Tag: economic development

19th January 2016 Singapore

How to make a successful application: ASEAN CSR Network

With the bidding round well underway, we’re often asked what a successful project looks like. Instead of writing a long technical description, we asked one of our successful implementers from last year to describe firsthand how the SE Asia Prosperity Fund has helped them deliver their project and what they thought helped in making a successful […]

15th January 2016 Singapore

by Claire Lewis

2016-2017 Bidding Round – Now Open!

We are pleased to announce that the bidding round for the South East Asia Prosperity Fund for 2016/2017 is now open. If you have ideas for a project on economic development or to help reduce climate change, check out our website for more information on the fund’s priorities and how to apply. The bidding round closes […]

14th December 2015 Geneva, Switzerland

by Julian Braithwaite

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva

Developing Countries Need a Successful WTO Most of All

Occasionally you come across a fact that changes how you think. One such moment for me was when I discovered how the world had managed to meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving extreme poverty and hunger between 1990 and 2015. It turns out that we met it five years early, meaning that nearly 1 […]

14th September 2015 London, UK

by Grant Shapps

Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Working towards the future in Rwanda

Last week I visited Rwanda for the first time. It gave me the opportunity to see the remarkable progress that this country has made since the devastating 1994 genocide. In my joint role at the Foreign Office and DFID, I was able to explore the full breadth of the UK’s relationship with Rwanda – a […]