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The world must do a better job of tracking investments and results: Both now...
This piece was originally posted in TrustLaw Later this week, a group of 26 people will meet in Liberia to discuss how the world should tackle global development challenges over the next decade or two....
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On the ground in Liberia
This was originally posted on ONE’s Africa blog. ONE has a team in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city, where the UN’s High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is meeting this...
View ArticlePut transparency and accountability at the heart of the MDG 2.0 process
In 2000, the Millennium Declaration and subsequent agreement on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) effectively rallied the world around achieving a set of goals, aimed at reducing global poverty...
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The President of Malawi wants to sell you her jet
This week, Malawi’s Presidential jet was put on the auction block. President Joyce Banda is selling the $13.3 million (£8.5 million) jet to pay for essential services for her country’s poorest people,...
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ONE and Save the Children connect Liberian youth with MDG 2.0 movers and shakers
This week, ONE and Save the Children gathered close to 200 Liberians, including several Liberian ONE members, at a popular event in Monrovia, which included an exhibition and panel on transparency and...
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FAQ: How we can upgrade the next MDGs
Photo caption: Co-chairs of the UN High Level Panel: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia....
View ArticleOil industry support for new transparency laws grows
There is big news today on both sides of the Atlantic for campaigners – including ONE – in the Publish What You Pay coalition for transparency in oil, gas and mining. The major Norwegian oil company...
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Hard talking on African mining
The annual African Mining Indaba is the world’s largest gathering of mining professionals. This year it brought 7500 investors, corporates, government officials, advocates and academics to Cape Town’s...
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Goals: They work!
Last week, I answered frequently asked questions about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – what they are, why they’re important, and what we want to see in the next round. This week, I want to...
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John Kerry warns of dangers of cutting foreign assistance
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing to discuss the impacts of the looming sequester, the approximately 5 percent across-the-board cuts in all discretionary spending, set to...
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