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Financing Community-led Development: Putting People First
The United Nations’ much anticipated Third Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) has come and gone. Over four days, more than 6,000 high-level development actors gathered to discuss the needs and means to finance the implementation of the Post 2015 Development Agenda. What was declared as the final draft of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) left much to…
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Localizing the SDGs in Malawi
On May 15, 2015, The Hunger Project and World Vision co-hosted a nationally-broadcast panel discussion in Lilongwe on localizing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals in Malawi. The focused and frank discussion resulted in significant commitments to greater partnership among five key groups of development actors. The panelists include: The discussion was moderated by: In attendance…
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Partnership Between the People, Local Government Bodies and Central Government for Achieving MDGs in Bangladesh
Professor Badiul Alam Majumdar, Ph.D. Global Vice President and Country Director The Hunger Project–Bangladesh (10 July 2014) “People are poor because they are powerless. We must organize people for power. They must organize themselves in such a way that they can change their lives.” –Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder Chairman of BRAC In the year…
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What constitutes an enabling environment for the poor to succeed in their own development?
The concept of an “enabling environment” is new, and it reflects nothing less than a paradigm shift in thinking as to how nations like Bangladesh can achieve a new, self-reliant future — a future where all citizens have the chance to lead a healthy and productive life.