... showed crucial inequalities, which
questions
the philanthropy of states. A failure according to a constructivist approach or an unsurprising scenario for realists.
Looking at this situation through an academic lens leads us to the concept of official development assistance (ODA). This somehow refers to the idea of “state philanthropy”, which is, of course, and without being naïve, not detached from each state’s global influence policy. Assistance is not free, either for donors or for recipients....
... any unilateral economic, financial or trade measures,” the EU and their satellite states, including Ukraine, support the United States and vote against such motions.
Russia and the Sustainable Development Goals
Vladimir Bartenev:
Map of Official Development Assistance Flows to the Arab Middle East and North Africa
Russia supports the adoption of the above-listed resolutions of the UN General Assembly and actively promotes development goals, both by incorporating them in its national projects ...
The infographic “Map of Official Development Assistance (ODA) Flows to the Arab Middle East and North Africa” was created using data on the allocation of ODA to the Arab MENA countries from 2011 to 2018.
The project builds upon the RIAC report “
International Assistance to the Middle ...
... level in 1990 as the starting point and set to be achieved by the end of 2015.
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The importance of the MDGs can be seen from the fact that they led to a growth of official development assistance (a marked increase in funds allocated by developed countries to resolving the problems of developing countries) and set the tone in the field of international development assistance.
At the end of 2014, United Nations Secretary-General ...
On June 20, 2014, RIAC and UNDP held a roundtable "Current Problems of Central Asia Development", with the UNDP represented by UN Resident Coordinators/UNDP Resident Representatives in Central Asia and Azerbaijan, their deputies, and officers of the UNDP Regional Bureau in Europe and Central Asia.
The RIAC representatives included Program Director Ivan Timofeyev and Program Manager Elena Alekseyenkova, with reports made by RIAC experts on Central Asia, among them Andrey Kazantsev, Director...
...
If it is to have a positive impact, helping the region raise food security, Russia should focus on eradicating poverty.
To this end, Moscow could help Central Asia establish a social insurance system, something Russia may ostensibly boast. Economic development assistance, greater caution in trade (for example, imposing restrictions on imports from these countries) and in migration policies (for example, restrictions on labor migration from the region) might make a visible contribution to improving ...
... viability.
RIAC Program Assistant Ilya Ivanov delivered the report "Cooperation of BRICS Countries in Humanitarian Aid: New Donors and Old Rules" devoted to the current role of nontraditional donors, among them BRICS countries, in international development assistance and humanitarian aid. He also mentioned the need to step up BRICS activities in these areas, as well as the existence of a possibility to become the key organization for the
new
donors along with the OECD’s role for the ...
On March 26, 2014 the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry for Economic Development held a roundtable "
Trade and Human Development in Central Asian Countries: Russia's Forms and Tools for Expert-Level Assistance
." The participants discussed the advancement of trade in Central Asia in the context of the emerging Eurasian Economic Community, Customs Union and free trade area, as well as the impact of these processes on the human...
... Donor
One question that arises, in view of the above, is: Should Russia create its own governmental organizations to render assistance to other countries? This should certainly be done, but not to the detriment of the wellbeing of its own citizens.
Development Assistance in Central Asia:
Strategic Horizons of Russian Engagement
(Rus)
Let us recall that the USSR had the State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations (GKES). This powerful organization was engaged in building up industry in Asian ...
... supported by assistance in fighting drug trafficking, softening the terms and conditions for labor migrants’ entry to Russia, and subsidized supplies of Russian fuel, gas and lubricants. Could all these facts point to the conclusion that International Development Assistance (IDA) in a region that is highly important to Russia has moved up a level on the priority scale?
This article will first analyze the efficiency of Russian IDA in Central Asia as a means of ensuring the promotion of its national ...
