HC 741 - Appointment of the Chief Commissioner of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact

HC 741 - Appointment of the Chief Commissioner of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0215080750

The Chief Commissioner of ICAI has a crucial role in scrutinising aid spending by the UK Government and reporting to Parliament through the International Development Committee. The Committee are pleased to endorse the appointment of Dr Alison Evans to this post, but recommend that at least one of the existing Commissioners be reappointed for a further term to ensure continuity, and that one of the Commissioners be an audit professional. The selection process used resulted in an unranked list of four candidates deemed "appointable" being presented to the Secretary of State for consideration. This puts too much power in the hands of the Secretary of State for an independent scrutiny post and threatens to undermine the candidate in the eyes of the public who may assume that the candidate most sympathetic to DFID was chosen. The Committee recommend that panels for ICAI Commissioner appointments should be invited to rank candidates or otherwise advise the Secretary of State as they see fit. In the longer term, it is recommended that the Committee be able to choose the Chief Commissioner from the list of candidates.

HC 1138 - International Development Committee: The Legacy - Parliament 2010-15

HC 1138 - International Development Committee: The Legacy - Parliament 2010-15
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2015
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0215085736

As the end of the 2010-2015 Parliament approaches, the Committee has taken the opportunity to look back on their work. This Report outlines some of the Committee's work, progress and effectiveness during this Parliament and sets out areas that may be of interest to their successor committee. It has also provided the opportunity to scrutinise what actions the Government has taken with regard to issues and recommendations raised in our reports.

HC 663 - The Future of UK Development Co-operation: Phase 2: Beyond Aid

HC 663 - The Future of UK Development Co-operation: Phase 2: Beyond Aid
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0215081269

The number of low income countries is falling. At the same time, the importance of global issues - conflict, climate, migration, trade, tax, financial stability, youth unemployment, urbanisation economic development, and infectious disease - is rising. The Committee argues that aid remains vital for addressing poverty in poor countries, for encouraging economic development, for providing global goods such as tackling climate change, combating diseases such as Ebola and providing humanitarian assistance, but new forms of co-operation have to be developed in order to meet these challenges. This will include new financial mechanisms and facilitating links with UK institutions in a wide range of areas, including health, education, culture, law, culture and science. This will require the Department for International Development (DFID) to put more emphasis on working with small organisations and less on programme management.As the focus moves away from aid, policy coherence for development must be at the heart of a new approach. This means working across Government in the UK, and with global partners in the multilateral system, to maximise the impact on development of all the UK's actions. This approach and changes will require DFID staff to develop different skills.

HC 876 - Responses to the Ebola Crisis

HC 876 - Responses to the Ebola Crisis
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. International Development Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0215080890

The Ebola outbreak that has stricken Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea since March 2014 has had a devastating effect on the region. By 2 December 2014, more than 17,500 cases and 6,000 deaths had been reported. Ebola has had wider damaging consequences for local economies, food security, institutional stability and the broader health system. The House of Commons International Development Committee says DfID and the World Health Organisation initially failed to recognise the scale and severity of the Ebola crisis and were too slow to respond. This is in part due the WHO's member states, who have cut its funding and failed to emphasise building sustainable health systems in developing countries, leaving the global health system "dangerously inadequate" for responding to health emergencies. It recommends that DfID press for a review of the international approach to health emergencies, incorporating the function, structure and funding of the World Health Organisation and the role and expectations of major donors.

Families Caring for an Aging America

Families Caring for an Aging America
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309448093

Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.

Nondiscrimination in Insurance

Nondiscrimination in Insurance
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance
Publisher:
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1981
Genre: Discrimination in insurance
ISBN:

Above Tide

Above Tide
Author: Anthony Robertson
Publisher: Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1984
Genre: Country life in literature
ISBN: 9780920080702

An attractive work marked by a freshness of feeling and by a frank and simple style... Robertson makes a good account of the best of Haig-Brown's thought and style. -Prof. Geoffrey Durrant