Full coverage: Development

27.02.2004 Some 600 people packed Saskatoon's St. John's Cathedral last month to hear Stephen Lewis at his passionate best. The UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa vividly described that continent's battle with the pandemic - challenging citizens of wealthier nations to take action. Hear Lewis again in web audio.

27.02.2004

© Erin Dey / Academy for Educational Development

Outstanding efforts to promote breastfeeding, child nutrition, and education for vulnerable children are highlighted by the Academy for Educational Development, along with a photograph and brief description of the keys to project success.

27.02.2004

EU

CAFTA is up for debate, and NAFTA is under attack. A new analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies sheds light on the controversy over economic and trade integration by exploring how the European Union came together--a more human and egalitarian process than the one being imposed in the Americas.

27.02.2004 Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization, 2003, explores the impact of globalization on poor people around the world and suggests how “ethical globalization” might bridge the gap dividing NGOs and governments in regard to this controversial trend. Two other studies are also included in this “resource update.”

27.02.2004 El portal OneWorld acaba d'estrenar una nova secció sobre el comerç just, elaborada en col·laboració amb la Xarxa de Consum Solidari. La secció recull informació d'actualitat sobre campanyes i projectes de les ONG que treballen en comerç just, agenda d'activitats i informació sobre nous productes. A més, s'ofereixen enllaços d'interès, punts de vista dels països del Sud i articles i dossiers d'anàlisi.

27.02.2004 Five organisations from Denmark have jointly elaborated a network project on Indigenous Peoples, Gender, and Natural Resource Management.

26.02.2004 A la Vall dels Manduriacos, a l'Equador, viuen 500 famílies repartides en 16 petites comunitats. Fa sis anys, la Corporación Talleres del Gran Valle, una entitat autogestionada pels habitants de la zona, va engegar un projecte de producció i comercialització de productes de comerç just. Es tracta d’una regió molt pobre, escassament poblada i amb un greu problema de comunicació viària amb la resta del país. Els projectes de la Corporación han representat no només una possibilitat econòmica i de desenvolupament sostenible, sinó un profund treball amb els habitants de les comunitats sobre la participació directa i democràtica a la vida de la vall.
Font: Corporación Talleres del Gran Valle

26.02.2004 Southern Africa's crisis is far from over, UN agencies warn, but the attention of major donors shifted to other regions before needed improvements in water supply, sanitation, nutrition and health care could be made. Now food needs are again emerging, threatening progress made last year, but funding has fallen off sharply.

26.02.2004 The U.S. needs to develop a model for international trade that will guarantee job security here, while promoting sustainable development and prosperity overseas. As Congress prepares to vote on the Central America Free Trade Agreement this summer, advocacy groups will be rolling out a series of fact sheets assessing the CAFTA proposal in this light.

26.02.2004 Advocates of social development in the World Bank appear to have won a skirmish with hard-line economists. A large-scale evaluation has concluded that helping countries foster inclusive and cohesive societies with accountable institutions makes development programs more effective and sustainable. "The trickle-down effect does not always produce a positive social impact," points out the Bank's Vice-President for Sustainable Development.

26.02.2004

Fatos Nano

Kryeministri Fatos Nano do te niset sot drejt Bosnje-Hercegovines, per te marre pjese ne Konferencen Nderkombetare per Investimet, qe do te zhvillohet ne qytetin e Mostarit. Ne konference, qe do te zgjase dy dite, do te marrin pjese gjithashtu lidera te rajonit te Ballkanit. Shefi i qeverise do te mbaje nje fjale sot ne seancen plenare te konferences.

25.02.2004 Congo - the other one - lies across a river from the larger and more infamous Democratic Republic of Congo. Last spring, a Médecins Sans Frontières team was finally able to enter Congo's Pool Province. The health of the inhabitants was deplorable. Populations in many towns and villages had shriveled by more than half. Years of violence, extortion, pillaging and rape were clear breaking traditional social structures. A view from David Morley, head of MSF Canada.

25.02.2004 Ne konferencen e shtypit te mbajtur ne Zagreb me 23 Shkurt,Platforma Qytetare ”Dosta e!” prezantoi iniciativen e saj te re per çarmatimin ne nivel rajonal. Fushata duhet te asistoje ne proçesin e pergjitheshem te stabilizimit dhe te integrimit Europian ne rajon.

25.02.2004 A relief worker living near the West Bank during the construction of Israel's wall describes the wanton destruction of Palestinian orchards and the daily disregard for the rights and needs of people living in the construction area. Now Palestinians are forced to depend on aid rations, writes Rudolf Hinz.

25.02.2004 A global policy monitoring mechanism is need to ensure that the path of globalization is fair to all people around the world, according to a new report--two years in the making--by the International Labor Organization. The report received a warm welcome from the world's largest federation of trade unions.

25.02.2004 Children living in indigenous communities face far greater threats to their survival than other children, according to a new study by the research arm of the UN Children's Fund. Indigenous communities are under economic and cultural stress, and children are less likely to be vaccinated or attend school. The report suggests a series of "strategic investments" that could help turn this situation around.

25.02.2004 On election eve, Indian health activists are urging politicians to curb unnecessary deaths in a country where two million children under the age of five die every year.

24.02.2004 Numero di febbraio.
Il Forum sociale riparte dagli esclusi
Universi lontani insieme a Mumbai

Città caotica e affollata, occidentali spaesati, quasi fuori posto. Il quarto appuntamento mondiale new global va in scena in mezzo agli slum. Accanto ai temi "classici" spazio alle questioni locali e ai senza casta
di Pietro Raitano

24.02.2004 What's going on in Venezuela, where Pres. Hugo Chavez continues to fend off an active, business-based opposition movement? You can find out by participating in an upcoming "Reality Tour" and meeting representatives from all parts of the social and political spectrum.

24.02.2004 Ministrja e Integrimit Europian, Ermelinda Meksi, zhvilloi dje nje takim me Drejtorin per Ballkanin ne Ministrine e Puneve te Jashtme Suedeze, Lars Uahlund. Ne emer te qeverise qe perfaqeson Uahlund i shprehu zonjes Meksi mbeshtetjen qe Suedia i jep vendit tone ne procesin e integrimit europian.