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Samuel A. Worthington served as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea. In this blog he reflects on the changing architecture of aid and the need for foundations, governments, and NGOs to work together. Busan made some progress on coordination, but room for improvement still exists.
Sam Worthington quoted in story, offering a civil society perspective.The West wants to use an Afghanistan meeting on Monday to signal enduring support for Kabul as allied troops go home, but economic downturn in Europe and crises with Pakistan and Iran could stir doubts about Western resolve. The goal is to leave behind an Afghan government strong enough to escape the fate of its Soviet-era predecessor, which collapsed in 1992 in a civil war.
Carolyn Long, InterAction Director of Global Partnerships, is quoted in this article.BUSAN, Nov 29 (IPS) – Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from around the world attending the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) in this South Korean port city have a rare opportunity to be on equal footing with governments and donors in a global conference.
Samuel A. Worthington's op-ed on foreign assistance, published on the day of the CNN National Security Debate on 11/22/11.
Le Soir (France): Debt is the star in Cannes
Sam Worthington quoted in article. The G20 summit opened yesterday in Cannes, France. Twenty heads of state and government are taking part in this meeting that finishes on Friday. But in the current context, the heads of the 20 most industrialized countries in the world are much more preoccupied by the Euro zone crisis than by global hunger. “The task of the G20 will be to resolve the Euro crisis,” declared American president Barak Obama when he arrived in Cannes. ...Several NGOs have sounded the alarm for the G20 to reclaim a more equitable style of global governance. “We must not sacrifice development. Solutions for Greece cannot be made on the backs of the world’s poor,” declared Samuel Worthington, president of InterAction an American NGO.http://www.lesoir-echos.com/la-dette-tient-la-vedette-a-cannes-2/monde/33989/
Sam Worthington quoted. A proposal for a financial transaction tax to raise new new funding for poor countries failed to win the backing of the G20 although France President Nicolas Sarkozy said he planned to still pursue the idea.
Sam Worthington quoted. Members ONE and Oxfam were also quoted.Bill Gates has urged politicians to use the proceeds from a financial transaction tax to fight poverty and diseaseEuropean governments planning to impose a tax on financial transactions must use the revenues to help tackle poverty and disease, rather than paying the costs of the Greek bailout, computer billionaire Bill Gates said yesterday.
Sam Worthington quoted.CANNES, France — Organizations representing the world’s poor have had a fitful relationship with the Group of 20 world leaders. They arrive en masse to hold news conferences and usually get a nice mention of food security and health in any communique, but they mostly see their larger aims shoved aside by whatever crisis has hit major banks or currencies.
Sam Worthington quoted. The president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, had planned to use his leadership of the G20 this year to highlight some of the needs of the developing world. Instead, the focus of G20 summit in Cannes has been on the threat of a Greek default and destabilization of the eurozone.
Sam Worthington quoted. CANNES, Nov 4 (IPS) - While the Greek bailout and stimulus package dominated discussion among the Group of 20 (G20) major industrialised and emerging market economies at the high-level summit in Cannes, France, this week, the proposed financial transactions tax (FTT) received meagre attention.
