Development Blog
The World Bank can now spend more on Fragile States – so what should it do with the cash?
By Paul-André Wilton 03rd Feb 2014
The World Bank is starting to put the money behind its thinking on Fragile States. However, as a 10-year evaluation of its work in fragile and conflict affected states shows, getting the finance might have been the easy part.
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The World Bank can now spend more on Fragile States like the Democratic Republic of Congo
@CARE / Jake Lyell 2013
I can’t help but have lingering doubts about Davos’ legitimacy. Oxfam’s great report on inequality talks about the dangers of ‘power capture’ by the elite. Surely Davos is just another example of this - a group of mostly unelected actors…
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What will Davos really mean for the world's poor?
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A review of Kuwait II, or the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria
By Howard Mollett 15th Jan 2014
As Conflict Policy Advisor for CARE International UK, I'm currently in Amman, Jordan, responding to the crisis in Syria. Now, as Kuwait II or the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria comes to a close I'm taking the opportunity…
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Hundreds of refugees' tents outside Amman, Jordan
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The close of 2013 brings with it the inevitable series of lists of the best and worst of the year. It's good to reflect on deeds past, but this list takes a different approach: it describes what these lists should…
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The Chairlady of a Kenyan community Savings and Loan group
© CARE / Reshma Khan
Today, the United Nations and aid agencies like CARE launched a new regional response plan and funding appeal for the Syrian crisis. The needs are vast. Over one third of the population in Syria has been forced to leave their…
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Syrian refugees living in a derelict building
© CARE / Adel Sarkozi
I've been attending the second annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva. The Forum this year had more than 1,700 people from business, civil society, unions, academia and the UN system meeting to discuss progress on the…
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An Eritrean woman weaves grass baskets
© CARE / Meredith Davenport
