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22.01.2007 A different approach to politics, with mechanisms for society to define the kind of country it wants to build through the exercise of direct democracy, is the common purpose driving the social movements participating in the "Mutirao for a New Brazil."

22.01.2007 We were told to come for this celebration because it is a celebration to end poverty," Edward Njeru, driver of a tuktuk (a three-wheel vehicle used as a taxi in urban areas), said about the World Social Forum (WSF).

20.01.2007 L’idea del World Social Forum (WSF), che raccoglie non solo idealmente circa 100mila sognatori è nata in contrapposizione all’idea del World Economic Forum (WEF) che raccoglie, concretamente, circa 2.000 potenti della terra ogni anno a Davos – Svizzera. I due eventi avvengono contemporaneamente con caratteristiche diverse; talvolta opposte. Ho la fortuna di collaborare per un piccolo network – OneWorld – che oltre ad aver dato il nome al WSF da sempre cerca di abitare e raccontare entrambi gli eventi. A nostro avviso, ambivalenti. Non solo. In passato ha tentato il dialogo tra i due mondi con una videoconferenza tra Porto Alegre e Davos ma ha fallito. Non tanto per assenza di linea telefonica, banda larga o altra diavoleria ma per mancanza di volontà. Il Sud o, meglio, coloro che pretendevano di rappresentare i Sud si rifiutarono di parlare con il Nord. Non c’è stata quindi l’occasione per le leader dei movimenti come Vandana Shiva o Susan Gorge d’ incontrarsi on line con i guru dell’economia come Gorge Soros o Bill Gates.
di Fabio Pipinato

20.01.2007 Los presidentes del Mercosur y países asociados afinaban este viernes una declaración final resaltando el compromiso regional con la integración y la puesta en marcha del Banco del Sur y del Gasoducto del Sur, además de otros proyectos de infraestructura

20.01.2007 El gobierno de Venezuela no es el presidente Hugo Chávez. El fenómeno “chavista” es realmente un movimiento amplio y popular que tiene el apoyo de millones de venezolanos y varias organizaciones de izquierda reunidos en el Movimiento V República (MVR).

19.01.2007 Mosambikin parlamentti hyväksyi joulun alla vuoden 2007 talousarvion ja taloudellisen ja sosiaalisen suunnitelman. Sen tavoitteina ovat köyhyyden vähentäminen vahvan ja kattavan talouskasvun ja alhaisen inflaation avulla.
Suurin osa menoista tullaan käyttämään köyhyydenvähentämisohjelma PARPA:n tärkeimmillä sektoreilla.

19.01.2007 Suomen kehitysyhteistyön kahdeksasta pääkumppanimaasta Mosambik ja Sambia esittäytyvät viikonloppuna matkamessuilla Helsingissä. Turismi on molemmille tärkeä sektori. Sambian kansallisen matkailulautakunnan toimitusjohtaja Charity Chanda Lumpa kertoo, että hallitus pitää matkailua maan kehityksen kannalta toiseksi tärkeimpänä alana.

19.01.2007 A five days training programme on computer applications and its effective usage in advocacy and communications at rural level was organised for the filed functionaries of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) on 13 – 17 January 2007 at Jehangirabad in Barabanki district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

19.01.2007 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced an aid of £200 million for the state-run Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan for universal elementary education.India's objective, which is that every single child has education, and the determination to achieve that by 2010, which is the next three years.

18.01.2007 A grant of almost US$2 million from ADB’s Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), financed by the Government of Japan, will help reduce poverty among rural Bhutanese through a pilot project to develop their income-generating skills.

18.01.2007 The pursuit of equality has been a major objective in planning for education in independent India. The commitment to equality of opportunity was emphasized both by the commission on university education set up under S. Radhakrishnan shortly after independence and the education commission of 1964-66 under D.S. Kothari.

18.01.2007 When a pack of stray dogs tore to pieces the eight-year-old daughter of a construction worker, it showed up the social inequalities and other paradoxes of this global information technology (IT) hub.

17.01.2007 CGP will be present at the World Social Forum in Nairobi and will organise three round table discussions on the 21st of January 2007. All activities will take place in the Moi International Sport Center in Kasarani. Everybody is most welcome to participate in the discussions.

17.01.2007 Intialainen The Hindu -lehti kertoo, että Intian pääministeri Manmohan Singh on lähettänyt tiukkasanaisen kirjeen osavaltioiden johdolle, jossa hän epäilee, ettei kansallinen terveys- ja ruokaohjelma ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) ole onnistunut parantamaan 0-6-vuotiaiden ravitsemustilaa.

17.01.2007 WWF:n tänään julkaisema Gone in an Instant -raportti osoittaa, että kahvinystävät ympäri maailmaa siemailevat tietämättään kahvia, joka on viljelty laittomasti Indonesiassa Bukit Barisan Selatanin kansallispuistossa. Puisto on tärkeä tiikerien, norsujen ja sarvikuonojen elinalue.

17.01.2007 YK:n kansainvälinen maatalouden kehittämisrahasto IFAD aloittaa yhteistyön Afrikan suurimman kehityspankin kanssa. Tavoitteena on arvioida maatalouden kehitystoimien tuloksia Afrikassa vuosina 1996-2005. IFAD:n yhteistyön lähtökohtana on tarve selvittää, millaiset kehitystoimet ovat parhaiten parantaneet maaseudun elinoloja Afrikassa. Afrikan maiden maatalouden tuottavuus on laskenut viimeisen kahden vuosikymmenen aikana, mikä on poikkeavaa muihin kehitysmaihin verrattuna.

17.01.2007 El FMLN exigió esta mañana a la clase política salvadoreña, mantener el acuerdo de la comisión interpartidaria, que planteaba la necesidad de firmar, hoy, una declaración conjunta que permita resolver los grandes problemas nacionales.

16.01.2007 The Legislative Parliament unanimously ratified the Interim Constitution, 2007 of Nepal tonight. Earlier in the day the House of Representatives (HoR) unanimously promulgated the draft of the Interim Constitution. All 185 Members of the Parliament (MPs), who were present at the last session of the HoR, voted for the Interim Constitution.

16.01.2007 Heavy rains and accompanying floods and landslides have rendered more than 30,500 people homeless, Officials said. Of them still more than 6,000 are sheltered in temporary camps in Nuwaraeliya, Hambantota, Kandy and Ampara districts, they said

16.01.2007 Nicholas B. Dirks, Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology and History and Vice President Arts and Sciences of Columbia University, New York, was in Mumbai this month to enhance the profile of a university that counts Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as one of its distinguished alumni. Professor Dirks, whose work on caste in India under British rule is well respected, express his view in The Hindu about caste, politics and the scandals of empire.