What About the United States
While the substantial increase in assistance in 2005 is a step in the right direction, U.S. aid as a share of income still has a long way to catch up with European countries. In 2002, the U.S. made a significant commitment to increasing ODA and targeting aid more effectively, by establishing the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA). However, the impact of the MCA on overall ODA levels has been limited so far. In particular, requests from the administration to Congress have been lower than promised, and in turn what has been granted by Congress is even less.
Making aid work, and developing country governments act, to achieve the Millennium Goals (Speech)
I. Discussion of William Easterly’s views on Aid
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Role of Northern countries (measuring & monitoring Northern progress)
Coherence index, Aid, Investment, Environment, Migration, Peacekeeping, Debt & Trade
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The importance of youth in encouraging their governments to keep their MDG commitments and to provide debt relief.
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Role of Northern countries, Goal 8, Role of Southern countries, Sweden, Nordic countries, Well performing Northern countries
Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Speech)
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Strength of overall goals, Goal 8, role of OECD countries/ G-7 (8) countries
(Translated from Dutch)
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Relationship between Millennium Development Goals and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Interconnected nature of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
