Hc 247 Recovery And Development In Sierra Leone And Liberia

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215078209

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HC 247 - Recovery and Development in Sierra Leone and Liberia by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Pdf

Sierra Leone and Liberia have made remarkable recoveries since their civil wars. Ban Ki Moon was in Freetown this month to bring an end to the UN Security mission and set the UN presence on a conventional development footing from 1st April 2014. In Liberia there has been a gradual drawdown of the peacekeeping mission which will approximately halve the UN military presence by 2015. However both countries remain fragile with high unemployment and concerns about corruption. The devastating Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and Liberia demonstrates the dangers of ignoring the least developed countries in the world. The weak state of the health system in both countries has greatly reduced the effectiveness of the response to Ebola. There is an alarming lack of capacity in the health system, including a shortage of skilled clinicians.The Committee have determined that the scale of the Ebola crisis now unfolding in Sierra Leone and Liberia, may well be connected to declining levels of international support for health system improvements in what remain two of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Disaster medicine
ISBN : 9780215090782

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HC 338 - Ebola: Responses to a Public Health Emergency by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Pdf

The deadliest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in history, and the first to hit epidemic levels, struck the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2014, killing 11,315 people. Despite being diagnosed in March 2014, there was a slow initial response to the epidemic. This was attributed by many witnesses to our inquiry to delays in WHO sounding the alarm and declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), something which WHO must carry primary responsibility for. As a result, the international community did not fully mobilise until September, in the wake of the World Health Organization's designation of the outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in August. We praise those who risked their lives to bring the epidemic under control and pay tribute to all those who lost their lives in the fight against Ebola.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Foreign trade and employment
ISBN : 9780215084675

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HC 685 - Jobs and Livelihoods by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Pdf

The shortage of full time jobs and the difficulty in earning a livelihood are one of the greatest global problems. Increasing population, especially in Africa, looks much less likely to stabilise than experts complacently believed until recently. World-wide 600 million young people will enter the job market in the next decade with only 200 million jobs awaiting them. The failure to address the issue will have serious consequences and threatens widespread social and political unrest. The situation is recognised by donors, but there seems to be a lack of passion in attempts to address it. As DFID notes, the private sector is the driver of economic growth and will produce 90% of new jobs. DFID's approach to economic development is centred on its Economic Development Strategic Framework, which consists of a series of wide-ranging interventions, listed under five pillars, including international trade; improving the "enabling" environment in countries; catalysing capital flows; engaging with businesses to help their investments contribute to development; and ensuring growth is inclusive and benefits marginalised groups. The choice and balance of interventions depends on the particular circumstances of each country. This basic approach was supported by many witnesses. However, there are several concerns. DFID plans to spend £1.8 billion on economic development by 2015-16 - more than doubling the amount spent in 2012-13; is DFID geared up to spend the extra money cost-effectively? The Committee have seen examples of successful work on theirr visits, and urge DFID to publish lists of achievements under these programmes.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215080899

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HC 876 - Responses to the Ebola Crisis by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Pdf

The Ebola outbreak that has stricken Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea since March 2014 has had a devastating effect on the region. By 2 December 2014, more than 17,500 cases and 6,000 deaths had been reported. Ebola has had wider damaging consequences for local economies, food security, institutional stability and the broader health system. The House of Commons International Development Committee says DfID and the World Health Organisation initially failed to recognise the scale and severity of the Ebola crisis and were too slow to respond. This is in part due the WHO's member states, who have cut its funding and failed to emphasise building sustainable health systems in developing countries, leaving the global health system "dangerously inadequate" for responding to health emergencies. It recommends that DfID press for a review of the international approach to health emergencies, incorporating the function, structure and funding of the World Health Organisation and the role and expectations of major donors.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0215079027

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Recovery and Development in Sierra Leone and Liberia by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee Pdf

Government response to (HC 247, session 2014-15, ISBN 9780215078209)

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780215085733

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HC 1138 - International Development Committee: The Legacy - Parliament 2010-15 by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Pdf

As the end of the 2010-2015 Parliament approaches, the Committee has taken the opportunity to look back on their work. This Report outlines some of the Committee's work, progress and effectiveness during this Parliament and sets out areas that may be of interest to their successor committee. It has also provided the opportunity to scrutinise what actions the Government has taken with regard to issues and recommendations raised in our reports.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215080752

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HC 741 - Appointment of the Chief Commissioner of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Pdf

The Chief Commissioner of ICAI has a crucial role in scrutinising aid spending by the UK Government and reporting to Parliament through the International Development Committee. The Committee are pleased to endorse the appointment of Dr Alison Evans to this post, but recommend that at least one of the existing Commissioners be reappointed for a further term to ensure continuity, and that one of the Commissioners be an audit professional. The selection process used resulted in an unranked list of four candidates deemed "appointable" being presented to the Secretary of State for consideration. This puts too much power in the hands of the Secretary of State for an independent scrutiny post and threatens to undermine the candidate in the eyes of the public who may assume that the candidate most sympathetic to DFID was chosen. The Committee recommend that panels for ICAI Commissioner appointments should be invited to rank candidates or otherwise advise the Secretary of State as they see fit. In the longer term, it is recommended that the Committee be able to choose the Chief Commissioner from the list of candidates.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : 9780215081261

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HC 663 - The Future of UK Development Co-operation: Phase 2: Beyond Aid by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Pdf

The number of low income countries is falling. At the same time, the importance of global issues - conflict, climate, migration, trade, tax, financial stability, youth unemployment, urbanisation economic development, and infectious disease - is rising. The Committee argues that aid remains vital for addressing poverty in poor countries, for encouraging economic development, for providing global goods such as tackling climate change, combating diseases such as Ebola and providing humanitarian assistance, but new forms of co-operation have to be developed in order to meet these challenges. This will include new financial mechanisms and facilitating links with UK institutions in a wide range of areas, including health, education, culture, law, culture and science. This will require the Department for International Development (DFID) to put more emphasis on working with small organisations and less on programme management.As the focus moves away from aid, policy coherence for development must be at the heart of a new approach. This means working across Government in the UK, and with global partners in the multilateral system, to maximise the impact on development of all the UK's actions. This approach and changes will require DFID staff to develop different skills.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-21
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : 9780215084545

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HC 750 - Department for International Development's Performance in 2013-2014: The Departmental Annual Report 2013-14 by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee Pdf

Government response to HC 693, 2013-14 (ISBN 9780215071750). DFID's annual report for 2012-13 published as HC 12, session 2013-14 (ISBN 9780102983241)

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780215075932

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HC 246 - Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Countries by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee Pdf

Better health is a basic human right and an end in itself. A healthy population is also essential to development. Recent years have seen some rapid improvements in health partly driven by the Millennium Development Goals and the large international funds set up to accelerate progress towards them. However, these improvements have at times been achieved despite the poor state of health systems in many developing countries. Stronger health systems will be required to ensure efficiency, tackle growing challenges such as non-communicable diseases and progress towards self-sufficiency. DFID has long had a good reputation for health system strengthening and this is reflected in its own work. But DFID now relies on international partners, which do not all share this reputation, in an increasing number of countries and to manage an ever-greater proportion of its expenditure. We recommend that DFID reviews in each country whether its funding arrangements enable its health systems strengthening objectives to be met. Assessing the effectiveness and value for money of health system strengthening work by DFID and its international partners is more difficult than it ought to be. Expenditure and performance figures are not published and the research base is inadequate. This must change. The UK has one of the best health systems in the world, but DFID makes only limited use of it. We call on DFID to work with the NHS in expanding volunteering schemes for doctors and nurses and making more use of NHS finance and management skills.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1272 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UIUC:30112119204177

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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : John F. E. Ohiorhenuan
Publisher : United Nations Development Programme
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132298113

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Post-conflict Economic Recovery by John F. E. Ohiorhenuan Pdf

The UNDP Crisis Prevention and Recovery Report 2008 titled Post-Conflict Economic Recovery: Enabling Local Ingenuity, is a comprehensive analysis focusing on three critical factors: the importance of local ingenuity to guide recovery, the state s role in promoting this ingenuity, and the policies needed to rebuild battered economies and reduce the risk of conflict recurrence. The study cites examples of countries that have succeeded in rekindling post-conflict economies and those that continue to flounder, discussing the foundations that are so vital to foster post-conflict economic recovery.

Author : Michel Agier
Publisher : Polity
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745649016

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Managing the Undesirables by Michel Agier Pdf

Official figures classify some fifty million of the world’s people as 'victims of forced displacement'. Refugees, asylum seekers, disaster victims, the internally displaced and the temporarily tolerated - categories of the excluded proliferate, but many more are left out of count. In the face of this tragedy, humanitarian action increasingly seems the only possible response. On the ground, however, the 'facilities' put in place are more reminiscent of the logic of totalitarianism. In a situation of permanent catastrophe and endless emergency, 'undesirables' are kept apart and out of sight, while the care dispensed is designed to control, filter and confine. How should we interpret the disturbing symbiosis between the hand that cares and the hand that strikes? After seven years of study in the refugee camps, Michel Agier reveals their 'disquieting ambiguity' and stresses the imperative need to take into account forms of improvisation and challenge that are currently transforming the camps, sometimes making them into towns and heralding the emergence of political subjects. A radical critique of the foundations, contexts, and political effects of humanitarian action.

Author : Rémi Genevey,R. K. Pachauri,Laurence Tubiana
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788179935309

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Reducing Inequalities by Rémi Genevey,R. K. Pachauri,Laurence Tubiana Pdf

The reduction of inequalities within and between countries stands as a policy goal, and deserves to take centre stage in the design of the Sustainable Development Goals agreed during the Rio+20 Summit in 2012.The 2013 edition of A Planet for Life represents a unique international initiative grounded on conceptual and strategic thinking, and – most importantly – empirical experiments, conducted on five continents and touching on multiple realities. This unprecedented collection of works proposes a solid empirical approach, rather than an ideological one, to inform future debate.The case studies collected in this volume demonstrate the complexity of the new systems required to accommodate each country's specific economic, political and cultural realities. These systems combine technical, financial, legal, fiscal and organizational elements with a great deal of applied expertise, and are articulated within a clear, well-understood, growth- and job-generating development strategy.Inequality reduction does not occur by decree; neither does it automatically arise through economic growth, nor through policies that equalize incomes downward via ill conceived fiscal policies. Inequality reduction involves a collaborative effort that must motivate all concerned parties, one that constitutes a genuine political and social innovation, and one that often runs counter to prevailing political and economic forces.

Author : Niels Hahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798639132919

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Two Centuries of US Military Operations in Liberia by Niels Hahn Pdf

This book reviews the history of the United States-Liberia relations from the early 1820s to 2015, with particular attention paid to the role of the US armed forces. Contrary to most literature on the genesis and development of Liberia, this book demonstrates how US military power has been the primary influence shaping Liberia's history. This includes the role played by the US military in the founding of Liberia, the protection of the country during the European formal colonial era, multiple covert operations in securing US-friendly administrations in Liberia, and direct military interventions when necessary to secure American interests in the region.