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Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Jan 9, 2008

  Presidential Candidates and Global Development (II)

We already mentioned the Democratic Presidential Candidates' plans for Global Development if elected President (or when elected President, as one of them prefers to say). At the ONE campaign's website "On the Record" , you can check and compare...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Nov 13, 2007

  Video: Moving out of Poverty

The video of the presentation of the book " Moving Out of Poverty " is now available online.... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Nov 15, 2007

  Africa's sustained growth: Can we be optimistic?

The World Bank's Africa Development Indicators (ADI 2007) , launched yesterday in Johannesburg, would indicate that there is in fact reason to be optimistic.   During the last decade many African countries have achieved steady economic growth, much needed to reduce the levels of...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Nov 7, 2007

  Making Poverty the Story

  A new report by Panos London , Making Poverty the Story: Time to Involve the Media in Poverty Reduction , argues that the time has come to recognize and support the potential crucial contribution of the mass media to efforts to reduce poverty in low-income countries. Policy change...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Oct 24, 2007

  Development Marketplace for African Dispora in Europe (D-MADE)

This World Bank initiative will, through a competitive process, award grants and technical assistance to innovative entrepreneurial projects that are designed by Africans, to support the development of Africa.   Elegible participants to the competition can be individuals or organizations...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Oct 3, 2007

  Moving Out of Poverty

  The book Moving Out of Poverty: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives on Mobility was launched today at the World Bank in Washington with a Keynote Address by Charles Tilly , author of one of the chapters.   Edited by Deepa Narayan and Patti Petesch, this book "explores...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Sep 27, 2007

  Making PRSP inclusive

  Handicap International has published  this handbook , where it presents ideas, experiences and suggestions on how to make PRSPs (Poverty Reduction Strategies) more inclusive. [Via Development Gateway]   For more information on how to include disable people in development efforts,...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Sep 19, 2007

  New blogs: End Poverty in South Asia / Paul Krugman

Shanta Devarajan , Chief Economist of the South Asia Region at the World Bank, has recently started a blog to  "create a conversation around how South Asia can end poverty in a generation". Its name: End Poverty in South Asia   Paul Krugman has also started blogging at the New York...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Apr 26, 2007

  Barack Obama will double US Aid

In a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs , Barack Obama pledged to double US aid by 2012, if elected President.   For the last twenty years, U.S. foreign aid funding has done little more than keep pace with inflation.  Doubling our foreign assistance spending by 2012 will help...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Apr 19, 2007

  Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas That Work

  The South Asia Region and the Poverty Reduction Group of the World Bank presented today its new publication: Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas That Work , edited by Deepa Narayan and Elena Glinskaya.This is a collection of case studies that describe experiences by practitioners in the...... [view]

Posted By:  moheyuddin
Posted On:  Mar 20, 2007

  John Edwards and the fight against poverty

Sarah Jane Hise writes in the CGD Blog about presidential candidate John Edwards and his Global Poverty Proposal launched last week: "Restoring America's Moral Leadership by Fighting Worldwide Poverty"   Three cheers for John Edwards for being the first presidential candidate of the 2008...... [view]

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