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Japan climate bill seriously flawed
Oxfam International | Press Releases 12 03 2010

GLOBAL: Straight talk with Global Fund director Michel Kazatchkine
UN | IRIN 12 03 2010

DRC: US, UN accuse forces of "crimes against humanity"
UN | IRIN 12 03 2010

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Eldis | General

Information strategic, policy or practical interest for development practitioners based in both the North and South.

Capital humano e capital social nos territrios rurais: imposies para uma nova formao dos profissionais do campo
12 03 2010 El artculo argumenta que las transformaciones en la composicin poltica, geogrfica, social y cultural en los ltimos aos, plantean la necesidad de ...

Arranjos institucionais para a gesto de polticas pblicas de base territorial
12 03 2010 Este documento se elabora sobre la experiencia del autor en la elaboracin de los planes de desarrollo sostenible del Serid de Ro Grande do Norte y ...

Aspectos sociales de los proyectos de desarrollo de conservacin de suelos y manejo de recursos naturales
12 03 2010 Este artculo busca esclarecer los cambios que generan las actividades desarrolladas por los proyectos de conservacin de suelos y de manejo de recursos ...

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OECD Observer

The OECD Observer magazine presents concise, up-to-date and authoritative analysis of world economic, social and environmental issues.

Out of work: A portrait
28 02 2010 No Job, by David Rooney

"Being unemployed is frustrating, demeaning and, at this point, frightening." Anyone who has any doubt about the devastating effects unemployment can have will learn a lot from statements such as this one, captured in a recent survey undertaken by the John. J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University in the US.

Is financial stability enough?
28 02 2010

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IPS | Development

Global news agency producing independent news and analysis about events and global processes affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations, especially in the South.

INDONESIA: Waste Composting Project Blazes Cleaner Path
12 03 2010 JAKARTA, Mar 11 (IPS) - Battling the pain from a boil on his left thigh, 45-year-old Inggit Tukino pulled his two-wheeled cart through the overcrowded alleys of a slum in Rawabebek, Penjaringan hamlet in here North Jakarta.

PHILIPPINES: Reproductive Health Tests Candidates’ Political Guts
12 03 2010 MANILA, Mar 12 (IPS) - Filipino voters who have yet to make up their minds about their choice for their next president are being advised: look at each aspirant’s stance on reproductive health to help them gauge the candidate’s leadership mettle and political guts.

SOUTH AFRICA: Gender Loses Out in Basic Education Crisis
12 03 2010 CAPE TOWN, Mar 11 (IPS) - With the 15th-year review of the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women taking place at the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women in New York, South African teachers and education experts say they fear that a special focus on the advancement of girls is getting lost amidst the growing levels of poverty in the country.

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Zunia | Poverty

Zunia (formerly dgCommunities) is both a place to find knowledge resources focused on development issues and an interactive space to share knowledge, participate in discussions and find people with similar interests.

Polarization and the Decline of the Middle Class: Canada and the US
10 03 2010 In this paper the authors propose a range-free approach to measuring the middle class and polarization, based on partial orderings. The authors apply the new methodology to income and earnings data from the US and Canada, and find that polarization is on the rise in the US but is stable or declining in Canada. A cross-country comparison reveals the US to be unambiguously more polarized than Canada.

Human Capital and the Quality of Education in a Poverty Trap Model
10 03 2010 This paper presents a model of a poverty trap that is caused by an unequal initial income and human capital distribution, and differences in the quality of education between children from the more and less advantaged social sectors. The model suggests that a policy oriented to equalizing the quality of education would, in the long run, have potential in reducing initial inequalities.

Lower Partial Moments as a Measure of Vulnerability to Poverty in Cameroon
09 03 2010 In this paper the class of Lower Partial Moments (LPMs) is used for measuring vulnerability as downside risk of household income in rural Cameroon. The results suggest that in the study area fishermen are less affected by adverse effects on income than other livelihood systems, while rice growers are the poorest and most vulnerable. It is also shown that rice and millet growers are suffering from chronic poverty, while transient poverty is more prevalent among the group of sorghum growers and fi

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Oxfam International | Press Releases

Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working together with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice.

Japan climate bill seriously flawed
12 03 2010

Japanese version read more

European Commission launches its climate talks rescue plan
10 03 2010

European Commission proposals for advancing post-Copenhagen climate talks, launched today, were welcomed by Oxfam International. read more

Many countries failing test of political will to implement oil and mining industry anti-corruption initiative
09 03 2010 Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative deadline arrives with many governments falling short

Tuesday, March 9 marks the deadline for candidate countries to complete e read more

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UN | IRIN

Humanitarian news and analysis of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

SOMALIA: Offering migrants an alternative to death by water
12 03 2010 BOSASSO, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - In an attempt to deal with a growing influx of migrants, authorities in Somalia's autonomous region of Puntland are adopting new measures to stop people from undertaking the hazardous journey to Yemen, officials said.

GLOBAL: Straight talk with Global Fund director Michel Kazatchkine
12 03 2010 JOHANNESBURG, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - The executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Michel Kazatchkine, sat down with IRIN/PlusNews at the launch of the organization's 2010 report, where he answered some hard questions on what may be a turning point in HIV/AIDS funding.

DRC: US, UN accuse forces of "crimes against humanity"
12 03 2010 NAIROBI, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - Government troops - the FARDC - in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to blame for much of the epidemic of sexual violence in the east of the country, according to US and UN reports detailing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity by various groups there.

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The Broker

Bimonthly magazine on international development issues

Future uncertain
25 02 2010 Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions, by Brynjar Lia. Contemporary Security Studies Series, Routledge, 2006, 280 pp. A review by Ahmed H. al-Rahim

WRR debate at the Institute of Social Studies
25 02 2010 Shouldn’t the WRR report have emphasized the role of society more? How can multilateral aid be transformed to truly tackle global concerns? What is the status of civic driven action? These were just some of the questions that Peter van Lieshout was confronted with during a debate about the WRR report Less Pretention, more Ambition at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague.

Reports from WRR events
25 02 2010 Bijeenkomst Rode Hoed: Diepgaand debat ontbreektWRR debate at the Institute of Social Studies

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DFID | News

Express delivery in Madhya Pradesh
11 03 2010 Free ambulance service is helping pregnant women give birth more safely

Saving lives in Nepal
11 03 2010 UKaid will help save the lives of more than 45,000 people, including many mothers and their babies, by supporting Nepal’s health services for the next five years.

New climate network to link developing countries
11 03 2010 A climate and development initiative linking over 60 of the world’s poorest countries will be managed by an alliance led by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, it was announced at the Agenda 2010 (DFID) annual conference today.

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USAID | Press Releases

Recent press releases from the US Agency for International Development.

USAID Announces New Personnel
11 03 2010 USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah is pleased to announce that the following individuals recently joined the Agency

HIV Prevention and Treatment Not Accessible to Southern Africa's Migrant Workers
11 03 2010 The International Organization of Migration (IOM) has released the results of an eight-country 2009 survey into the health risks and needs of migrants and mobile populations.

Statement from USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah on the Occasion of International Women's Day
09 03 2010 Today we commemorate International Women's Day and honor the courageous women who endeavor to build a better world for their children, families, societies, and themselves. This is a day to celebrate and acknowledge the essential role women play in the economic, political, and social advancement of their countries.

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IDRC News

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

IDRC Welcomes New Program Directors
05 03 2010 IDRC is pleased to announce the appointment of Ann Weston and Susanne Szabo as the Centres newest program directors.

International Development Week 2010 Across Canada
05 03 2010 In support of IDWs 20th anniversary and activities, IDRC staff recently participated in a number of events at Canadian universities across the country.

In Memoriam: Ralston Milton Rex Nettleford
23 02 2010 It is with deep sadness that the International Development Research Centre shares the news of the passing of Rex Nettleford, a founding IDRC Governor, on February 2, 2010 in Washington, DC.

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