Eliminating World Poverty: Building our Common Future
Department for International Development
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for International Development by Command of Her Majesty
Available online PDF [150p.] at: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/whitepaper/building-our-common-future-print.pdf
The White Paper represents a fundamental shift in the way the
Key announcements in Building our Common Future include:
· A renewed commitment to 0.7 per cent of UK Gross National Income (GNI) for international development, meaning a contribution of £9bn per year by 2013;
· Measures to reduce maternal mortality rates and potentially save the lives of six million mothers and babies by 2015;
· Plans to support over eight million more children in
· Doubling of funding to £1bn for African infrastructure including transport, energy and trade in the region;
· A tripling of funding to support developing countries to recover stolen assets, and new resources to Interpol, as part of a major effort to stamp out corruption;
· Increased investment in the Central Emergency Response Fund for humanitarian aid at the UN
On fragile countries:
· Helping to ensure that security and justice are treated as a basic service – alongside health, education, water and sanitation – in the developing world with funding tripled to £120 m by 2014. This will include training police officers, setting up law courts and protecting women from violence
· A focus on jobs in five of the most vulnerable countries - Yemen, Nepal, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Afghanistan – where 7.5 million people will benefit from jobs and economic opportunities
On growth and trade:
· A quadrupling of funding to promote fair and ethical trade
· A new International Growth Centre to offer world class economic expertise and practical advice to poor countries;
On climate change:
· Renewed commitment to £800m to support climate adaptation, low carbon growth and protection of forests;
· The piloting of new low carbon innovation centres and a global climate change knowledge network.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Poverty Reduction in an Interdependent World
Chapter 2: Promoting Economic Recovery and Greener Growth
Chapter 3: Sustaining our Common Future
Chapter 4: Building Peaceful States and Societies
The challenge of conflict and fragility
A new approach: prioritising peace and state-building
Treating security and justice as a basic service
Generating economic opportunities and managing natural resources
Working across government
Working internationally to lay the foundations for peace
Chapter 5: Keeping our Promises in a Downturn
Financing the MDGs
Financing the delivery of basic services
Where next on malaria?
Supporting capable, accountable and responsive states
A new education strategy
Maternal and child health
Chapter 6: Acting Together through the International System
Chapter 7: Transforming our Impact and Ensuring Value for Money
Conclusion – Shared Interests, Shared Values, One Endeavour
Annex: Will the Millennium Development Goals be met?
Glossary 1
End Notes
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