Full coverage: Development

31.01.2008 Jakarta, SatuDunia. Partai Golkar berencana mengusulkan gelar pahlawan bagi Soeharto. Pertumbuhan ekonomi yang tinggi menjadi salah satu pertimbangan dari usul tersebut. Padahal pertumbuhan ekonomi yang tinggi di masa itu ditopang oleh utang luar negeri, pelanggaran HAM dan juga kehancuran ekologi.

30.01.2008 Pertambangan memiliki dampak yang sangat besar terhadap kerusakan peisisir dan laut. Kerusakan ekosistem dan sumberdaya pesisir dan laut tentu saja akan berdampak luas pada berbagai aspek yang berhubungan dengan kehidupan manusia.

30.01.2008 Indeks Standar Pencemaran Udara (ISPU) di Pontianak belakangan ini sudah masuk dalam kategori bahaya. Penyebabnya pembakaran lahan untuk membuka areal pertanian.

30.01.2008 Deli Serdang, SatuDunia. Hanya karena ingin mengejar keuntungan melalui perkebunan kelapa sawit, PTPN IV Adolina mengusir paksa petani Deli Serdang dari tanah garapannya. Meski demikian, petani Damak Maliho tetap bersikukuh atas lahan yang mereka garap.

30.01.2008 Indonesian pitkäaikainen diktaattori Suharto kuoli 27.1.2008. Suharton perintöön kuuluu sekä huima taloudellinen kehitys että valtava määrä kuolonuhreja, ja nimenomaan hänen valtakautensa on tehnyt Indonesian valtiosta ja yhteiskunnasta sellaisia kuin ne nykyään ovat.

29.01.2008 Dari 1.180 hektare luas hutan mangrove di pantai timur Surabaya, kerusakannya mencapai sekitar 40 persen atau seluas 400 hektare. Kerusakan hutan ini diperkirakan sudah menelan kerugian sebesar Rp 16 miliar.

29.01.2008 Rural women in KwaZulu Natal will be using mobile phones to report on violations of their human rights. The UmNyango Project, which is implementing this initiative, was established by Fahamu, a pan African organisation based in Cape Town, Nairobi, Dakar and Oxford

29.01.2008 A World Bank report has applauded Uganda for embracing new technologies in her development process. The report 'Global Economic Prospects 2008: Technology Diffusion in the Developing World' examines the state of technology in developing countries and the pace with which it has advanced since the early 1990s.

28.01.2008 Merasa tidak dilibatkan, sejumlah petani transmigrasi yang dijumpai di kampung Marga Mulya Distrik Semangga tak merespon positif konsep Merauke Integrated Rice Estate (MIRE) yang digembar-gemborkan pemerintah Kabupaten Merauke

28.01.2008 Yogyakarta, SatuDunia. Alih-alih mensejahterakan warganya, Pemda Kabupaten Bantul Yogyakarta justru menyingkirkan warganya. Penggusuran itu dilakukan dengan dalih untuk memberikan iklim yang kondusif bagi investasi asing.

28.01.2008 "Lebbra, una malattia dimenticata". Con questa frase l'Aifo ha promosso la 55a Giornata mondiale dei malati di lebbra che si è svolta ieri domenica 27 gennaio nella giornata istituita da Raoul Follereau e riconosciuta ufficialmente dall’Onu. Sono ancora 259mila i nuovi casi di lebbra registrati ogni anno, pari a circa 750 casi al giorno: attualmente circa 10 milioni di persone hanno la vita segnata dalla malattia, benché da essa si possa guarire. "La lebbra è oggi una malattia dimenticata come dimenticate sono le persone che ne sono colpite: ignorate da un mondo troppo indaffarato per potersi occupare di chi soffre di un male, come la lebbra, che colpisce solo chi è già vittima di povertà, emarginazione sociale e negazione dei diritti fondamentali" - afferma l'Aifo.

28.01.2008 Sambodhi, a leading research and training organisation, will hold an international workshop on designing development projects from February 18-23 at New Delhi, India. The programme will help development professionals improve their understanding of all relevant factors in planning a successful project.

28.01.2008 YLBHI menilai peringatan tujuh hari berkabung atas kematian Soeharto tidak patut dilakukan. Pasalnya, Soeharto meninggal dunia dalam kondisinya berlumuran darah atas perbuatan masa lalu di masa Orde Baru

28.01.2008 Jakarta, Satudunia. Sang Jenderal yang selama 32 tahun memimpin rezim korup Orde Baru akhirnya meninggal dunia. Seperti biasa, media massa mainstream dan pemerintahan SBY-JK bereaksi secara berlebihan atas kematian Soeharto. Akibatnya, persoalan publik yang harusnya lebih menjadi perhatian serius malah dikalahkan oleh persoalan kematian sang jenderal.

28.01.2008 The latest issue of the Oxfam journal Gender & Development calls for vibrant and alternative media spaces to prevent stereotyping of women, while providing insight into development initiatives throughout the world. Recommended read for development practitioners, policymakers and academics.

27.01.2008 Laju perubahan tutupan lahan hutan di Sulteng sampai tahun 2005 berlangsung sangat tinggi, mencapai sekitar 62.012 hektar/tahun. Angka ini diprediksi mengalami peningkatan yang cukup signifikan di tahun 2008

25.01.2008 News Update concentrates all its coverage on what happens in Africa. But this week we have to describe events elsewhere because as all too often happens, key decisions that will affect the continent are happening elsewhere. Unless something fairly radical happens in the next 12-18 months, the development of mobile content revenues on the continent will be shaped by the “hand-me-down” attitudes and technologies of others.

24.01.2008 Milioni di donne e uomini, organizzazioni, reti, movimenti, sindacati di tanti Paesi del mondo si mobiliteranno il 26 gennaio, per la Giornata d’azione del World Social Forum 2008, negli stessi giorni in cui a Davos si riuniscono i “pochi eletti” del World Economic Forum. L'appello è promosso da tutte le organizzazioni e i movimenti a livello mondiale, nazionale e locale che fanno riferimento alla Carta dei Principi del Forum sociale mondiale. In Italia sono previste numerose iniziative contro la guerra, per il disarmo, contro il razzismo e la xenofobia, sui temi del lavoro, dei diritti, dell’ambiente e dell’altra economia. Rete di Lilliput partecipa rilanciando la proposta di iniziativa popolare "Per un’Italia libera da armi nucleari" e conferma il sostegno alla richiesta di moratoria sulla nuova base ‘Dal Molin’ a Vicenza. E Terra Futura promuove una tavola rotonda virtuale di alcuni membri del comitato consultivo del WSF.

24.01.2008 Tunisia has endeavoured, out of its conviction that a modern tax system is an essential conditions for the setting up of a modern economy integrated in its regional and international environment, to lay down the foundations of a fiscal system likely to meet the targets set by the country in all fields and the expectations of its economic partners.

24.01.2008 Development Alternatives, an Indian NGO working to create sustainable livelihoods, is organising a training programme on Organisation Development from February 12-14 at TARAgram in Madhya Pradesh. The course aims to equip the civil society organisations with necessary skills for social action.