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Joe Powell is the UK Policy and Advocacy Manager at ONE. Joe leads ONE's work globally on transparency and accountability in the extractive industries, and works on the UK's aid and development policies.

Prior to ONE, Joe worked at Ugandan magazine The Independent, where he set up their online news platform and reported on politics and business. He also worked for Saferworld as a human security consultant on the Karamoja region and Action Aid Uganda as policy adviser on trade and food security.

Blog Entries by Joe Powell

After 0.7% It's Time the Aid Debate Grew Up

(1) Comments | Posted 3 May 2013 | (14:33)

The debate on the UK's aid budget has never been more polarised. A small group of aid critics use the national newspapers to launch weekly attacks, arguing that deficit reduction should come first and that the aid system is inefficient. Aid agencies and business leaders respond that, actually, smart, transparent...

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G20 is Getting a Reputation for Over-Promising and Under-Delivering

(2) Comments | Posted 20 June 2012 | (16:40)

"Narrowing the development gap and reducing poverty are integral to our broader objective of achieving strong, sustainable and balanced growth and ensuring a more robust and resilient global economy for all." Toronto G20 Summit, 2010

If prizes were awarded for warm words and rhetoric then the G20...

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