This is a guest blog written by the European Union Delegation to Myanmar. All photos credited to Leigh Mitchell. Donors and aid have flooded into Myanmar since the Government began its democratic transition and unprecedented social and economic reform programme in 2011. Myanmar officials quickly realised that it would be difficult to manage and guide this assistance without the […]
This is a guest post by Jonna Jeurlink, Senior Manager, Public Policy at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is a public-private partnership that was set up in the year 2000 with a mission to ensure that children in the lowest income countries have access to life saving vaccines. Since its creation, […]
This blog was written by MFAN Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette. It was originally published on the MFAN blog here. On Tuesday, President Obama delivered his next-to-last State of the Union address in which he laid out an ambitious, and largely domestic, agenda for his last two years of office. While the […]
This is a guest blog post from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Sharing and using reliable data is essential for improving international development programs and holding donors and partners accountable for impact. That is why the principles of data quality, transparency, participation and collaboration are at the heart of efforts by the United […]
This is a guest blog by Ravindra Shakya, Country Director, Restless Development Nepal Young people make up a huge part of Nepal’s population, and many of them struggle to find formal employment. Starting small enterprises is a common way to try to make a living, but youth often lack access to the skills and support […]
This guest blog has been written by Craig Fagan of Transparency International. More than a decade since 9 December has become known as International Anti-Corruption Day, it is clear that this day could equally be called Anti-Poverty Day. Corruption indicators, both national and global, show that it is the poorest countries and poorest people that […]
