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LATIN AMERICA: Ties with China Based on Commodity Exports, Manufactured Imports
IPS | Development 04 09 2010
LATIN AMERICA: Ties with China Based on Commodity Exports, Manufactured Imports
IPS | Development 04 09 2010
MIDEAST: Scepticism Marks Peace Talks Launch
IPS | Development 04 09 2010
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Eldis
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Information strategic, policy or practical interest for development practitioners based in both the North and South.
Making decentralisation work for rural people in Mali
04 09 2010
Decentralisation became a reality in rural Mali in 1999, with 703 municipalities democratically electing administrations to take over powers previously ...
Women on the move: time to bring gender into migration policy
04 09 2010
The export of labour through migration from developing countries is being encouraged by trade liberalisation and global shortages of labour in education, ...
Migrants lack information on UK banks' remittance services
04 09 2010
Money sent by migrants to their families is the second largest financial flow to the developing world, after foreign direct investment. However, there ...
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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.
Strengthening recovery, new risks
04 08 2010
Growth is picking up in the OECD area–at different speeds across regions–and at a faster pace than expected in the previous Economic Outlook (November 2009). Strong growth in emerging-market economies is contributing significantly. However, risks to the global recovery could be higher now, given the speed and magnitude of capital inflows in emerging-market economies and instability in sovereign debt markets.
Keeping Germany at work
04 08 2010
The crisis has bitten deep, but unemployment in Germany has fallen. How?
Nanomaterials: Getting the measure
12 07 2010
Innovation can bring benefits, but possible risks too. The emergence of nanotechnology, which manipulates barely visible materials for industrial purposes, is a case in point, and policymakers are taking a close look.
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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.
BRAZIL: Sugarcane's Electrical Potential Goes to Waste
04 09 2010
Sugarcane could replace the energy produced by three hydroelectric dams like the Belo Monte in the Amazon, claims the Brazilian sugarcane industry, which remains relegated to marginal participation in the national electricity matrix.
MIDEAST: Scepticism Marks Peace Talks Launch
04 09 2010
While all parties maintained a spirit of cordiality and mutual understanding, no new promises emerged from this week's talks between the leaders of Israel and the Palestine Authority (PA) that offered tangible hope for a major breakthrough in resolving the more than 60-year-old conflict.
LATIN AMERICA: Ties with China Based on Commodity Exports, Manufactured Imports
04 09 2010
Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow again this year, driven largely by demand from China. But the high proportion of commodities may increase dependency on China, and Asia as a region, warns a new report by ECLAC, the regional United Nations agency.
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DG
/ Poverty
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.
Africa: Takeoff?
31 08 2010
Africa is at another crossroads promising both massive challenge but also renewed hope.
Millennium Development Goals
31 08 2010
A new deal for the world’s most vulnerable people.
As Niger goes hungry, people ask what went wrong
31 08 2010
After teetering dangerously close to a national famine in 2005, Niger is once again facing a food crisis that is devastating both its population and economy. As scenes of poverty and despair resurface throughout the country, both local and international communities are asking what went wrong.“In the humanitarian community, we need to be discussing why it is that Niger is suffering from a repeating crisis despite the lessons we learned from the first,” said Vincenzo Galastro, Programme Manager in
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DG
/ Civil Society
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.
Young People Most at Risk of HIV
04 09 2010
A new report from the Interagency Youth Working Group, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People, and FHI calls attention to young people ages 10–24 within the populations considered most at risk of HIV infection: young men who have sex with men, young people who sell sex, and young people who inject drugs.
YOUth Magazine - Summer 2010 Edition
04 09 2010
This edition of YOUth takes a hard look at young people’s prospects, particularly in light of the global economic downturn, and offers a range of solutions to improve them. The young man on the cover represents the millions of young people who are on the threshold of adulthood. They are eager to learn, work, and lead to help build a better society but know they can’t do it alone. In the following pages, you will learn how leaders from every sector, including youth themselves, are reaching out to
Analysis of Kyrgyz Women's Opinions Released By D3
04 09 2010
VIENNA, Virginia, August 31, 2010 – D3 Systems has released its survey-based analysis of differences in the conditions and attitudes of women in the Talas region, where the April 2010 violence broke out, compared to women from other regions of Kyrgyzstan. The paper explores female perceptions on issues surrounding participation in government, gender barriers to health care, and the socio-economic status of women.In a society which has experienced recent protests and inter-ethnic violence, Kyrgyz
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Oxfam International
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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.
Pakistan floods: Oxfam reaction to visit by European Humanitarian Commissioner
02 09 2010
Kristalina Georgieva, European Humanitarian Commissioner, today visited Pakistan to see the effect of the devastating floods on the country. More than 17 million people are now affected by the floods – in an area that now constitutes the world's largest freshwater lake.
Flood-affected areas now constitute the world's largest freshwater lake, says Oxfam Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and
Pakistan floods 2010
We hope the EU will continue to show leadership in delivering real and sustained support to the Pakistani people – now and in the future.
Neva Khan
Oxfam's Country Director in Pakistan
Notes to Editors
The European Commission has provided €70 million of humanitarian funding while EU Member States have so far committed a further €130 million.
17.2 million people have been affected by the floods with up to ten million estimated to be in need of direct assistance.
Oxfam and partners are mounting a response across in four provinces Pakistan – Khyber Pakhtoonkkhwa (formally NWFP), Sindh, Kashmir and Punjab.
So far, the agency has reached more than 375,000 people with clean water, sanitation kits and hygiene supplies, as well as food and
NFIs
. The organization is planning to scale up its response to reach 1.1 million people.
Agencies such as Oxfam are doing their best to scale up their operations to respond to the needs, but the resources currently available cover only a fraction of what is required.
Oxfam has been working in Pakistan since 1973. We support local partners and work with government authorities to improve the livelihoods of those living in poverty, and provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by disasters and conflict.
Contact Information
For more information and interviews, please contact: In Pakistan:
Louise Hancock on 92 (0) 308 555 9694 or
lohancock@oxfam.org.uk
Tariq Malik on 92 (0) 308-5052976 or
tariq.malik@oxfamnovib-pakistan.org
In Brussels: Angela Corbalan on 32 (0) 473 56 22 60 or
angela.corbalan@oxfaminternational.org
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Pakistan floods one month on: Catastrophe increases but planning for reconstruction must begin
02 09 2010
One month after the floods first reached disastrous levels in Pakistan, the waters continue to rise. Many areas are still cut off and millions of people are in desperate need of immediate help. Reconstruction efforts must begin immediately to avoid devastating long-term consequences for the country.
One month after the floods first reached disastrous levels in Pakistan, the flood waters continue to rise with 500,000 people forced to evacuate their homes in recent days.
Pakistan floods 2010
Pakistan doesn't have the luxury of waiting for the emergency phase to be over before starting the reconstruction.
Neva Khan
Oxfam's Country Director in Pakistan
Notes to Editors
Serious gaps still remain in funding the emergency relief appeal for Pakistan. At present, the international community has committed $900 million both through the appeal and in other forms of funding. By contrast, following the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, $2 billion in total was committed in the first month – equating to $570 per person directly affected. Oxfam and partners are mounting a response across in four provinces Pakistan – Khyber Pakhtoonkkhwa (formally NWFP), Sindh, Kashmir and Punjab. Oxfam is now reaching over 402,000 people in Pakistan and has launched a rapid relief effort in districts throughout KPK, Punjab and Sindh, providing people with clean water and food, sanitation kits and hygiene supplies. We plan to scale up our response to reach 1.1 million people and will soon be starting activities to assist people recover their livelihoods. Oxfam has been working in Pakistan since 1973. We support local partners and work with government authorities to improve the livelihoods of those living in poverty, and provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by disasters and conflict.
Contact Information
For more information and interviews, please contact:
Louise Hancock on 92 (0) 308 555 9694 or
lohancock@oxfam.org.uk
Tariq Malik, 92 (0) 308-5052976 or
tariq.malik@oxfamnovib-pakistan.org
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Afghanistan Security Incident
02 09 2010
Oxfam deeply regrets the deaths of two of its Afghan staff members and a community volunteer and the injuries to one staff member and one community volunteer. They were deeply committed to improving the lives of other Afghans and our thoughts are with their families at this time.
Oxfam Public Statement
Afghanistan
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UN Pulse
/ Connecting to UN Information
UN Pulse alerts you to selected just-released UN online information, major reports, publications and documents. Created and maintained by a team of reference librarians at the United Nations Dag Hammarskj??ld Library in New York, UN Pulse is updated as new information is published and received.
UNRISD Flagship Report: Combating Poverty and Inequality
04 09 2010
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development UNRSID has released a flagship document on combating Poverty and Inequality. The report is a major research initiative which aims to contribute to debates on new policy approaches to poverty-reduction within the context of a post...
Health Workers in Rural Areas - WHO report
02 09 2010
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report entitled Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention. The report notes that globally, approximately one half of the population lives in rural areas, but less than 38% of the nurses and less tha...
World Trade Report 2010
02 09 2010
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has released the World Trade Report 2010: Trade in natural resources. The report examines the characteristics of trade in natural resources, the policy choices available to governments and the role of international cooperation, particularly of the WTO, in the prop...
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DFID
/ Research for Development / News
New publication from Panos London - Research makes the News
27 08 2010
A recent report from Panos London looks at the media's capacity to generate public debate using research to influence policy outcomes
The Cochrane Collaboration responds to Pakistan's floods
25 08 2010
Evidence provided by the Effective Health Care RPC contributes to this special collection of Cochrane Systematic Reviews on water safety and water-related diseases.
New look for project information on the DFID website
17 08 2010
The project information section of DFID's website was re-launched today with a new look and an improved search interface.
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ODI
/ Web log
Overseas Development Institute | Commentry from Experts
Voices of change: Can China’s youth get their message across?
04 09 2010
One antidote to pessimism lingering from China's strategic stalemate at last December's climate change negotiations at COP 15 in Copenhagen is to spend time with China's next generation of leaders. My recent encounter with an energetic, impassioned cohort of the self-named ‘Cool Climate Generation' revealed that despite official resistance to a global climate regulation framework, confronting climate change is a surprisingly hot issue amongst elite Chinese youth. I recently accompanied a...(
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Praise for ‘the cowboys’ on World Humanitarian Day
04 09 2010
Today is the second annual World Humanitarian Day. The day aims to increase public awareness about humanitarian work and the importance of international cooperation, to honour humanitarian workers in the field , and commemorate all of those who have lost their lives in the line course of duty. This year, the day has three key messages that focus on the purpose of humanitarian aid to save lives and alleviate suffering: the diversity or humanitarian aid workers (most of whom come from the countries...(
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From a ‘shack’ to a new-age building? Appraising the new UN gender equality architecture
18 08 2010
The UN system has long been criticised for not matching its often impressive and widely supported commitments to gender equality with the human and budget resources, as well as the requisite institutional muscle, to translate commitments into reality for girls and women. From CEDAW , to the Beijing Platform for Action , to the Millennium Development Goals , the commitments are there, but the concerted action so badly needed has been lacking. Indeed long-term feminist activist and founder of the...(
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eGov Monitor
/ International Development
UK launches aid campaign to rid Nigeria of malaria by distributing life saving bednets
04 09 2009
With support from several donors, led by £50 million in UKaid, two insecticide treated bed nets will be distributed to every Nigerian household by December 2010, reaching over 30 million homes and saving thousands of lives.
Universal access to bednets would ensure UN reaches its protection against malaria goals in Africa
04 09 2009
Ray Chambers, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Malaria, is confident of that the international community would achieve its goal of providing providing all sub-Saharan African countries where the disease is endemic with universal access to insecticide-treated bed nets, indoor spraying and treatment by the end of next year.
Ban urges countries to come to an agreement on new climate change pact for the future of humanity
04 09 2009
With only 100 days left before the December meeting, the UN is launching Global Climate Week from 21 to 25 September. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week reiterated the need for countries to ‘seal the deal’ at a major climate change conference later this year in Copenhagen, stressing that a successful outcome is crucial for the planet and the future of humanity.
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Center for Global Development
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CGD is an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community.
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