In 2014, the Swiss company Addax Bioenergy will begin exporting ethanol from a sugar cane plantation in Sierra Leone to the EU. This will be the first commercial quantities of biofuels to be exported

This year’s annual AidWatch Report comes at a critical moment in the complex and ever changing struggle to eradicate poverty and inequality worldwide. In September this year, a UN Summit will be held

The overall purpose of this evaluation was to assess the extent to which the Action for Children’s Rights in Education (ACRE) project has started bringing about anticipated changes, to examine which

As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), discussions about what should follow them offer a historic opportunity to rethink global development. The post-2015 agenda

The 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly will see the launch of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon´s Special Report: A life of dignity for all: accelerating progress towards the Millennium

At the present time, partnerships between international humanitarian actors and national and local actors do not achieve their full potential to enhance humanitarian performance.  Continuing to miss

Six months after the world's worst garment factory disaster, the victims are still awaiting compensation and suffering physical and psychological injuries.  ActionAid surveyed almost two thirds of the

This report is the fourth in a series of collaborations between ActionAid International, CARE International and WWF International.We have come together as organisations concerned about the lack of

Public spending on agriculture in Africa is critical to promoting economic growth and the reduction of poverty. GDP growth originating in agriculture is much more effective in reducing poverty than