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106 relations: Aid, Bilateralism, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, British Empire, British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939, British West Indies, Center for Global Development, Cold War, Colonial Office, Commitment to Development Index, Conditionality, Corporate social responsibility, Currency appreciation and depreciation, Cycle of poverty, Developing country, Development Assistance Committee, Development economics, Diaspora, Dominion, Econometrics, Economic Cooperation Administration, Electric power, Emerging market, European Union, Financial crisis, Foundation (nonprofit), Gender and development, Gender Development Index, Gender Empowerment Measure, Gender inequality, Gender Inequality Index, Gender mainstreaming, Ghent University, Girl Effect, Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, Gross national income, Harry S. Truman, Humanitarian aid, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Infrastructure, Interest rate, International development, International Development Association, International financial institutions, International Monetary Fund, Jamaica, James Ferguson (anthropologist), Jason Hickel, Jeffrey Sachs, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, ... Expand index (56 more) »
- Aid
Aid
In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, foreign aid, economic aid or foreign assistance) is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. Development aid and aid are international development and international relations.
Bilateralism
Bilateralism is the conduct of political, economic, or cultural relations between two sovereign states.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939
A series of workplace disturbances, strikes, and riots broke out across the British West Indies in the period between 1934 and 1939.
See Development aid and British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939
British West Indies
The British West Indies (BWI) were colonised British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Guiana (now Guyana) and Trinidad and Tobago.
See Development aid and British West Indies
Center for Global Development
The Center for Global Development (CGD) is a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., and London that focuses on international development.
See Development aid and Center for Global Development
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Colonial Office
The Colonial Office was a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created in 1768 from the Southern Department to deal with colonial affairs in North America (particularly the Thirteen Colonies, as well as, the Canadian territories recently won from France), until merged into the new Home Office in 1782.
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Commitment to Development Index
The Commitment to Development Index (CDI), published annually by the Center for Global Development, ranks the world's richest countries on their dedication to policies that benefit the five billion people living in poorer nations. Development aid and Commitment to Development Index are international development.
See Development aid and Commitment to Development Index
Conditionality
In political economy and international relations, conditionality is the use of conditions attached to the provision of benefits such as a loan, debt relief or bilateral aid. Development aid and conditionality are international development.
See Development aid and Conditionality
Corporate social responsibility
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) or corporate social impact is a form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature by engaging in, with, or supporting professional service volunteering through pro bono programs, community development, administering monetary grants to non-profit organizations for the public benefit, or to conduct ethically oriented business and investment practices.
See Development aid and Corporate social responsibility
Currency appreciation and depreciation
Currency depreciation is the loss of value of a country's currency with respect to one or more foreign reference currencies, typically in a floating exchange rate system in which no official currency value is maintained.
See Development aid and Currency appreciation and depreciation
Cycle of poverty
In economics, a cycle of poverty or poverty trap is when poverty seems to be inherited causing subsequent generations to not be able to escape it.
See Development aid and Cycle of poverty
Developing country
A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. Development aid and developing country are international development and sustainable development.
See Development aid and Developing country
Development Assistance Committee
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is a forum to discuss issues surrounding aid, development and poverty reduction in developing countries. Development aid and development Assistance Committee are aid.
See Development aid and Development Assistance Committee
Development economics
Development economics is a branch of economics that deals with economic aspects of the development process in low- and middle- income countries.
See Development aid and Development economics
Diaspora
A diaspora is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin.
See Development aid and Diaspora
Dominion
A dominion was any of several largely self-governing countries of the British Empire.
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Econometrics
Econometrics is an application of statistical methods to economic data in order to give empirical content to economic relationships.
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Economic Cooperation Administration
The Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) was a U.S. government agency set up in 1948 to administer the Marshall Plan.
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Electric power
Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit.
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Emerging market
An emerging market (or an emerging country or an emerging economy) is a market that has some characteristics of a developed market, but does not fully meet its standards. Development aid and emerging market are international development.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
See Development aid and European Union
Financial crisis
A financial crisis is any of a broad variety of situations in which some financial assets suddenly lose a large part of their nominal value.
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Foundation (nonprofit)
A foundation (also referred to as a charitable foundation) is a type of nonprofit organization or charitable trust that usually provides funding and support to other charitable organizations through grants, while also potentially participating directly in charitable activities.
See Development aid and Foundation (nonprofit)
Gender and development
Gender and development is an interdisciplinary field of research and applied study that implements a feminist approach to understanding and addressing the disparate impact that economic development and globalization have on people based upon their location, gender, class background, and other socio-political identities.
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Gender Development Index
The Gender Development Index (GDI) is an index designed to measure gender equality.
See Development aid and Gender Development Index
Gender Empowerment Measure
The Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) is an index designed to measure gender equality.
See Development aid and Gender Empowerment Measure
Gender inequality
Gender inequality is the social phenomenon in which people are not treated equally on the basis of gender.
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Gender Inequality Index
The Gender Inequality Index (GII) is an index for the measurement of gender disparity that was introduced in the 2010 Human Development Report 20th anniversary edition by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
See Development aid and Gender Inequality Index
Gender mainstreaming
Gender mainstreaming is the public policy concept of assessing the implications for people of different genders of a planned policy action, including legislation and programmes.
See Development aid and Gender mainstreaming
Ghent University
Ghent University (Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium.
See Development aid and Ghent University
Girl Effect
Girl Effect is an independent non-profit organization, launched in September 2015 with the goal of ending poverty globally.
See Development aid and Girl Effect
Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation
The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC), formed in 2012, is an association of governments and organisations that seeks to improve practices of international development. Development aid and Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation are international development.
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Gross national income
The gross national income (GNI), previously known as gross national product (GNP), is the total domestic and foreign financial output claimed by residents of a country, consisting of gross domestic product (GDP), plus factor incomes earned by foreign residents, minus income earned in the domestic economy by nonresidents.
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Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
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Humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance, usually in the short-term, to people in need. Development aid and Humanitarian aid are aid.
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Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) was a public research university in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function.
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Interest rate
An interest rate is the amount of interest due per period, as a proportion of the amount lent, deposited, or borrowed (called the principal sum).
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International development
International development or global development is a broad concept denoting the idea that societies and countries have differing levels of economic or human development on an international scale. Development aid and international development are international relations.
See Development aid and International development
International Development Association
The International Development Association (IDA) (Association internationale de développement) is a development finance institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries.
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International financial institutions
An international financial institution (IFI) is a financial institution that has been established (or chartered) by more than one country, and hence is subject to international law. Development aid and international financial institutions are international development.
See Development aid and International financial institutions
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).
See Development aid and Jamaica
James Ferguson (anthropologist)
James Ferguson (born June 16, 1959) is an American anthropologist.
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Jason Hickel
Jason Edward Hickel (born 1982) is an anthropologist and professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
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Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey David Sachs (born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and public policy analyst, professor at Columbia University, where he was former director of The Earth Institute.
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Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS;, ONUSIDA) is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
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Laissez-faire
Laissez-faire (or, from laissez faire) is a type of economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism (such as subsidies or regulations).
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Lesotho
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.
See Development aid and Lesotho
List of development aid agencies
This is a list of development aid agencies which provide regional and international development aid or assistance, divided between national (mainly OECD countries) and international organizations.
See Development aid and List of development aid agencies
Loan
In finance, a loan is the transfer of money by one party to another with an agreement to pay it back.
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe.
See Development aid and Marshall Plan
McGill University
McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN, is a public research university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and in Labrador, Saint Pierre, and Harlow, England.
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Metropole
A metropole is the homeland, central territory or the state exercising power over a colonial empire.
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Millennium Development Goals
In the United Nations, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 created following the Millennium Summit, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
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Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norwegian Det kongelige utenriksdepartement or Utenriksdepartementet; Det kongelege utanriksdepartementet or Utanriksdepartementet; UD) is the foreign ministry of the Kingdom of Norway.
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Multilateralism
In international relations, multilateralism refers to an alliance of multiple countries pursuing a common goal.
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Mutual Security Act
The Mutual Security Act of 1951 launched a major American foreign aid program, 1951–61, of grants to numerous countries.
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Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States.
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Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.
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OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
Official development assistance
Official development assistance (ODA) is a category used by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to measure foreign aid. Development aid and Official development assistance are aid and sustainable development.
See Development aid and Official development assistance
Oxfam
Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs), focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.
Peter Thomas Bauer
Peter Thomas Bauer, Baron Bauer, FBA (6 November 1915 – 2 May 2002) was a Hungarian-born British development economist.
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Point Four Program
The Point Four Program was a technical assistance program for "developing countries" announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address on January 20, 1949.
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Private foundation
A private foundation is a tax-exempt organization that does not rely on broad public support and generally claims to serve humanitarian purposes.
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Remittance
A remittance is a non-commercial transfer of money by a foreign worker, a member of a diaspora community, or a citizen with familial ties abroad, for household income in their home country or homeland.
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Report of West India Royal Commission (Moyne Report)
The Report of West India Royal Commission, also known as The Moyne Report, was published fully in 1945 and exposed the poor living conditions in Britain's Caribbean colonies.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Royal commission
A royal commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies.
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Secretary of State for the Colonies
The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the Cabinet of the United Kingdom's minister in charge of managing the British Empire.
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Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, (13 July 1859 – 13 October 1947) was a British socialist, economist and reformer, who co-founded the London School of Economics.
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Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of Africa.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Stephen Constantine (historian)
Stephen Constantine (born 13 June 1947) is professor emeritus of modern British history at Lancaster University.
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Stockholm School of Economics
The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
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Sustainable Development Goal 1
Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1 or Global Goal 1), one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015, calls for the end of poverty in all forms.
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Thaba-Tseka District
Thaba-Tseka is a district of Lesotho.
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The Anti-Politics Machine
The Anti-Politics Machine: Development, Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho is a book by James Ferguson, originally published in 1990 by Cambridge University Press.
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Tied aid
Tied aid is a kind of foreign aid. Development aid and Tied aid are aid and international development.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Transport
Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another.
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UNICEF
UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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United Nations System
The United Nations System consists of the United Nations' six principal bodies (the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the UN Secretariat), the Specialized Agencies and related organizations.
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United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a public research university in Liverpool, England.
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Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, DSO & Bar, TD, PC (29 March 1880 – 6 November 1944), was a British Conservative politician, soldier and businessman.
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Water supply
Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.
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Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
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Women in development
Women in development is an approach of development projects that emerged in the 1960s, calling for treatment of women's issues in development projects. Development aid and women in development are international development.
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
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World Conference on Women, 1995
The Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace was the name given for a conference convened by the United Nations during 4–15 September 1995 in Beijing, China.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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1973 oil crisis
In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries who had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a large-scale surprise attack in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the territories that they had lost to Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.
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See also
Aid
- Aid
- Aid agency
- Aid effectiveness
- Aid for Trade
- Chinese foreign aid
- Colombo Plan
- Consultative Group on Indonesia
- Development Assistance Committee
- Development aid
- Energy poverty
- Food aid dependency in Ethiopia
- Foreign aid to Africa
- High level forums on aid effectiveness
- Housing indicators
- Humanitarian aid
- Independent Commission for Aid Impact
- Indonesia and the World Bank
- Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia
- International Aid Transparency Initiative
- International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015
- International Finance Facility
- List of development aid sovereign state donors
- Media development
- Mercy Relief
- Monetization of U.S. in-kind food aid
- Naval Aid Bill
- Official development assistance
- Phantom aid
- Phantom aid in Afghanistan
- Post-conflict aid
- Poverty
- Student financial aid
- Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions
- Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States
- The Road to Hell (book)
- Tied aid
- UHC2030
- Untied aid
References
Also known as Development aids, Development assistance, Development cooperation, Development intervention, Development interventions, Developmental aid, Hardware (development cooperation), Orgware, Orgware (development cooperation), Technical Assistance.