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Phil Vernon

Phil Vernon

Phil Vernon provides leadership and oversight of International Alert’s field programmes in Africa, Asia and the Caucasus, and of the Peacebuilding Issues Programme, which deals with cross-cutting issues of importance to peacebuilding. He also leads Alert’s advocacy on aid effectiveness.

Fragile countries: a scorecard from Busan

At the end of November, 2,000 representatives of governments, international organisations and NGOs convened in Busan as the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. Just before the meeting we proposed four criteria by which to judge its outcome as far as conflict-affected and fragile countries are concerned.

What will Busan do for conflict-affected countries?

The wording of the Outcomes Document from the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid is largely agreed, and reflects much of the new thinking on aid: statebuilding and peacebuilding; human security; transparency and results.

Putting the ideology back into development

Towards a new development discourse and new development institutions

The MDG Summit happening in New York next week is generating a lot of news on the need for a more effective international effort to support the efforts of poor people around the world to improve their lives.

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