Post 2015: business as usual or bending the arc of history?
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
From Conflict to Cooperation
Introduction: The programme in Kayin StateKayin is an ethnic state located in eastern Myanmar on the border of Thailand. For more than half a century after independence the state was marred by armed
ActionAid Asia: Investing in Change
At ActionAid, we believe that people living in poverty can lead the fight to end poverty.We work with millions of the poorest and most excluded people - particularly women - making long-term
Briefing on Impact of Tax Incentives in Rwanda
Every year Rwanda foregoes about a quarter of its potential tax revenue through tax incentives and exemptions given to businesses to attract private sector investment. Is this money well spent?This
Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools final report
The Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools (DRRS) Project, exclusively funded the UK’s Department for International Development, was implemented from October 2005 to December 2010 by ActionAid
On the launch of the Santiago Declaration for Public Services, ActionAid joins hundreds of organisations to demand 'Our Future is Public’
As the global polycrisis deepens, hundreds of millions continue to struggle with the cost of living. Public budgets are shrinking, and public sector wage bill cuts leave a crippling impact on the
Free market economics collapsed like a house of cards when Covid-19 hit, unravelling gains on equality and women’s rights
As 2020 draws to a close, the notion that the Covid-19 pandemic is reversing decades of development progress has become conventional wisdom says Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, ActionAid International Board
Cultivating rural women’s economic empowerment (Asia)
Rural women remain at the margins of development, particularly regarding access to productive resources, decent work and their disproportionate burden of Unpaid Care Work.ActionAid research found that
