Sheffield writes, "The ability to choose if and when to have children is a huge piece of the puzzle to the 'Girl Effect,' but it is not the only piece. The 'Girl Effect' is an amalgamation of exactly these three components: security, health, and...

Blogminster seeks to bring you a live view of the workings of Parliament through the live commentary of insiders as well as departmental, parliamentary and government news. In addition, it gathers local news items that often languish on MPs’ individual...

The Orissa Modernizing Economy, Government and Administration Programme, a scheme being taken up a cost of Rs 152 crore with funding from UK-based Department for International Development (DFID) is expected to boost private investments in MSMEs (micro,...

According to a leaked memo, the Indian foreign minister, Nirumpama Rao, proposed that India should ‘not avail of any further DFID [UK Department for International Development] assistance with effect from 1 April 2011’. Officials at DFID subsequently...

The JLN is a platform financed mainly by the World Bank, Department for International Development (DFID), Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for exchange between countries implementing health financing reforms aimed at...

It is therefore regrettable, but hardly surprising that the forthcoming London Conference on Somalia (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/somalia-conference/) has omitted business and investment from its agenda. The security and aid fixation of the FCO, DFID...