Full Coverage: Development

29.10.2004 Scientists have come out with a new tuberculosis vaccine that would complement the existing BCG to provide immunisation when the BCG action fades.

29.10.2004 Pakistani parliament passes a proposal to introduce death penalty to deter people killing for `honour'.

29.10.2004 The business community has a pivotal role to play in ensuring private investment flows to rural areas of the country that have been left out of the development process so far, stated Mr. Prithvi Raj Chavan, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in a CII -UNDP meeting in Indian Capital.

27.10.2004 MDGs are not only for the government and the civil society, but also for the business community. This was highlighted recently in a roundtable organised by the CII and the UNDP in New Delhi.

27.10.2004 Reiterating that the WTO July package was balanced, Indian commerce minister Kamal Nath said the agreement highlighted the “contours of way forward” as it provided the directions for future negotiations.

27.10.2004 Indian communications and information technology ministry has announced a new policy to create infrastructure needed to implement and promote e-governance in the nation.

27.10.2004 Pakistan’s women ministry has launched a women's political school project, in the wake of the upcoming local government elections in 2005, to educate and train female leaders in the political processes of the country.

26.10.2004 A UN General Assembly report indicates that it has missed its target of gender equality in professional and managerial staffing as there is “uneven progress in women’s representation at all levels.”

25.10.2004 Starbucks UK will contribute £100,000 ($179,000) to Oxfam UK for development work in the coming year.

25.10.2004 Starbucks UK will contribute £100,000 ($179,000) to Oxfam UK for development work in the coming year.

21.10.2004 Global warming threatens to reverse human progress and make international targets on halving world poverty by 2015 unattainable, a study published today said.

21.10.2004 Environment and development agencies have launched a joint statement of concern that climate change due to global warming is already happening, and hitting poor communities and vulnerable ecosystems. Global warming threatens the world's ability to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to halve poverty by 2015; but achieving the MDGs is also the best way to help poor communities cope with climatic shocks.

21.10.2004 Zambia's efforts to improve the quality of school education are being hampered by harsh conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a new report by the development agency, Oxfam, has claimed.

21.10.2004 Zambia's efforts to improve the quality of school education are being hampered by harsh conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a new report by the development agency, Oxfam, has claimed.

19.10.2004 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched a Village Resource Centre programme in Thiruvaiyaru, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The centre aims to connect all Indian villages bring them the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs).

19.10.2004 Various civil society organisations in Karnataka have called for action against the "misdirected development of Karnataka", a south Indian state, as a result of grants made by international financial institutions.

19.10.2004 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said more support is needed from the UK for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

19.10.2004 Self help groups in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu in India, set up as part of an ILO project, have not only empowered poor women financially but also ensured a trade union presence in many remote areas.

19.10.2004 The World Food Day on October 16, 2004 focussed on "Biodiversity for Food
Security", which highlighted the importance of biodiversity in ensuring sufficient and enough food to lead active and healthy lives.

18.10.2004 Government and the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) have established a task force to mobilise $13.7 million by March for the expansion of irrigation farming in Zambia. After a good harvest in last farming season. Government is working towards improving the agricultural sector.