Twelve months after French forces drove Islamic militants from northern Mali, a conference of international donors in Brussels has heard of progress, of socio-economic recovery, and reforms via decentralisation. Achievements...
The EU Delegation has played a prominent role in Mali’s recovery as one of a group of international donors who together pledged €615 million to support the country. Cécile Tassin-Pelzer, who recently finished her posting to Mali...
This Case Study on Mali summarizes the context and main features of the alignment (ex post) of social protection programmes in response to slow onset natural disaster (drought). Mali has high levels of poverty and is beset by...
Over the last three years, Marcus Cornaro worked as Deputy Director General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO). Before taking up his new post as Head of the European Union Delegation to South Africa, he spoke...
Linking urgent humanitarian aid with long-term development assistance will be central to a first-of-its-kind Trust Fund organised by the European Commission to mobilise international donors in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Most of the humanitarian response in Somalia remains focused on short-term assistance that doesn’t address the underlying causes of poverty and vulnerability among Somali communities. The growing consensus among international...
Between August and October 2017, the initiative and ASiST assigned Social Protection specialists to identify opportunities to support a transition from current humanitarian assistance to a social assistance approach in Somalia...
Corruption ranges from bribery to collusion to straightforward theft, but as envelopes of cash evolve into more sophisticated mechanisms, efforts to prevent corruption and build transparency must keep up. “We see new forms of...
Roger Martin, chairman of the UK charity Population Matters, says human beings’ impact on the environment depends on two factors: the average ecological footprint of each person, multiplied by the number of people. While the world...
Indicators: a) Key GP and LL on micro finance in IE identified. b) Challenges on micro finance in IE identified and possible means to overcome challenges identified and analysed. Data Analysis Methods: Identification of GP and LL...