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Deva: EU aid plan will boost international trade

31st March 2017

Deva: EU aid plan will boost international trade

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The European Union’s new approach to development aid is predicted to produce “a plethora of trade deals” in the coming years. ECR MEP Nirj Deva said the use of EU development funding to leverage private sector finance and expertise through involvement in public-private

17th March 2017

Good start but the EU’s response to African drought crisis is barely a “drop in the ocean”

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The EU is scaling-up its response to famine and drought in the Horn of Africa after Conservative development spokesman, Nirj Deva MEP, called for urgent action from the international community. Mr Deva, Vice President of the European Parliament’s Development Committee, called on Christos

14th March 2017

Severe drought conditions continue to worsen across Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

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Nirj Deva MEP, Conservative Spokesman and Vice President of the European Parliament Development Committee, called for emergency action from the international community, to combat the spiralling humanitarian crisis, as severe drought conditions continue to worsen across Nigeria, Somalia, South

28th February 2017

Deva champions the new Marshall Plan for Africa

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Speaking during a Joint Meeting of the Development – Foreign Affairs – Budget Committees on the External Investment Plan, Nirj Deva MEP, Conservative Spokesman for Development and Vice-Chair of the Development Committee, said: “Fifteen years ago, when I first started championing the

Reporting back December 2016

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Reporting Back December 2016 To avoid war, we must renew our support in a rules-based international order As we look at the state of things today, we may be forgiven for seeing a world in disorder, beset by global threats. Internationalism has given way to revanchist states, economic turmoil,

16th November 2016

Discussing the political and legal case for recognition of Somaliland independence

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Nirj Deva, British Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the South East of England, and Vice-Chair of the EP Development Committee, today chaired a high-level event, hosting H.E Saad Ali Shire, Foreign Minister of Somaliland. The conference aimed to examine and discuss the

25th October 2016

How mobilising private capital could keep the EU Development Budget in check

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The European Parliament is expected to vote tomorrow on its 2017 Budget, marked, yet again, by incremental increases in redundant spending. The European Commission requested a further 1.2 billion euros for development aid and the neighbourhood instrument, while the European Parliament added 1

21st September 2016

EU Commission acknowledges the private sector’s key role in development aid

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Following Nirj Deva, Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the South East’s, report on the Private Sector and Development, the European Commission has undertaken a fundamental shift in its approach to development aid, recognising the private sector as a key actor in the future of

17th September 2016

Nirj Deva MEP unveils new EU development financing plan with the private sector

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The European Commission decided to back Nirj Deva MEP’s plan on Public-Private Partnerships for the EU, a financing method which could channel €300 billion a year to the developing world. International Development Vice-Chair in the European Parliament and Conservative Development Spokesman Nirj

3rd June 2016

Spurring Private Investment for Development

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Lifting countries out of poverty requires hard work, the creation of a robust system of property rights, and – crucially – private investment. So it is a shame that multilateral institutions are failing to apply this knowledge systematically in the developing world. STRASBOURG – Successful

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Deva: EU aid plan will boost international trade