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09.03.2007 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Federal Education Directorate for a $3.4 million three-year programme to strengthen teachers’ education in Pakistan.Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the programme will establish a new framework for teachers’ accreditation and management in basic education.

09.03.2007 Budget is an important event in the democratic diary of India, said Yogendra Yadav, in a panel discussion held by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA). Mani Shankar Aiyer himself said, “The least reliable part of the budget is the allocations for the North Eastern Regions”, who is also the Minister for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Regions

09.03.2007 Venerdì 9 marzo 2007, dalle ore 9.30 alle ore 13.30, a Roma, presso la Sala della Protomoteca in Campidoglio si terrà il convegno “L’Africa in pista. Perché lo stallo e l’arretramento dello sviluppo in Africa? Perché l’Africa non è mai al centro della politica internazionale? Esiste una via africana allo sviluppo?” promosso dal VIS – Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo e dall’Assessorato comunale alle Politiche Giovanili, ai rapporti con le Università e alla Sicurezza, con il patrocinio del Comune di Roma. Un’importante occasione di riflessione sulla questione Africa, continente complesso e contraddittorio, dalle grandi potenzialità inespresse, oggi – anche all’affacciarsi sulla scena internazionale di nuovi soggetti come la Cina - tornato nel dimenticatoio.

08.03.2007 Vo opstinite GJorce Petrov i Prilep se sprovede sestata, zavrsna forumska sesija na koja gragjanite samite odlucija koi proekti, predlozeni od forumot, vo najgolema merka soodvetstvuvaat so nivnite potrebi i ke bidat finansirani od raspolozliviot budzet od 120.000 evra od Svajcarskata agencija za razvoj i sorabotka i 30.000 evra od opstinata.

08.03.2007 Este gobierno tiene la responsabilidad de corregir las deficiencias de los 16 años de gobiernos anteriores, que no legislaron a favor de las mujeres, ni avanzaron en el cumplimiento de los compromisos que el estado Nicaragüense ha suscrito a nivel internacional en la defensa de nuestros derechos...

07.03.2007 “La pobreza tiene graves consecuencias en el goce y ejercicio pleno de los derechos de las mujeres en Latinoamérica”. Roberto Cuéllar M., Director del IIDH

06.03.2007 THE UN has identified violence against women and girls "the most pervasive" human rights violation that we know today. Statistics from the world over, including the Asia and Pacific region, paint a clear picture of the social and health consequences of violence against women.

06.03.2007 with almost 100,000 people in impoverished Nepal living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today launched an awareness and prevention kit aimed at halting the spread of the disease, particularly among the under 40 age group, which are the most at risk.

05.03.2007 Diversos estudios publicados a fines del año pasado han resaltado el crecimiento de la economía latinoamericana y caribeña por cuarto año consecutivo; sin embargo, ese crecimiento no ha estado acompañado por una mejora significativa de la calidad del empleo ni de las condiciones de vida de más de 200 millones de habitantes.

05.03.2007 El Centro Boliviano de Estudios Multidisciplinarios (CEBEM) y el Centro de Estudios Superiores Universitarios de la Universidad Mayor de San Simón (CESU-UMSS) anuncian la 3ra. Versión de este curso introductorio

05.03.2007 The generation of productive and remunerative employment is probably the central process in equitable growth. This is of course a concern that is as old as the study of economic growth itself, and effectively underlies all the debates about the possibilities of ''trickle-down'' of growth.

05.03.2007 Expectations of the academia -- that had asked for an almost 10-fold increase in the allocation towards higher education -- fell flat with Budget 2007-08. The Moily committee had recommended an allocation of Rs 17,000 crore.

02.03.2007 India has among the highest number of cases of anaemia in the world, according to the National Family Health Survey recently undertaken. The reasons range from high cost of healthcare facilities, poor food quality and the low status of women.

02.03.2007 Services like schooling, housing and nutrition have the largest claim (Rs 83,950.69 crore) on total plan allocation in India’s latest budget. Together with energy and transport, the social sector accounts for nearly 75% of the total allocation of Rs 319,992 crore.

02.03.2007 Un año de implementación del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Centroamérica, República Dominicana y Estados Unidos (CAFTA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha dejado más pérdidas que ganancias para los sectores agropecuarios, señalan organizaciones ciudadanas y gremios de pequeños productores.

01.03.2007 "nos comprometemos a construir nuestro movimiento colectivo para la soberanía alimentaria, forjando alianzas, apoyando nuestras diferentes luchas y haciendo que nuestra solidaridad, fuerza y creatividad lleguen a los pueblos de todo el mundo que tienen un compromiso con la soberanía alimentaria. Cada lucha por la soberanía alimentaria, independientemente de en qué lugar del mundo se libre, es nuestra lucha"

01.03.2007 Han pasado trece años desde que México firmó, con Estados Unidos y Canadá, un tratado de libre comercio, que se anunció entonces como la puerta por la que los mexicanos entrarían al mundo desarrollado.