Full coverage: Development

16.06.2006 The mid-day meals scheme introduced in Rajasthan in the Government and Government-aided primary schools has had an affirmative effect on enrolment of children, particularly of the girl child, at the elementary level - a new study has indicated.

15.06.2006 The University of Manchester is launching a new one-year MSc programme to address the training needs associated with recent massive expansion in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects.

15.06.2006 Expatriate Lankan professionals engaged in diverse fields of expertise have been requested to register with the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Planning Dr. P.B.Jayasundera indicating their availability to lend their service to the Motherland.

15.06.2006 In the course of the 20th century, universities throughout the world have become socially more and more inclusive. This is in marked contrast to what they were like till the middle of the 19th century.

15.06.2006 Maharashtra will soon become the first state in the country to make employing children a non-bailable offence.Amendments to this effect are currently being carried out by the state’s Labour and Law and Judiciary Departments

14.06.2006 Kehityspolitiikan ei tule olla alisteista kauppa- tai turvallisuuspolitiikalle, vaan itsenäinen politiikkalohko, painottaa Kehitysyhteistyöjärjestöjen EU-yhdistys (KEHYS). Kehityspolitiikan johdonmukaisuus vaatii köyhyyskysymysten ja kestävän kehityksen laajaa huomioon ottamista, painotetaan yhdistyksen uusilla EU-puheenjohtajuuskauden verkkosivuilla.

14.06.2006 Four months after the launch of the landmark job guarantee scheme, a nationwide study reveals that only 30% of those registering for the scheme have received job cards. Women, minorities, the elderly and the physically-challenged are not even being allowed to register.

14.06.2006 Burma's military regime comes under the spotlight of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) this week when its practice of forced labour will be scrutinized and acted upon.

14.06.2006 Those who really care about reform should come together and form a new coalition — one that bridges the artificial, destructive divide between North and South.

14.06.2006 How many zeroes does it take to make Girija Prasad Koirala smile? At least three - quipped a wag, as mandarins in the Ministry of External Affairs sweated in the Delhi heat to create an aid package that would meet the expectations of India's neighbour and friend perched in its Himalayan splendour.

14.06.2006 La Alternativa Bolivariana para América Latina y El Caribe (ALBA) es una propuesta de integración diferente. Mientras el ALCA responde a los intereses del capital trasnacional y persigue la liberalización absoluta del comercio de bienes y servicios e inversiones, el ALBA expresa los intereses de los pueblos latinoamericanos.

13.06.2006 El plan de austeridad que implementó el gobierno del presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, representó un ahorro de siete millones de dólares, que se destinaron para la creación de 1.364 empleos en los sectores de salud y educación, según cifras del Ministerio de Hacienda conocidas hoy.

13.06.2006 Much attention has focused lately on the Bolivian government's nationalization of the country's hydrocarbon resources. Bolivia's policy change follows up the Venezuelan government's systematic renegotiation of contracts with foreign petroleum companies which dramatically increased revenue available to benefit Venezuela's people.

13.06.2006 OneWorld South Asia plans to hold a half-day consultation on Role of ICTs for Universalisation of Elementary Education at its New Delhi office on 22 June 2006. The objective of this consultation is to explore the different tools and methodologies to enhance the access to school with quality education.

13.06.2006 Almora in Uttranchal, India, is facing an acute water crisis, which has been exacerbated by rapid, unplanned urban growth and the mismanagement of vital natural resources that has led to the drying up of natural sources of water. A critical piece by Bidisha Kumar in CSE's Science and Environment Magazine 'Down To Earth'.

13.06.2006 As a result of a long and continuous usage of natural resources, these communities have acquired a broad knowledge base of the behaviour of complex ecosystems of their locality.

13.06.2006 IT for Change, supported by HIVOS, India, and Association for Progressive Communications, is planning to hold a workshop, “Audio Visual Resources for Development: Moving towards Open Paradigms", on 15th June in Bangalore.

13.06.2006 Public funded non-formal education has been in vogue in India from the 1970s. While NFE centres were meant to be a special bridge for underprivileged children to get back to mainstream schools, many are bereft of infrastructure, pay teachers less and teach students little.

13.06.2006 Revived dramatically after four years, Nepal's reinstated parliament goes into hibernation under pressure from the Maoist guerrillas. And the spectre of renewed violence has forced the new government to choose peace talks over the house.

13.06.2006 Encouraging statistics pointing to a decline in child labour do not conceal the fact that the problem remains a major challenge in large parts of the world, said the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on the World Day Against Child Labour.