Mission unaccomplished

One year on from Gleneagles, is the G8 hitting its targets on debt, trade and aid?

By: Watt P & Sharman T
Published by: ActionAid International , 2006
Via: Eldis

In 2005, millions of people in the UK and around the world supported the Make Poverty History campaign for action on debt cancellation, trade justice and more and better aid. In response to this public pressure, leaders at the G8 summit at Gleneagles in Scotland in July 2005 responded with a series of pledges - on debt, trade and aid, and on HIV and AIDS, which promised to help address the needs of more than one billion people living in extreme poverty.
This report examines progress against these pledges. It asks whether the G8 is hitting its targets on debt, trade and aid, and illustrates both successes and shortcomings of aid through case studies.