DFID [to 4 July 2015]
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Changing world, changing aid: Where international development needs to go next
Department for International Development and The Rt Hon Justine Greening MP
Published 3 July 2015
Speech by the International Development Secretary at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, focussing on the need for development to go beyond aid.
I’m extremely grateful to ODI and Bond for hosting my first major development speech since this government was returned in May and I’m delighted to be back at DFID.
We’ve been saying for a while that the 12 months ahead are absolutely critical for development.
It starts with the Financing For Development conference in Addis the week after next, then the sustainable development goals that will be set at UNGA in September. Then the Climate Change Conference in Paris in November, and the World Trade Organisation Conference in Nairobi in December. And then right through to the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul next May….
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New programmes to strengthen vulnerable states in Africa and more support for Syria crisis
Published 2 July 2015 Press release DFID
Additional help from the UK to provide emergency aid, jobs and education, to help address the root causes of the migrant crisis.
A range of new programmes from the UK will provide emergency aid as well as jobs and education to help address the root causes of the migrant crisis, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today.
This new support forms part of a wider approach by the UK government to tackle the migrant crisis and will focus on the fragile and vulnerable states from which the majority of migrants are leaving. This includes Syria and its neighbours as well as a number of African countries such as Nigeria, South Sudan and Kenya.
Millions of refugees and vulnerable people affected by conflict and instability will benefit from immediate, lifesaving support such as food and clean water.
The new support will also help to create jobs and opportunities, provide protection for vulnerable groups, and address underlying causes of conflict and tension so that people are able to build their lives in the region…
A range of new programmes from the UK will provide emergency aid as well as jobs and education to help address the root causes of the migrant crisis, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today.
This new support forms part of a wider approach by the UK government to tackle the migrant crisis and will focus on the fragile and vulnerable states from which the majority of migrants are leaving. This includes Syria and its neighbours as well as a number of African countries such as Nigeria, South Sudan and Kenya.
Millions of refugees and vulnerable people affected by conflict and instability will benefit from immediate, lifesaving support such as food and clean water.
The new support will also help to create jobs and opportunities, provide protection for vulnerable groups, and address underlying causes of conflict and tension so that people are able to build their lives in the region…