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Sustainability achieved in income, employment and food security in a Bangladeshi anti-poverty drive
Eldis | General 29 07 2010 Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR) is an innovative programme that was initiated in 2002 to address extreme poverty in Bangladesh. ...
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Thailand Faces Flak for Backing Mekong Dams
IPS | Development 29 07 2010 Northern Thai villagers living on Mekong River's banks are poised to join a growing tide of opposition against a planned cascade of 11 dams to be built on the mainstream of South-east Asia's largest body of water.
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TRADE-NAMIBIA: EU Backs Off on EPA
IPS | Development 29 07 2010 European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht has appeased leading European civil society organisations about the negotiations for a Southern African economic partnership agreement (EPA), promising "not to put undue pressure" on countries.
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Waiting for the water to come?: Poverty reduction in times of global climate change
DG | Poverty 29 07 2010 It is the poor who suffer most under the impact of climate change. Climate change makes poverty reduction more difficult. This paper presents the consequences of climate change, the ways climate change is anticipated to develop in future and aspects which make the poor particularly vulnerable. The focus is on the measures people themselves can take to maintain and adapt their livelihood strategies to the changing climate conditions.
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CARE USA 2009 Annual Report: Signs of Change
DG | Poverty 29 07 2010 CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice. We place special emphasis on investing in women and girls because our six decades of experience show that their empowerment benefits whole communities.CARE supported more than 800 poverty-fighting projects in 72 countries to reach more than 59 million people in fiscal year 2009. CARE projects advance education, improve health, increase economic opportunity and meet emergency needs during and after dis
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Ten years of poverty: what have we learned since 2000 and what should we do 2010-2020?
DG | Poverty 29 07 2010 From 8-10 September 2010, the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) will celebrate ten years of poverty research with an international conference hosted by the Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) at the University of Manchester. This event will bring together leading poverty researchers and actors for poverty reduction to: review the ‘state of the art’ in poverty reduction; showcase CPRC’s key research findings on chronic poverty; set the research and policy agenda on poverty rese
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JAPAN: Rising Wages Won't Scare Investors Away from China
IPS | Development 29 07 2010 Common business wisdom would have it that rising wages are bad news for foreign investors, but analysts here say that workers' clamour for higher pay in Japanese factories in China will not send them packing from that country anytime soon.
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U.N. Declares Water and Sanitation a Basic Human Right
IPS | Development 29 07 2010 When the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in December 1948, 58 member states voted for a historic document covering political, economic, social and cultural rights.
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Oxfam apologizes for incident at UN climate meeting
Oxfam International | Press Releases 28 07 2010 International agency Oxfam has apologized to the Government of Saudi Arabia and to the Bureau, secretariat and members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for an offensive incident that occurred at a meeting in Bonn in June. International agency Oxfam has apologized to the Government of Saudi Arabia and to the Bureau, secretariat and members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for an o Contact Information For further information:
Matt Grainger, Oxfam International Head of Media, 44 (0)7730 680 837
Tricia O'Rourke, Oxfam GB Head of Media, 44 (0)7920 596 358 read more
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AU Summit: Less rhetoric and more action needed to save women and childrens' lives
Oxfam International | Press Releases 28 07 2010 As African leaders return home from the AU Summit, they must now take immediate action to implement the maternal and child health promises they have made here, a coalition of civil society organizations said today. As African leaders return home from the AU Summit, they must now take immediate action to implement the maternal and child health promises they have made here, a coalition of civil society African people are tired of rhetoric – now they need to see real change in their daily lives. Head of Oxfam's AU Liaison office in Addis Ababa Contact Information For interviews & information please call: - Charles Bambara: 256 - 75 74 13 857
- Alun McDonald: 254 - 73 66 66 663
- Tanya Weinberg: 256 - 787 952-037
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What drives the growth process in the Arab region?
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 This paper analyzes overall economic growth performance in the Arab world since the mid 1960s, with the key objective of developing a better understanding ...
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Developing microfinance services for the poor in the ESCWA region
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 This paper proposes a development strategy to ensure permanent access to institutional financial services for the majority of poor and low-income households ...
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Can bilateral donors make local communities 'own' Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers?
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 Donors view Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) as instruments to endorse government poverty alleviation policies and enable budget and sector-wide ...
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Bridging development and humanitarian work in protracted crises
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 Development aid donors are paying more attention to countries in long-term crisis, which may help conflict-affected populations. However, it is difficult ...
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Lessons from South Africa's trade negotiations with the European Union
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 As North-South trading arrangements proliferate, many fear that negotiators from developing countries lack the ability and bargaining power to defend ...
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School enrolment, performance and access to education in Tanzania
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 The Tanzanian government has been struggling to reach targets set out in its Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for improving education. There is ...
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Lessons from national pension reforms
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 All countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have, to some extent, altered their national pension systems, consistent ...
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Quantifying the costs and benefits of tourism
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 Since the 1990s, tourism has become the fastest growing industry in Tanzania. By 1999 tourism accounted for 60 percent of all exports of goods and services ...
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Women's activism in times of conflict
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 This downloadable book considers the study of women's rights activists who respond to conflict or crises in their own countries. The authors address their ...
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The unavoidable long-term trade-off of public expenditure versus state pension age in the UK
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 The Second Report of the UK Pensions Commission sets out the its conclusions on the likely evolution of the UK pension system if policy is unchanged, ...
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The future of democracy in Iraq
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 This special report considers the future for democracy in Iraq. The authors examine what Iraqis can do to ensure the institutionalisation of their fledgling ...
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Working conditions in the Nokia factories of China
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 This report aims to summarise working conditions at Nokia's joint venture in Dongguan and at the factories of Nokia's subcontractors. The paper focuses ...
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Holding governments to account on their aid for trade policies
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 The notion of aid for trade covers many different types of intervention other than simply the distribution of money and goods. These include capacity ...
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What developed and developing countries can do to generate the highest payoffs from trade agreements
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 In the light of the upcoming 2005 ministerial meeting of the Doha round, this issue of id21 insights examines what developed and developing countries ...
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Report by the Fair Labor Association on global standards of labour
Eldis | General 28 07 2010 This is the third Annual Public Report published by the Fair Labor Association (FLA). This report provides an objective analysis of the activities of ...
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