Genocide in Gaza has laid bare the weaponisation of donor aid
March 16, 2024 at 12:41 pm Thousands of people gathered once again on the streets of London, the capital of the United Kingdom, to call for an urgent ceasefire in […]
How does aid get into rebel-held northwest Syria?
A woman uses a phone to film collapsed buildings along an alley in the aftermath of the February 6 deadly earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, in Jindayris in northwestern […]
Aid official appeals for politics to be set aside to save lives, ease suffering in quake-hit Syria and Turkiye
01 Quakes couldn’t have come at a worse time 0 seconds of 1 minute, 21 secondsVolume 40% Updated 13 February 2023 ARAB NEWS February 13, 2023 DUBAI: In the early […]
A World in crisis needs both trade and aid
Jul 24,2022 – JORDAN TIMES By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Rebeca Grynspan, Pamela Coke-Hamilton We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system […]
2021 challenges for aid agencies
International Geneva It’s the last newsletter, and the last Inside Geneva podcast, of the year, and what better people to talk to than the humanitarian community?This content was published on […]
Cutting aid punishes Afghan people, not Taliban
BY NAGEHAN ALÇI COLUMNS OCT 09, 2021 Illustration by Erhan Yalvaç If the international community stops providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, it will be punishing the long-suffering Afghan people rather than the […]
Crown prince: Saudi Arabia investing 1bn this year to help African countries recover from COVID-19
Short Url https://arab.news/p6pqb Mohammed Prince Mohammed said projects will be carried out by the Saudi Fund for Development Prince Mohammed said his country has paid $122 million to combat terror […]
International aid for Afghanistan hangs on crucial peace talks
Author AJMAL SHAMS December 16, 2020 2020 Afghanistan Conference participants arrive for the plenary session at the United Nations, in Geneva on November 24, 2020. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/9fmuv Despite […]
The global south’s pandemic path to self-reliance
Nov 21,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Syed Munir Khasru MELBOURNE — COVID-19 continues to have a devastating impact on public health and to rattle the global economy with structural shocks. The pandemic has now killed more than one million people, while the International Monetary Fund estimates that global GDP will […]
Turkey delivers coronavirus aid to 5 Balkan nations
Turkey on Wednesday delivered medical supplies to five Balkan countries to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. A Turkish military aircraft departed from the capital Ankara early Wednesday to carry aid […]
Looking back to the year 1999: The reality of the current (1999) predicament in Kosovo
by Rafiq A. Tschannen The impressions a traveller receives when visiting Kosovo these days are bound to be manifold. One will come across many shocking scenes of destruction and atrocities, […]
Tunisian citizens’ backlash against the Saudi crown prince shows it’s possible to choose morality over economic benefits
Citizens seemed aware of the difference Saudi aid might make to them, yet they took to the streets in droves anyway Simon Speakman Cordall The Independent Voices Against rumours of […]
Bringing people into the politics of aid
Sep 08,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – FARES BRAIZAT Jordan has been a beneficiary of economic and military aid since its inception. Although aid currently constitutes around 10 per cent of […]
Buzzwords and tortuous impact studies won’t fix a broken aid system
Fifteen leading economists, including three Nobel winners, argue that the many billions of dollars spent on aid can do little to alleviate poverty while we fail to tackle its root […]
Gulf aid should trigger more serious efforts towards self-reliance — pundits
Experts say government would be under less pressure to carry out reforms By Mohammad Ghazal – Jun 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Gulf states’ pledged aid to Jordan […]
Kenyatta Warns Donors Against Using Aid to Destabilise States
Uhuru warns donors against using aid to destabilise states Wednesday April 18 2018 In Summary The President, who is on a five-day visit to the UK, was speaking at the […]
Princess Haya highlights UAE’s aid to Angola
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 17 February 2018 Princess Haya bint Hussein DUBAI: Princess Haya bint Hussein’s support for humanitarian causes is widely recognized. The princess — wife […]
Impact Bonds : Switzerland: a hub for innovative social financing
By Anand Chandrasekhar in Zurich This content was published on February 6, 2018 The UBS Optimus Foundation invested in a DIB to help girls attend school in rural India […]
I’ve seen the reality of what happens after disasters like Hurricane Irma – it’s different to what you’ve been told
Because of an over-focus on empty gestures and a queasiness about money, the response to natural disasters in the US is all too often inadequate. The army and the National Guard are on standby in South Florida – but if Hurricane Andrew taught us anything, it’s that they aren’t as […]
Swiss aid agency sets out its priorities
MIGRATION, EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT JAN 28, 2017 The SDC gives aid in times of crisis, here a delivery of humanitarian aid set for Nepal, after an earthquake there in 2015 (Keystone) The Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC) will focus its work over the next four years on education, […]