Recent Articles
Apr 30, 2012
Rebeca Grynspan, Associate Administrator of UNDP, jumpstarted the discussion on the future of the MDGs by reaffirming their impact and emphasizing the need to meet commitments by 2015. She argued that the MDGs are right to place human development...
Apr 30, 2012
Expanding on the need to be more efficient—a growing theme of Forum 2012—the workshop examined how to scale up agriculture without making existing problems bigger.Minh Nguyet Le, country representative from Oxfam America in Vietnam, talked about the...
Apr 30, 2012
Judging by the turnout at the InterAction Forum 2012 workshop “Quality: What Difference Can Greater Coherence Between Standards Make for Organizational and Field Practice?”, creating simplified standards for fieldwork is an increasingly important...
Apr 30, 2012
Has Busan changed the world, or just your world? This was the fundamental question Monday’s workshop sought to answer. The Busan outcome document, agreed upon at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4) in Busan, South Korea, has the...
Apr 30, 2012
With shrinking foreign assistance budgets and a changing aid landscape, there needs to be a more focused, efficient approach to development, said several speakers at the opening plenary session at InterAction’s annual Forum in Crystal City, Virginia...
Apr 24, 2012
The U.S. Agency for International Development and numerous partners, including InterAction member organizations, launched the “Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday” campaign on Monday. The campaign’s goal is to raise awareness to help children...
Apr 20, 2012
The United Nations has asked the Syrian government to allow more humanitarian aid workers into the country. At least 1 million people are estimated to need assistance, and the International Committee of the Red Cross is the only aid organization...
Apr 19, 2012
InterAction President and CEO Sam Worthington will be interviewed later today in a live webcast series that coincides with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings. Tune in at 2.30 pm EDT to hear Sam answer questions gathered...
Apr 18, 2012
An estimated 2.5 million lives could be saved each year if governments committed to providing access to safe water to drink and improved sanitation for all, according to a new report by InterAction member WaterAid America.
The report, “Saving Lives...
Apr 16, 2012
Dr. Jim Yong Kim has been chosen as the 12th President of the World Bank Group. Dr. Kim will succeed Robert Zoellick, who is leaving the position after a five year term.“As President, I will seek a new alignment of the World Bank Group with a...
Apr 16, 2012
Haiti’s government and its partners launched a cholera vaccination campaign over the weekend with the goal of reaching 100,000 people, according to an article on AlertNet. Health workers are going door-to-door to deliver the vaccinations.The pilot...
Apr 13, 2012
At least one million people are in need of humanitarian help in Syria, according to UN Under-Secretary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos.“It is extremely important that negotiations to enable...
Apr 12, 2012
Girls in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee complex who want an education encounter many cultural barriers. For example, boys are urged to go to school while girls are expected to handle household tasks like cooking and cleaning.According to statistics from the...
Apr 11, 2012
An 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck the northwestern part of Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon local time, prompting a tsunami watch that has since been lifted. At present, there have not been any confirmed reports of major destruction or...
Apr 10, 2012
Political parties in Zimbabwe's coalition government appear to have taken opposing stands on the status of nongovernmental organizations working in the country, putting further pressure on aid groups who provide food, clean water and other services...
Apr 9, 2012
Joyce Banda, Malawian vice president and women’s right activist, was sworn in as the nation’s new president on April 7. She transition to power after the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika last Thursday and is the third woman to serve as a head...
Apr 6, 2012
InterAction’s latest publication, Choose to Invest in Development and Humanitarian Relief FY2013, outlines key funding recommendations for the U.S. government to support accounts in the federal budget. This strong investment will make great strides...
Apr 5, 2012
A recent case involving an abused 13-year-old household maid is sparking indignation about child labor in India.
The girl was locked in an apartment while the family whose house she kept was on vacation, and she was rescued after neighbors heard her...
Apr 4, 2012
Myanmar’s government announced on Tuesday that the National League for Democracy (NLD) won 43 of 44 seats for which they fielded candidates. International observers describe last Sunday’s elections as fair and peaceful.
Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of...
Apr 3, 2012
After a severe drought, the Sahel region in Africa – a stretch of arid land from coast to coast that includes sections of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan – faces a food and...
