the budget process moves forward. MORE
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ONE Statement on the Growing Crisis and Famine in the Horn of Africa
As ONE's on-the-ground partners work to address the immediate crisis, ONE is calling on Congress to support cost-effective, results-driven programs in the FY2012 budget that fight the root causes of world hunger, in particular those focused on long-term agricultural productivity that enable families to grow food to feed themselves - all for less than 1% of the U.S. budget. As Congress debates significant spending cuts to drive down the deficit, we must not forget America's life-saving legacy of helping the most vulnerable and we must protect long-term efforts to avoid crises like the current famine in the Horn of Africa.
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Trade = Development
The annual Africa Growth and Opportunities Act conference presents an opportune moment to talk about trade and development. MORE