Full Coverage: Development

24.02.2005 UNICEF reports that, even with a ceasefire in place, progress in restoring school enrolment in the conflict region is inhibited by parental uncertainty and by continued child soldier recruitment.

24.02.2005 Although Sri Lanka has a low prevalence of HIV/AIDS, there are concerns that high risk sexual behaviours, increasing labour migration, and a growing AIDS problem in South Asia as a whole is creating an environment in which an epidemic could emerge.

24.02.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 24 (OneWorld) - Global policymakers scheduled to hold special U.N. talks starting next week must boost women's share of resources and political standing in the developing world if they hope to make a significant dent in world poverty, researchers say.

24.02.2005 More than a decade of research by the International Food Policy Research Institute has found that empowering women in developing nations is essential in winning the fight against poverty, hunger and environmental degradation. IFPRI is calling on world leaders to place women's issues at the forefront of policy action.

24.02.2005 Tony Blair's Commission for Africa holds its final meeting today. Will the recommendations take account of input from Africans who feel that conventional development models are failing? Not according to this report of a "consultative" meeting in Uganda.

21.02.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 21 (OneWorld) - A diverse array of advocacy groups is expressing hope that proposals in President George W. Bush's budget for fiscal year 2006 and in legislation before the U.S. Senate will help tackle rural poverty in the United States and the developing world.

21.02.2005 The Croatian Jounalists Association (HND), ODRAZ and the Institute for International Relations (IMO) organize a round-table discussion on sustainable development in Croatia. The event will take place at the Great Hall of the Journalists House in Zagreb, on Thursday, February 24.

21.02.2005 Almost two-thirds of the money promised by world governments for tsunami relief has not yet been received by the United Nations, confirming fears that many countries will try to renege on their commitments, thought to have been made under pressure from public opinion.

17.02.2005 As the country prepares for another round of elections--which the international community has already condemned as tainted--even card-carrying party loyalists have given up hope that any of Zimbabwe's politicians will do anything to improve their everyday lives.

16.02.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 16 (OneWorld) - The Kyoto Protocol, a landmark U.N. agreement to slow down global warming, took effect Wednesday amid hopes but also misgivings about whether it would succeed in cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. These include carbon dioxide and mostly spew into the atmosphere when oil, gas, and coal are burned.

16.02.2005 Some 144 nations have agreed to reduce, by 2012, the amount of greenhouse gases they produce by 5% below 1990 levels. The United States is not a party to the treaty, which entered into force globally on Wednesday, but many U.S. states and multinational businesses are taking steps to reduce their emissions anyway.

16.02.2005 "We may disagree about the nature of the problems and how to resolve them, but no nation, however powerful, seriously believes today that these problems can be resolved alone. Interdependence is no longer disputed.... However, if America wants the rest of the world to be part of the agenda it has set, it must be part of their agenda too. It can do so, secure in the knowledge that what people want is not for America to concede, but to engage," said Tony Blair.

16.02.2005 "Today...I am here to share a bold vision with you," said Tex Hall in his recent State of the Indian Nation address. "A vision of hundreds of Indian tribes protecting the future of our children, of our families, and of our elderly. We have been able to make strides towards this vision through our collective efforts and the strength of our Indian values."

15.02.2005 UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Youssou N'Dour's recording "Egypt," which expresses his devotion to the Muslim faith, has been honored with this year's Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.

11.02.2005 From terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) to hunger, disease and conflicts that reap a deadly toll of tsunami proportions every few months, the world is facing a confluence of threats that only a United Nations reformed for the 21st century can resolve, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said at a seminar on UN reforms in London.

10.02.2005 Directing an additional one percent of the U.S. budget toward providing the most basic needs--and fighting the corruption that wastes precious resources--can help transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries. The ONE Campaign is encouraging Americans to add their names to the list of those who think more should be done to fight AIDS and poverty.

10.02.2005
The former South African president told a rally organized by the Make Poverty History pressure group that world leaders must keep their pledges of support for struggling nations.
Listen to an excerpt from Nelson Mandela’s speech at the Make Poverty History rally held at Trafalgar Square in London on the 03rd February 2005.

09.02.2005 Despite a sharp increase in the amount of money President George W. Bush wants Congress to provide in foreign aid next year, development activists say it is not as much as Bush himself had previously promised.

09.02.2005 The World Bank has argued that handing water over to foreign corporations opens the door to needed investment and skilled management, while circumventing the corruption in local governments. The road to bad public policy, however, is often paved with good intentions, says the executive director of The Democracy Center in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

08.02.2005 U.S. Senator Bill Frist has proposed a Global Health Corps to provide quick assistance around the world as well as ongoing care in the neediest parts of the developing world.