[Aidwatch] AID/WATCH E-Bulletin Tuesday March 25th 2008

[AID/Watch E-Bulletin]

AID/WATCH E-Bulletin Tuesday March 25th 2008 

 

1.	HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item
=2"EVENT: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and Development Speaking
Tour
2.	HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01148&display_item
=2"ACTION: Letter Writing Appeal to Support the People of Phulbari,
Bangladesh in opposing the Phulbari Coal Project
3.	HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01146&display_item
=2"NEWS: Pacific free trade on horizon 

4.    HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01142&display_item
=2"ARTICLE: Aid is increasing, but can we spend it well?

5.    Donate to AID/WATCH

 

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1.	HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item
=2"EVENT: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and Development Speaking
Tour

 

AID/WATCH is very excited to be hosting a Climate Change and Development
speaking tour of Bangladeshi activists during May 12-22nd. The tour will
visit Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Katoomba and the Hunter Valley.
Stay tuned for venues and times which will be announced shortly.

 

Please click this link for more information:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item
=2"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_it
em=2 

 

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2.    ACTION: Letter Writing Appeal to Support the People of Phulbari,
Bangladesh in opposing the Phulbari Coal Project

 

The proposed Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh is one of the most
contentious and ill-conceived development projects the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) has ever considered funding. AID/WATCH is asking you to write to
Australia's Governor to the ADB, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Australia’s ADB
Executive Director Phil Bowen and ask them to show leadership by opposing
this project when it comes before the ADB board on June 3, 2008.

 

Follow this link to support this campaign:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01148&display_item
=2"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01148&display_it
em=2 

 

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3.    AID/WATCH in the NEWS: Pacific free trade on horizon

Tracy Sutherland,  Australian Financial Review

Australia will launch new free trade agreement negotiations with New Zealand
and Pacific countries in an attempt to boost economic development and
political stability among its regional neighbours. The government hopes that
using trade to boost the economies of island states will have the knock-on
effect of boosting political stability. However, aid experts have warned
that Pacific countries could be hurt by an FTA if they could not compete
with their wealthy neighbours.

To read the full article go to: HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01146&display_item
=2"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01146&display_it
em=2 

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4.	ARTICLE: Aid is increasing, but can we spend it well?

 

AID/WATCH Co-director Kate Wheen and Co-Director of Jubilee Australia
Stephanie Lusby have thrown their two cents into an online debate at the
Lowy Institute on the question "The Rudd Government is lifting aid to 0.5
per cent of GDP, but do we have the capacity to spend it wisely?" 

 

Follow this link to read their contribution:  

HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01142&display_item
=2"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01142&display_it
em=2 

 

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5.    Donate to AID/WATCH

 

AID/WATCH is a community-based organization and does not accept government
or

corporate funding. We need your help to continue our work as the independent
monitor of Australia's aid and trade and to improve the effects of
development on the planet and its people. Only through being financially
self-sufficient can we have the freedom to criticize or applaud with
objectivity. Together with you we can achieve change without compromise.

Click this link to give to AID/WATCH today:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=6"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/i
ndex.php?current=6

 

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Flint Duxfield

 

Co-Director

 

AID/WATCH

19 Eve St., Erskinville, 

NSW, 2043, Australia

Ph:       +61 2 95578944

Fax:      +61 2 95579822

Skype id: Flintsta

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HYPERLINK "mailto:aidwatch at aidwatch.org.au"aidwatch at aidwatch.org.au

 


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