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  • Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020: Strengthening Europe's place in the world

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  • Aid effectiveness forum in Busan

    Approximately 2000 delegates will review global progress in improving the impact and value for money of development aid and make new commitments to further ensure that aid helps reduce poverty and supports progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.


  • Agenda for Change

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Enhancing Livestock Production (ELP) to support vulnerable populations in Kenya affected by volatile food prices
Managing livestock diseases is of critical importance for Kenya to combat rising levels of poverty in its arid lands, and capitalize on its huge livestock resource.

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