Full coverage: Development

10.01.2007 Patentoidun lääkkeen muuttaminen laboratoriossa saattaa tarjota tien halvempiin lääkkeisiin. Britanniassa toimivat lääketieteilijät ovat keksineet, kuinka lääkkeitä voidaan tarjota kehitysmaille nykyistä halvempaan hintaan, kertoo brittiläinen The Guardian -lehti.

10.01.2007 Recognising the link between education and high priority social issues, a White Paper obtained by Dawn, states that only through education can a society achieve awareness, sensitisation and clarity of conception that can help cure it of the evils that retard its growth.

10.01.2007 Following dwindling profits that were less than the projected results the Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company MIFCO has decided not to renew contracts of 100 expatriate workers in the Fisheries Complex in Lhaviyani atoll Felivaru

10.01.2007 More than two years after the tsunami devastated countries around the Indian Ocean, reconstruction efforts in India are progressing well, according to a new report published jointly by ADB, the UN, and World Bank.

10.01.2007 The Doha Round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization has reached a stalemate, with most countries blaming the deadlock on a U.S. agricultural trade proposal they see as offering little or no actual policy change by the U.S.

10.01.2007 After Andhra Pradesh, it is now Tamil Nadu where the much hyped Bt cotton seeds of Mahyco has run into rough weather. The Tamil Nadu government has asked Mahyco to pay compensation to farmers for failure of Bt cotton in the state in the current season

09.01.2007 "Chiediamo una equa soluzione della controversia che porti ad una bonifica ambientale pagata dalle imprese multinazionali, ad un risarcimento delle popolazioni locali per i danni subiti, ad una politica che consenta ai più poveri di beneficiare dello sfruttamento delle risorse e ad un rilascio di chi è stato ingiustamente arrestato". Cominicia così l'appello di p. Alex Zanotelli, Giuseppe De Marzo e Alessandro Marescotti per la liberazione dei tecnici rapiti in Nigeria. Il 7 dicembre 2006 sono stati rapiti in Nigeria Francesco Arena, Roberto Draghi, Cosma Russo e il libanese Imad Saliba, tecnici Eni che si occupavano dell'estrazione del gas naturale nell'area del delta del fiume Niger.Il rapimento è stato rivendicato dal MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Nigerian Delta). A un mese dal rapimento facciamo appello al governo italiano perché si attivi concretamente ed in modo efficace per la liberazione degli ostaggi.

09.01.2007 Köyhyyden läsnäolo näkyy Etelä-Afrikassa esimerkiksi laajoina hökkelikylinä ja kadulla kohdattuina kerjäläisinä. Nyt on päätetty selvittää, miksi jotkut onnistuvat nousemaan köyhyydestä ja toiset eivät. Afrikan historian laajin tutkimus sosiaalisesta liikkuvuudesta alkaa tänä vuonna. Valtio on myöntänyt sille kolmen miljoonan euron rahoituksen.

09.01.2007 Silicon Valley technologist Srikanth Nathamuni, who along with Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani runs the IT social start-up, eGovernments Foundation, was at the Chennai Corporation headquarters to make a pitch for municipal e-governance systems.

09.01.2007 Dr. Abusaleh Shariff, Sachar Committee member, told in an interview with The Hindu, a national daily, that India's spectacular diversity must be visible in its public spaces.

09.01.2007 It is widely believed that,if used appropriately, information and communications technology (ICT) are effective tools in the fight against poverty. As India's poverty is deepening and its ICT industry booming, there are many projects underway that are using ICT to reduce poverty and promote good governance.

08.01.2007 The Annual state of education report 2006-realased by planning commission chairperson, Montek Singh Ahluwalia-says little has improved in public school. The report also says children whose mothers are not educated are more likely to drop out from school and their learning ability is less. The report surveyed 3.18 lakh households across 90 percent districts in the economy

08.01.2007 Killings in Nithari have given a boost to a government effort to launch a website to trace missing children.A first initiative of its kind is a joint venture of the ministry of Women and Child Development and UNICEF. "We expect to put up a pilot project on the web soon," a UNICEF official

08.01.2007 A roadmap prepared by the National Commission on Farmers, chaired by M S Swaminathan, insists that only a Rs 39,500-crore subsidy for a universal public distribution system can solve the food security problem. Is this practicable? argues Ashok Gopal.

08.01.2007 Seeking Indian diaspora's expertise, experience and capital in a big way for balanced economic development of the country, government identified sectors like infrastructure, agriculture, social and energy as requiring urgent investment.

08.01.2007 Much hyped in 2005 and launched in 2006, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), the countryÂ’s most ambitious social welfare programme, must gain momentum in the new year, writes Pamela Philipose

08.01.2007 A Budget focused on education, knowledge and skills is what the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) wishes for this year. The CII would also like to see, in the forthcoming Budget, the government to exercise fiscal prudence, reduce embedded tax rates and outline a roadmap for the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by 2010.

08.01.2007 Several OneWorlders nominated Santoli and his organization for their inspiring efforts to build peace and security through community development.

05.01.2007 Afrikka-kampanjoinnistaan tunnetut rokkarit Bono ja Bob Geldof ovat ilmoittaneet tukevansa Angela Merkeliä Saksan G8-puheenjohtajuuskaudella. Saksalaiset kansalaisjärjestöt eivät ole olleet uutiseen varauksettoman tyytyväisiä, Financial Times kirjoittaa. "Lisäpanostus Afrikkaan on tervetullutta, mutta heidän poliittinen tyylinsä on erilainen kuin meillä", totesi Ulla Mikota kehitys- ja globaaliteemoja ajavien kansalaisjärjestöjen Verno-kattojärjestöstä.

05.01.2007 If India and other developing countries "keep a broad vision of development," then globalisation would live up to the promises made "15-20 years ago," Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said.