Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Oct 13, 2008	Close down international trading and toss in Tobin
down down From Bloomberg : Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said political leaders are discussing the idea of closing the world’s financial markets while they “rewrite the rules of international finance.” Whoa. This is epic news. The G7 is clearly...... [view]

Posted By:  BethP Posted On:  Sep 26, 2008	Ramping Up: Africa and the MDGs
It’s been a historical week in international development as leaders worldwide have ramped up discussions around meeting the 2015 Millennium Development Goals.  Increasingly (though not exclusively) Africa-specific concerns, the MDG conversation has generated some significant news over...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Apr 11, 2008	India’s Ultra Mega Power Project gets Green Light from IFC
The time has come to worship the black rocks beneath our soil. India needs approximately 160,000 megawatts of electricity in the coming decade to be able to sustain its phenomenal growth rate. Conveniently enough, we have one of the largest coal reserves in the world. Unfortunately Indian...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Apr 11, 2008	India’s Ultra Mega Power Project gets Green Light from IFC
The time has come to worship the black rocks beneath our soil. India needs approximately 160,000 megawatts of electricity in the coming decade to be able to sustain its phenomenal growth rate. Conveniently enough, we have one of the largest coal reserves in the world. Unfortunately Indian...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Mar 10, 2008	The AID Epidemic
I think the World Bank should close down. Ok, not really but that was kind of what I suggested some time ago at the End Poverty in South Asia blog run by Shanta Devrajan, WB's chief economist for the South Asian region. Devrajan was addressing questions raised by various anti-worldbank groups....... [view]

Posted By:  mydemand Posted On:  Jan 26, 2008	BRATs Recruiting Again, ESUM Public Speaking Competition, Essay Competition 2008
Quick updates (using Deepest Sender): 1) The Star’s BRATs are recruiting again for 2008! I get a lot of comments from would-be BRATs asking about the next recruitment, so here’s your chance. Workshops will be held on: • Taiping, March 9 - 12 •...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Sep 12, 2007	Challenges facing ICT Promoters in Uganda
According to latest figures from the World Bank, the percentage of the population that have access to power in Uganda is about 7% but in rural areas it is just 1%. The power shortages have made it impossible for private telecom operators to extend services to some areas and in other localities...... [view]

Posted By:  scoutbanana Posted On:  May 4, 2007	the quest for development; aid to the rescue in ghana
Poverty: a state of being extremely poor; inferior in quality or insufficient in amount; our generation’s greatest problem; the world’s worst disease; a trap. The definition of poverty is one that is not difficult to grasp, yet so many do not understand how or why it plagues our world of...... [view]

Posted By:  scoutbanana Posted On:  Apr 4, 2007	no more foreign aid institutions. . . it's china
Foreign aid; development assistance; foreign investment; these terms are now gaining another synonym: rogue aid. In an excerpt from the Foreign Policy Blog , rouge aiders are defined as such, "Because their goal is not to help other countries develop. Rather, they are motivated by a desire to...... [view]

Youth Employment Network (YEN)
Submitted By:   Dgardiner Website:  http://www.ilo.org/yen Phone:  +41227997824 E-mail:  yenetwork@ilo.org	Vision:   YEN envisions a world where young people everywhere have a real chance to find employment. Where: • Having advocated for prioritising youth employment on development agendas since 2001, YEN is perceived as a credible......   [view]