Clare Short

A veteran bruiser Mugabe hit back at Blair and his Development Minister Clare Short (who is of Irish Catholic descent) lambasting them as petty colonialists...

Accusations of interference were levelled at the EITI secretariat and then-Chair Clare Short former UK international development minister over attempts to bypass the process for civil society nominations and 'parachute in' an additional candidate Kaiza Bubelwa who had once headed the Tanzanian section of Publish What You Pay the pro-transparency lobbying group...

EITI leaders have been 'anxious for a more quiet life' during Clare Short's term as Chair said one civil society source familiar with the disputes...

The response of the Chair of EITI former Secretary of State for International Development Clare Short and of legislators who favour compulsory transparency rules is that EITI is complementary to and not a substitute for legislation...

Lobbying from British Premier Tony Blair helped secure the Tanzania contract despite opposition from the late Foreign Secretary Robin Cook Development Minister Clare Short and the World Bank...

Although Britain's then Development Minister Clare Short clashed with Prime Minister Tony Blair who strongly backed BAE's Tanzania deal in cabinet a year later Short energetically defended Mkapa's purchase of a $30 mn...

A decade ago Brown (and his old ally Clare Short) strongly supported the restructuring of Africa policy by hiving off the Overseas Development Administration (ODA) from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) into a separate entity...

Meanwhile the cross-party 'Protect Darfur' campaign was launched in London with support from over 100 parliamentarians including former International Development Secretary Clare Short...

DfID says it's normal for different departments to lead on different initiatives but in fact DfID frequently excuses itself from Blair's notion of joined-up government a legacy of former DfID Minister Clare Short's determination to separate aid from trade...

Britain's new International Development Minister Valerie Amos is tougher than her predecessor Clare Short on the use of donor money for military purposes by Uganda and Rwanda...

Moreover since the resignation in May of Britain's Secretary for International Development Clare Short NePAD has lost one of its key advocates outside the continent although DFID officials say they remain committed...