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Many paths, one direction: Strategies for achieving Universal Health Coverage

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Voices & Views

Each year, nearly 100 million people find themselves pushed into extreme poverty because of health-related expenditures. Capacity4dev spoke to health programme managers at the EU Delegations to Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa and...

Africa
Nigeria
South Africa
+4
Ethiopia
Asia
Timor-Leste
Oceania
Health
Health policies & policy dialogue
Health Systems Strengthening
+1
Universal health coverage - equity

Views from the Field: In Conversation with the Foreign Minister and EU Ambassador to Timor-Leste

Article
Voices & Views

Emerging from over two decades of conflict and instability, in May 2002 the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste became the 21st century’s first new sovereign state. Since then the country’s government – with assistance from the...

Asia
Timor-Leste
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Development Policy
+3
Environment & green economy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Forests

Enabling Communities to Tackle Climate Change

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Voices & Views

Around the tables at the Climate Change Conference in Paris, nations are striving to reach consensus on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and damage to the environment. To turn recommendations into results, all stakeholders...

Africa
Benin
Uganda
+2
Americas & the Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests

Protecting Water Resources in the Niger River Basin

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Voices & Views

The ACP-EU Water Facility is one of the key results of the European Union Water Initiative, an international political initiative in place since 2002. Andre Liebaert, Water Policy Officer at EuropeAid, highlights important themes...

Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
+5
Guinea
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Cameroon
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

South-South Cooperation – Another Way of Sharing Knowledge

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Voices & Views

Attendants of a high level conference "Organising Inclusive Ownership" which took place in Brussels in May heard of the success stories of a Dutch financed South-South Cooperation programme between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica.

Africa
Benin
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Costa Rica
Asia
Bhutan
Agriculture & Rural Development
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
+6
Civil Society
Fisheries
Knowledge Management
Learning
Private Sector
Trade & Economic Integration

Organic Pineapples and Edible Insects: All Part of a Three-way South-South Initiative

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Voices & Views

Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica have come together under a programme of South-South cooperation, sharing skills and knowledge on agriculture, environmental issues and much more, using funds from the Netherlands.

Africa
Benin
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Costa Rica
Asia
Bhutan
Agriculture & Rural Development
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
+1
Knowledge Management