Full Coverage: Development

04/30/2007 Executive Director of SAP International, Dr Rohit Kumar Nepali says the people of South Asia are struggling because of political indifference, criminalisation of politics, militarisation and a never-ending cycle of poverty.

04/30/2007 Science writer and development journalist Nalaka Gunawardene who was inspired to take up science writing from a sustainable development perspective after reading Our Common Future commemorates the 20 years of the report in this article Children of Brundtland Coming of Age. He talks about the role of journalists in achieving sustainable development and building a critical consciousness.

04/26/2007 El actual ministro haitiano de la Planificación y Cooperación externa, Jean Max Bellerive, lanzó, el jueves 12 de abril, la preparación del Documento de la estrategia nacional de crecimiento y reducción de la pobreza (DSNCRP, sigla en francés de Document de stratégie nationale pour la croissance et la réduction de la pauvreté).

04/25/2007 Frente a los grandes acuerdos libremercadistas que impulsa este tipo de Foros, postulamos un modelo de integración regional no sólo comercial, sino cultural, social, económica y política, que privilegie a los pueblos y que tenga como principal fundamento los lazos de cooperación y fraternidad.

04/25/2007 Faced with unemployment in their failing tea estates, about two years ago, tea pluckers in the rolling highlands of this southern state responded by forming cooperatives to buy out their former employers Tata Tea and turn the gardens into profitable enterprises.

04/24/2007 A diestra y siniestra, intelectuales del Primer Mundo suelen desgranar análisis y proyecciones, críticas y apologías sobre diferentes aspectos político-sociales de América Latina. Entre los que se ubican en la izquierda, abundan las simplificaciones y las “bajadas de línea” sobre lo que deberían hacer las izquierdas y los movimientos sociales

04/24/2007 El apagón que afectó todo el territorio costarricense el pasado jueves 19 de abril y los racionamientos sectoriales de energía de la semana pasada, debido a fallas en plantas térmicas, provocaron controversia entre portavoces empresariales, sindicales y estatales.

04/24/2007 Ekologinen velka on vauraiden maiden velkaa köyhien maiden ihmisille ja ympäristölle, jotka ovat kärsineet ulkomaisella rahalla toteutetuista hankkeista. Aihetta käsiteltiin useassa Sosiaalifoorumin tilaisuudessa viime viikonloppuna.

04/23/2007 Los días 17 y 18 de abril, el Movimiento de Agricultura Orgánica Costarricense (MAOCO) convocó a un encuentro de personas del campo. De ese encuentro resultó este comunicado.

04/23/2007 Poliittinen kehitys ja hieman parantunut turvallisuustilanne ovat kasvattaneet odotuksia Nepalin talouden kehittymisestä. Aasian kehityspankin mukaan ensimmäiset merkit Nepalin talouden elpymisestä ovat ilmassa, mutta kehitys on hidasta.

04/20/2007 El próximo viernes, 20 de abril, se celebrará en el municipio de Ixcán, Quiché, Guatemala, una amplia consulta popular como una forma de democracia directa en la toma de decisión sobre los megaproyectos que se pretenden imponer en este municipio.

04/19/2007 Per dire no agli Accordi di Partenariato Economico (APE o EPA) oggi in Italia la Campagna "L'Africa non è in vendita!"* ha tenuto tre azioni parallele di fronte all'ambasciata tedesca a Roma ed ai consolati di Napoli e Milano. Sullo sfondo del rumore comune alle altre piazze, è stata inscenata una vendita di pezzi di Africa tramite la firma di un "Contratto di svendita" tra i singoli cittadini acquirenti e il rappresentante della Ue, il commissario al commercio Peter Mandelson. L'Europa, infatti, sta negoziando con molta discrezione con 77 sue ex colonie di Africa, Caraibi e Pacifico degli accordi commerciali che vogliono aprire ai nostri prodotti la maggior parte dei mercati di questi Paesi, in particolare agricoli e industriali, senza tener conto delle conseguenze per lo più negative di tali provvedimenti. Gli APE erano nati come accordi di cooperazione, ma i Paesi ricchi, primi fra tutti quelli dell'Unione europea, si ostinano a pensare che la priorità dell'Africa stia nell'integrazione nei mercati globali, nonostante gli evidenti fallimenti delle politiche di libero commercio nel portare un accresciuto benessere in ogni contesto e per tutte le fasce della popolazione.

04/19/2007 Kolkata-based NGO, Center for Social Market (CSM) is initiating a series of seminars - Climate Conversation - on Climate Change in the Indian cities of Kochi and Kolkatta in June 2007. The organisation feels the need for the civil society organisations to interact with policymakers to raise awareness on climate change and security issues.

04/18/2007 In this paper, presented at the national workshop on Gender Budgeting as an effective tool for women's empowerment, organised by the Equity Foundation Patna and the Planning Commission of India on 15th April, 2007, Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR, SNDT Women's University Mumbai, shares a detailed analysis of the state of gender budgeting in India.

04/18/2007 Eteläisen Afrikan maat pystyvät hyödyntämään keskimäärin alle 30 prosenttia lisääntyvästä kehitysavusta, koska IMF sanelee valtioiden makroekonomiset suuntaviivat, IMF:n itsenäisen arviointiosaston raportissa todetaan.

04/18/2007 Äärimmäisessä köyhyydessä elävien määrä putosi vuodesta 1990 noin viidenneksellä vuoteen 2004 mennessä, ja alle dollarilla elää nykyisin noin 985 miljoonaa ihmistä. Maailmanpankin raportti muistuttaa kuitenkin, että lähes puolet kehitysmaiden väestöstä - noin 2,6 miljardia ihmistä - eli vuonna 2004 alle kahdella dollarilla päivässä.

04/17/2007 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that if the United Nations can make its operations more streamlined and efficient in the fields of development, humanitarian assistance and environment it will benefit both developed and developing nations. He added that this is important for fulfilling the MDG goals.

04/17/2007 A unique, private media initiative involving joint television programmes may do what political leaders in South Asia have failed to do so far -- bring together the people of this fractious region.

04/17/2007 This year the European Union will spend more than 35 percent of its 115 billion euro (156 billion dollars) budget on supporting farmers, even though agriculture accounts for less than 5 percent of the EU workforce.With such a disproportionate focus on farming, does the Union have any moral authority to demand liberalisation of the food trade in poor countries, where often 70 percent of people rely on agriculture to make a living?

04/17/2007 Kerala has emerged as the top performing state while West Bengal finds itself in the bottom five (with Bihar in the last spot) in an official survey on the health of elementary education in the country in 2005-06. The District Information System for Education data, compiled by government think tank NUEPA, took access, infrastructure, teacher and outcome indicators into account to compute the Educational Development Index