Phil Vernon
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Phil Vernon provides leadership and oversight of International Alert’s field programmes in Africa, Asia and the Caucasus, and of the Peacebuilding Issues Programme, which deals with cross-cutting issues of importance to peacebuilding. He also leads Alert’s advocacy on aid effectiveness.
Fragile countries: a scorecard from Busan
Dan Smith , Phil Vernon | 13 December 2011
At the end of November, 2,000 representatives of governments, international organisations and NGOs convened in Busan as the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. Just before the meeting we proposed four criteria by which to judge its outco...
What will Busan do for conflict-affected countries?
Dan Smith , Phil Vernon | 10 November 2011
The wording of the Outcomes Document from the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid is largely agreed, and reflects much of the new thinking on aid: statebuilding and peacebuilding; human security; transparency and results.
Putting the ideology back into development
Phil Vernon | 22 September 2010
So, the MDG summit is over, and all those with an interest in the outcomes will be taking stock and deciding if, on balance, the event has been a success. They’ll be scanning the outcomes document, the transcripts of speeches and news reports dili...
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Towards a new development discourse and new development institutions
Phil Vernon | 17 September 2010
The MDG Summit happening in New York next week is generating a lot of news on the need for a more effective international effort to support the efforts of poor people around the world to improve their lives. The draft summit outcomes document cont...
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