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                           <title><![CDATA[Out of the Bretton Woods: Building a World Bank for the 21st Century]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[11 February 2010
 
 
Speech by Douglas Alexander, International Development Secretary at London School of Economics, London. 
 
 
Thank you Ngaire (Woods, Director of the Global Economic Governance Programme, Oxford University) for those kind words of introduction this evening. I have to say that my excitement and delight when you invited me to LSE was matched only by my trepidation at the thought of sharing the stage with someone so expert in the World Bank. 
 
It&rsquo;s a pleasure to be back here at LSE &ndash; I&rsquo;ve had the opportunity to speak here on a number of occasions...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:57:28</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Launch of DFID Education Strategy: ‘Learning for All’]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[03 March 2010
 
 
Speech by Douglas Alexander Secretary of State for International Development at the launch of DFID Education Strategy, DFID, London.
 
 
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Department for International Development. I&rsquo;d like to thank Nick for that kind introduction. 
 
Bill Clinton, with whom I&rsquo;ve previously shared this very stage, once said it was his policy only to be introduced to the stage by people he had previously given a job to. That way he was always assured a warm introduction. 
 
After Nick&rsquo;s warm words I think I might extend that policy &ndash; and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:44:36</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[The Turning Point on Poverty]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[11 March 2010 
 
 
Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development at the DFID MDG Conference.  
 
 
Thank you Hilde (Johnson, Deputy Chief Executive of UNICEF) for that kind and suitably challenging introduction. 
 
Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Department for International Development today, and to our conference &ndash; Agenda 2010: The Turning Point on Poverty. 
 
It&rsquo;s also a great pleasure to join Her Excellency Joyce Banda, Helen Clark and of course Hilda here on the stage this morning. I think...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:38:42</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Africa: The Emerging Market of the Future?]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[04 March 2010
 
 
Speech by International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander at the LSE Emerging Markets Forum
 
 
Thank you for inviting me to address this LSE Emerging Markets Forum - here in the quite splendid surroundings of the Freemasons&rsquo; Hall. 
 
I think that in years gone by, it might have been rather unusual for a Secretary of State for International Development &ndash; charged with tackling international poverty - to address such a forum &ndash; with its themes of entrepreneurship, investment and economic governance in emerging markets. 
 
Because for too long perhaps, those engaged in international development...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:26:24</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Addressing the hunger crisis – challenges and priorities]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[26 January 2010  
Douglas Alexander, International Development Secretary's speech at World Food Programme.
 
 
 
Just under a year ago, I invited Josette to come and speak to a conference in London. Her speech &ndash; entitled &lsquo;One Year on from the Food Crisis&rsquo; &ndash; was both thoughtful and thought-provoking, and provided us with one of the highlights of our conference. 
 
So I was keen to take up Josette&rsquo;s invitation to visit the World Food Programme today and address the Rome community &ndash; certainly not to measure my speech-making against hers, but rather because the work you do here...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour Campaign for International Development]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Tuesday 29 June 2010   
Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP Speech to Labour Campaign for International Development - Grand Committee Room, Westminster.
 
 
Thank you David for that kind introduction - and for the valuable work you and other members of the Labour Campaign for International Development have undertaken in recent months, as well as during the election campaign.
 
I know that you will continue to provide both valuable policy thinking and campaigning enthusiasm on these issues in the months and years ahead.
 
As many of you will be aware, it is now almost five years to the day...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:58:27</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Trade, Development and Openness ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[08 June 2009
 
 
International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander's speech at World Trade Week UK Conference, Merchant Taylors Hall
 
 
Delighted to be here at the outset of UK&rsquo;s first World Trade Week, intended to showcase the importance of trade, not just for the economic prospects of the UK but for the wider world. 
 
And I think that this week affords an opportunity not only to examine the current state of the global economy, but also to strike an unusual note of optimism at this time. As Peter said earlier, trade is not only central to the recovery...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:43:35</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[A Bank for the World]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[24 February 2009
 
 
Speech by Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development at Chatham House. 
 
 
 
First of all I&rsquo;d like to thank Robin [Niblett &ndash; Director of Chatham House] for that warm introduction, and Chatham House for hosting this evening&rsquo;s event. 
 
We meet today in the shadow of a global financial crisis more serious than we have seen for generations. 
 
We gather some six weeks before world leaders come to London for a summit to address the next stage of the global response to this global downturn. 
 
We assemble two...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:28:21</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Weakening the Taliban and strengthening the Afghan state ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[30 July 2009  
Speech by Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development, to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Washington, DC   
Can I thank you for that kind introduction and say what a privilege it is to be able to speak here today at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace &ndash; which ninety nine years after its establishment by my fellow countryman continues to enjoy an enviable reputation, here and abroad, for its international leadership on foreign and strategic affairs.
 
And let me also thank Jessica Matthews in particular for hosting us here...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:09:08</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Douglas Alexander speaks to Labour Party Conference 2009]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[1 October 2009 Labour's Secretary of State for International Development, Douglas Alexander's speech at the 2009 Labour Party Annual Conference: Conference, let me begin my remarks by echoing the words of Bob Ainsworth in paying tribute to the men and women of the British armed forces. I travelled to Afghanistan, most recently this summer, and I&rsquo;ve seen for myself their dedication, courage, heroism and yes - their sacrifice. They do us proud - and conference, they deserve all our thanks. Now conference, I considered coming to speak to you here today and giving a conventional speech that set out a...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:54:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Health and Education - where faith fits]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[20 October 2009 Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) I&rsquo;m delighted that, at least for this series we are casting aside that old clich&eacute;d advice &ndash; that the two subjects not to be raised in polite company are religion and politics, and that they certainly shouldn&rsquo;t be brought together. I know that this is an issue previous speakers &ndash; including Tony Blair in the first speech of this series &ndash; have touched upon. Some have referred to a &lsquo;blind spot&rsquo; for faith in UK policy...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:47:32</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[The Future of Aid]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[29 October 2009 Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development Hugh Gaitskell Memorial Lecture, Nottingham University Let me begin by thanking David Greenaway, (Vice-Chancellor, Nottingham University) for that mightily intimidating introduction. I&rsquo;m very grateful to you and to Professor Morgan for the honour of inviting me to give the Hugh Gaitskell Memorial Lecture this evening. I must admit to a feeling of apprehension as I approached this lecture, such is the calibre of this fine institution, and no doubt the expertise of many of you in the audience &ndash; not least Professors Greenaway and Morgan, well-known in...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:42:54</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Stabilisation and Development on the eve of 2010]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[05 November 2009 Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, delivered at the City Forum's Symposium on Stabilisation, London Thank you Paddy (Ashdown) for that introduction, and for inviting me to address this auspicious if somewhat intimidating audience. I&rsquo;m grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate regarding some of the most important questions in global politics today. For in a world, as we&rsquo;ve just heard, where the security of the world&rsquo;s most powerful country can be imperilled by the absence of law and order in the world&rsquo;s most fragile and impoverished states, the issues of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:36:03</pubDate>
                           
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