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The pie in the sky Aid Thoughts It's not clear that if we all beg for bigger slices, we'll just get more pie. Alanna Shaikh rightly points out that, despite the incredible important of funding HIV/AIDS programmes, there are many health problems that are losing out in the fundraising arms race. But here's what I have figured out in the last decade: we can have more pie . Differently put, global health is not a zero-sum game. We can increase the funding that goes to it. In the last ten years, we have. The Global Fund and the Gates Foundation have radically increased the resources available to global health. The private sector has started funding global health, and government donors have increased their commitments. There is nothing wrong with so much attention going to AIDS. HIV gets exactly as much attention as it deserved. It's the second most terrifying pandemic of our time. (I really think first place belongs to MDR TB). About two milli...

Kenya's telecom revolution and the impact of mobile money Africa Can... - End Poverty Our third "Kenya Economic Update" – Kenya at the Tipping Point? – notes Kenya's strong economic recovery in 2010 reaching 4.9 percent of GDP. For 2011, we forecast growth of 5.3 percent.  The special Focus on the ICT Revolution and mobile money captures the economic momentum which is now spreading across Africa. Kenya now has 21 million phone subscribers, the vast majority connected by cell phones. With prices falling and coverage increasing, almost every Kenyan above the age of 15 will soon be connected by a mobile phone (see figure, red line). read more Sent with Reeder Met vriendelijke groet, Best regards, Henk J.Th. van Stokkom. (mailed from my mobile) www.vanstokkom.nl

10 kortingen op een rij Vice Versa - vakblad over ontwikkelingssamenwerking In de financiële bijdrage van de Kamerbrief die staatssecretaris Ben Knapen afgelopen vrijdag naar de Tweed e Kamer stuurde, worden een aantal concrete bezuinigingen en verschuivingen op de begroting voor 2011 al zichtbaar. Vice Versa zet tien concrete kortingen op een rijtje. 1-Het budget voor Onderwijs en Kennis wordt volgend jaar met 160 miljoen euro teruggebracht. 2- Er komen kortingen op het onderzoeksprogramma en het internationale onderwijsprogramma van de NUFFIC. 3- De vrijwillige bijdrage aan Unicef en andere programma's op het thema basisonderwijs worden gekort. 4- De bijdrage aan het Education for All/Fast Track Initiative wordt verlaagd tot 30 miljoen euro. 5- De subsidies aan de SNV, het Vakbondsprogramma en PSO worden met in totaal 20 miljoen euro verlaagd. Onduidelijk is of hier ook de 'strafkorting' voor SNV is meegenomen in verband met de weigering van ...

Philanthropy Buzzword 2010.7 - Giving Pledge & 2010.7a - Chugger PHILANTHROPY 2173 Nothing says philanthropy in 2010 like " The Giving Pledge ." Well, except maybe the depressing reality that more Americans than ever before say they can't give to charity this year, or that most of us will be doing our best to give the same amount we gave last year, and many of us have no choice but to give less. In honor of the new Voluntary Sector network on The Guardian UK - here's a bonus imported Philanthropy Buzzword 2010.7a - Chugging. Chugging is a British portmanteau of Charity and Mugging . It refers to the tag-team clipboard-wielding signers-for-hire fundraisers who've staked out almost every city block these days . "Have a minute to save the whales?" "Give a minute to save the children?" "Take a minute for human rights?" "Got a minute for gay marriage?" They call out as you feel guiltier and guil...

Quote of the Day Innovations for Poverty Action Blog Detailed measurement and evidence of what works and what doesn't in development is one of our most powerful weapons in the battle against global poverty. We need to know what works, and keep on doing it. Andrew Mitchell, UK Secretary of State for International Development Sent with Reeder