AusAID (the Australian Agency for International Development) was the Australian Government agency responsible for managing Australia's overseas aid program until 31 October 2013, when it ceased to be an executive agency and was integrated into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The objective of the aid program is to assist developing countries to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development, in line with Australia's national interest.[ 1：Australia's aid program leads the way in the
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SENSITIVE TOWARDS PROBLEMS OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN Gender equality is, first and foremost, a human right. Women are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and from fear. Empowering women is also an indispensable tool for advancing development and reducing poverty.One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. No biological, psychological or economic fate determines the figure that the human female presents in society; it is civilization as a whole that produces the creature, intermediate
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International Development Law Introduction The USA perspective on five debates on International Development The aim of this introductory section of the paper is to highlight what position the United States of America have officially undertaken in international development assistance. As we will see, the international development law is a field whose borders are not clearly defined. International Development Law’s ( herein IDL) shades can be found in many fields such as International Economic Law
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South-South cooperation for development 1. Introduction South-South Cooperation (SSC) and Triangular Cooperation (TC) are emerging forms of aid architecture far from the traditional “North-South” model. SSC, based on the attainment of internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, is meant to strengthen developing countries’ voice and their bargaining power in multilateral negotiations. It also gives them the opportunity to promote self-sufficiency among
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Mahbbub-ul-Haq, ‘Crisis in Governance’, “Human Development Report in South Asia”: “Governance is the exercise of political, economic and administrative authority to manage the resources of a country. It is always based upon certain rules and laws established by the members of a society. These laws agreed upon by the society are, in fact, to make governance pro-welfare in the larger interest of the people. The ultimate goal of governance is human development through decreasing human suffering and increasing
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3 Life after Burnham: Economic revival and the obstacles to sustainable development Investigating the factors that have led to significant underdevelopment in Guyana, what practical solutions can be suggested to help improve the economic and political performance of this state? Burnham’s death whilst undergoing throat surgery in 1985 brought a natural end to the PNC’s cooperative socialist regime; a regime that caused two decades of extreme terror and suffering to all in Guyana, as explored
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The idea of human development is found in the 1990s and this is a tradition of thought that is unashamed to call itself universalist when it comes to the basics of that we all need to live a “good life” and also we are unwilling to give up the belief of that we are all equally entitled to enjoy such things. Because of this idea and point of view, there comes a problem of poverty and global inequality. Sen is born in Bengal in 1993 and he has spend the larger part of his working life at institutions
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by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.2)] 55/2. United Nations Millennium Declaration The General Assembly Adopts the following Declaration: United Nations Millennium Declaration I. Values and principles 1. We, heads of State and Government, have gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 6 to 8 September 2000, at the dawn of a new millennium, to reaffirm our faith in the Organization and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful
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India 16th-April-2011 2011 Provisional Census Figures of Kishanganj 9th-April-2011 Sex Ratio in Bihar- 2011 Census 9th-April-2011 Census of India- 2011: A Provisional Report Paediatric HIV/AIDS in India 2nd-December-2010 India’s Progress towards MDG Goals: Report 30th-November-2010 Clean Birth Kits- Potential to Deliver 30th-November-2010 NASSO Report – 2008-09 23rd-November-2010 HIV and Drug Abuse in India 26th-July-2010 Indian States Poorer than African nations: UNDP 15th-July-2010 Changing
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To what Extent is Security a Necessary Precondition for Development? 1 Introduction The understanding of the relationship between security and development that drivesdevelopment policies of donor agencies and countries has varied throughout the past 60 years.During the Cold War, western donors had widely focussed on assisting their third World partners with aid to repel the communist threat. In the post Cold War period, while assistancehad sharply dropped, it was mostly disconnected from security
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