Full coverage: Development

23.05.2006 Africa Freedom day which falls on 25th May, is a day in which as Africans we observe the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and pay tribute to the Heads of State, who through a common vision of unity, decided to seek a joint African solution to the dichotomy facing Africa in the 1960s.

23.05.2006 En las calles de Caracas las paredes todavía estaban llenas de pintas del pasado referéndum, muchas diciendo vota no (que Chávez no se vaya) y otras vota sí (que se vaya), y muchas diciendo simplemente no, o sí, en letras de todo tamaño. Especialmente me gustó una que decía: di no al yes.
Publica: Revista Pasos del departamento Ecuménico de www.dei-cr.org

22.05.2006 ¿Sabía Usted que esta iniciativa económica es iniciada por el gobierno conservador de Jorge Batlle? Todos conocemos el innegable amor de Batlle por todo lo "Made in USA", incluidos el english, ciertos bloqueos a Cuba, invasiones a Iraq, torturitas por allí, Guantánamos, Abu Graibs, intervención en Colombia, golpes de estado en Haití, Venezuela, etc., etc., etc

22.05.2006 Afrikan talous kasvaa 5,8 prosentilla tänä vuonna ja 5,5 prosenttia vuonna 2007, arvioi OECD:n ja Afrikan kehityspankin tuore talouskatsaus. Myönteisen kehityksen jarruna on kurja liikenneverkosto.

22.05.2006 President General Pervez Musharraf said that the country’s economy had stabilised and he was poised to focus on the major issues of reducing poverty, creating jobs and controlling inflation.

22.05.2006 The adverse effects of unfair rules of global trade have made it imperative for national governments to have enough sovereign rights for policy formulations to deal with the situation. It is unfortunate that this policy space of national governments is gradually shrinking, with unfair trade rules in vogue.

22.05.2006 The Union Human Resource Development Ministry has dropped its move to impose 25 per cent reservation for children from the weaker sections in unaided schools at the elementary level.

22.05.2006 The United States and Pakistan agreed to turn the existing cooperation between the two countries in the education sector into a long-lasting and enduring relationship. The US agreed to help Pakistan in making up for the deficiencies in infrastructure at the school level, especially in the rural areas.

19.05.2006 Ushering in a new era, Nepal’s revived Parliament, in a historic declaration today, adopted resolutions that not only stripped the King of his title as the Supreme Commander of the Royal Nepal Army, but also brought his private property and earnings into the tax net. The King’s decisions can henceforth be debated in Parliament as well as challenged in a court of law.

19.05.2006 The information technology industry wants the Government to draw lessons from the townships created in the 1950s for the manufacturing sector and replicate the success by establishing integrated knowledge townships for it.

19.05.2006 After months of discussion, the 25-nation European Union has set the stage for a formal ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a senior European diplomat familiar with the case told The Hindu.

18.05.2006 Launching the Early Recovery Plan for Pakistan the United Nations Development Programmes, Resident Representative Jan Vandemoortele and Pakistans UN Ambassador Munir Akram sought $300 million from donor nations to rehabilitate the survivors of earthquake.

18.05.2006 The US expressed concern at the escalating tension in Sri Lanka with the LTTE violating the spirit of ceasefire, hinting at working together with other countries to choke cash inflows to the outfit.

18.05.2006 Aimed at ending child hunger by 2015, TNT India in partnership with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is organising a fund-raising event, "Walk the World", in the Delhi.

17.05.2006 The ADB/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific welcomed Sri Lanka and Macao, China as new members .Becoming the Initiative’s 26th and 27th members, Sri Lanka and Macao, China have committed to stepping up their fight against corruption.

17.05.2006 Nepal has joined the WTO to integrate its economy with the global mainstream and capitalize on the benefits of market access opportunities. As an instrument of globalization, the WTO has opened tremendous economic opportunities for Nepal, but turning them into reality in a sustained way is challenging.

17.05.2006 Breaking the cycle of hunger and poverty in Nepal and meeting the goal of halving the number of chronically under-nourished by 2015 seems an elusive task, said Jean Pierre de Margerie, representative of the World Food Programme Nepal (WFPN).

17.05.2006 The United Nations launched a year-long $300-million plan to begin rebuilding areas of northern Pakistan devastated by an earthquake seven months ago.More than 73,000 people died and about 3 million became homeless in the powerful quake that hit Pakistani Kashmir and adjoining North West Frontier Province on Oct. 8.

17.05.2006 The LTTE’s peace secretariat chief, S. Pulidevan, said yesterday that the spiraling violence in the country was worrying and that they were prepared for a resumption of the civil war.

17.05.2006 Inequality is a key issue in debates about achieving the MDGs. Nevertheless, there are still important issues which need to be resolved before one can design sensible and effective policies for addressing inequality. These issues are highlighted by three main questions: which inequalities matter? what drives inequalities, and how can they be affected by policy? or which specific policy instruments work best where?