Full coverage: Development

31.08.2007 Suomen Etelä-Afrikan suurlähettilään Heikki tuunasen mukaan monesta Afrikan maasta puuttuvat kansanvallan perinteet, mikä vaikeuttaa konfliktien ratkaisemista. Tuunasen lisäksi Afrikan ongelmia pohtivat maamme Etiopian, Egyptin ja Nigerian suurlähettiläät ulkoasiainministeriön telttatapahtumassa.

31.08.2007 The issue of regional transport seems to be topping the agenda of South Asian governments. In a recent meeting of the SAARC transport ministers, Indian external affairs minister has emphasized on promoting greater connectivity in South Asia.

31.08.2007 The Prime Minister of India has lauded the spirit of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and urged entrepreneurs to be globally competitive, while underlining the importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and their contribution to the growth of new industries.

30.08.2007 Greenpeace activists staged a “shame-HCL” protest at the company’s headquarters in Noida, India, demanding that the company make clear and binding commitments to green its operations.

30.08.2007 Jeffrey Sachs (a Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University) has shared his views on the life expectancy in the developed, developing and least developed countries in Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

30.08.2007 Cast your vote online to tell your development minister to act now and to seriously question and change World Bank policies, particularly concerning economic policy conditionality and fossil fuel funding.

30.08.2007 The government of Sri Lanka said that their troops are determined to crush the threat posed by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

29.08.2007 The report 'Strategy for Sustained Growth' says that Bangladesh could join the ranks of middle income countries by 2016. It has the necessary assets, much-improved economic fundamentals, rapidly growing labor force, an established entrepreneurial culture and an impressive record of achievement in harnessing sound economic and social policies to pioneering social entrepreneurship.

29.08.2007 David Wheeler, lead economist for the Infrastructure/Environment Team of the World Bank's Development Research Group has expressed his concerns on the environment in an interview and looks further for innovative new strategies for protecting the environment by redefining the concepts of regulation, the roles of government, and the responsibility of the private sector.

29.08.2007 In a letter to the Indian states’ chief ministers, the prime minister urged to prepare time-bound action plans for providing reasonable and affordable basic services to the urban poor in all major cities.

29.08.2007 Pemenuhan MDGs adalah tanggung jawab semua negara. Untuk itulah, Duta Besar khusus PBB untuk Tujuan Pembangunan Milenium mengajak seluruh komponen masyarakat sipil di Indonesia untuk berpartisipasi dalam kampanye mendukung tujuan pembangunan melenium tersebut

27.08.2007 Asian Development Bank and the World Trade Organization, in partnership with the Philippine Government, is hosting a two-day conference on "Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Asia and the Pacific" on 19-20 September at Manila, Philippines. It will bring trade and finance ministers, key donors, and the private sector to focus on the trade and infrastructure challenges facing the Asia and the Pacific region.

27.08.2007 India has agreed to assist Nepal in reconstruction of services and training centres that were destroyed during the Maoist insurgency and shown willingness to produce skilled manpower in the agriculture sector during a recent meeting of the agriculture ministers of the two countries.

27.08.2007 There is something remarkable in the tribal women of North Indian state of Orissa as they have increased their level of awareness and no longer dependent on the money lenders. On the contrary, today they are small-scale entrepreneurs by forming SHGs groups and selling the turmeric which has good production in their village.

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23.08.2007 An Indian American entrepreneur researcher has done a study on the immigration issue and revealed that India has provided more in intellectual capital to US than the financial aid from US to India. The study also shows that for the first time in its history the US faces the prospect of a reverse brain drain because of its flawed immigration policies.

23.08.2007 Sai Seva (Serve and Inspire Simple Employment for Village Advancement), is the new face of Indian BPO sector as it trains rural youth in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh. The aim is to help educated rural youth by preventing them from migrating to cities and providing employment in the villages.

23.08.2007 Indian railways is finding meaningful ways to engage ragpickers across the country. They are being pressed into service to clean the tracks at stations and become daily wagers. The railways has also introduced mechanised cleaning system at 26 major stations in the country. Here, cleanings of platforms and trains are carried out with the help of machines.

22.08.2007 Ulkomaankauppa- ja kehitysministeri Paavo Väyrynen haluaa kehityspolitiikan kulmakiveksi kestävän kehityksen ja muuttaa kehitysajattelua globaalin aluepolitiikan suuntaan. Budjettitukea ministeri sen sijaan vierastaa, ilmeni ulkoministeriön keskustelutilaisuudessa.

22.08.2007 India and Pakistan agreed to allow cross-border cargo truck services, aimed at boosting trade. The agreement, which came after a meeting between the officials of the two countries, will help to improve transport of goods and led to the restoration of diplomatic, sporting and transportation links.