Climate Change is worsening world Hunger, says Irish Government

Article co-written by Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore; Mary Robinson, president of the Mary Robinson Foundation Climate Justice; Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the World Food Programme; and Frank Rijsberman, the chief executive of CGIAR, a global agricultural research partnership – published first on Euractiv.

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Can the world feed 7 billion people?

An overview of some of the key arguments made in relation to the growing world population.

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Including older people in development policy & practice

This blog post explains why ageing is increasingly a development issue, and what we can do to ensure unintentional discrimination against older people in development practice.

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Ireland “determined to keep its shoulder to the wheel” on HIV & AIDS

The recent UN summit on HIV & AIDS shows Ireland continues to focus on the fight against HIV & AIDS. And we have some figures on how much of Ireland’s overseas aid programme is spent on HIV & AIDS work.

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17 May: International Comms Day – Gender, Mobile Phones and Development

17 May is World Telecommunications and Information Society Day. Time to reflect on how ICT can help poor people, and in particular whether those benefits are within reach of women and other marginalised groups.

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Does Aid Work? – Absolutely!

The “Aid doesn’t work” argument makes better headlines, no doubt. But the “Aid Does Work” news makes for better news! Here’s a short overview of the successes achieved, grouped by Millennium Development Goal.

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Targeting aid: including the poor and marginalised in decision-making.

Any programme aiming to eradicate poverty MUST target, and provide opportunities for participation for, the poorest and most vulnerable people.

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