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Even Band Aid is not above criticism
09-Mar-2010
Bob Geldof is furious at the BBC story about NGO funds buying rebels' arms, but the politics of delivering aid are always complex
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A pledge of support for women
09-Mar-2010
The Conservatives aim to tackle violence and to raise women's aspirations – at home and abroad
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Critical responses to African aid claims
09-Mar-2010
We were struck by the lack of a critical response to the research cited by Larry Elliott and Heather Stewart on Africa and the millennium development goals, (Africa begins to make poverty history, 3 March).
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Architects are often the last people needed in disaster reconstruction
03-Mar-2010
Most of them focus on buildings rather than people, and will be of little use in Haiti or Chile
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Canadian speedskater donates $10,000
26-Feb-2010
Hughes makes gift to Vancouver youth program; also gave after Turin
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Calls for Katine men to take more interest in family planning
23-Feb-2010
'Serious campaign' needed to counter the idea that more children means greater wealth and status
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Amref: Why we need a fourth year in Katine
20-Feb-2010
The African Medical and Research Foundation explains why it has decided to extend its development work in Katine for an extra year

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Rain brings more misery to Haiti earthquake survivors
20-Feb-2010
Aid agencies warn of new humanitarian disaster if shelter and sanitation not improved quickly
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Southern Sudan development 'hindered by World Bank'
19-Feb-2010
World's poorest region has received only a quarter of the $2bn in aid promised after 2005 peace settlement
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Bangladesh rejects £60m of climate aid from UK
15-Feb-2010
The Bangladeshi government objects to grant money being channelled through the World Bank, which it says will attach unfavourable "strings and conditions"
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