After the boom years of the early 21st century now come the savage cuts to government services. As in the rich world, so it is in the poorer countries on the planet (those in the middle seem to be on an entirely different trajectory), except that the budgets being cut in developing countries are the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘UN’
4 Feb
One tree per child?
In my email inbox this morning: Side event, 4 February, Power of One Child + One Tree = A Sustainable Future for All Dear collagues (sic) and friends attending the UNFF, Please join us for a side event on Friday, 4th FebruaryFriday, February 4 from 1:15 -2:45 pm in the UN North Lawn Building, Conference [...]
17 Jan
The Aid Effectiveness Officer
During my Xmas break I was able at last to put flesh to what, for me, was a mythical creature: the Aid Effectiveness Officer. The lead character in John Le Carré’s The Constant Gardener is an Aid Effectiveness Officer, but I’d never previously encountered one. I had thought / hoped that they might only exist [...]
9 Jun
Why does the UNDP exist?
A few years ago there were regular stories about the US failing to pay their full UN dues; the Senate refused to authorise the payments because of perceived waste on the part of the UN. In a bit of knee-jerk anti-Americanism I used to think this was a perfect example of the US refusing to [...]
