Full Coverage: Development

30.06.2005 Four Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza, in the U.S. for graduate study, describe in half-minute videos their impressions of life in the States and how the experiences they have had will help them bring about positive change in their communities back home.

29.06.2005 Leading members of Make Poverty History are not working together and are endangering the effectiveness of the campaign, argues Stuart Hodkinson.

29.06.2005 Some of the world's most famous monuments--from St. Paul's Cathedral in London to a cotton tree planted by freed slaves in Sierra Leone--will be adorned with massive white cloths Friday as worldwide parties and demonstrations launch the first mass action in what many expect to be the largest anti-poverty campaign ever. Governments will be held to account for promises to end corruption and to take the economic steps necessary to end extreme poverty worldwide.

29.06.2005 A new report by the Brookings Institution shows President Bush has significantly exaggerated the amount of aid his administration has provided to sub-Saharan Africa. With the approaching G8 summit and recent aid commitments made by E.U. nations, Bush is facing increasing pressure to be more cooperative internationally and encourage the efforts of poor countries.

28.06.2005 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the sagging farm sector growth, which has deprived the rural poor of substantial benefits, has to be doubled. He also stressed that the country will have to improve its performance in the water and the power sectors.

27.06.2005 Du 27 au 30 Octobre 2005, près de 2000 femmes du monde entier, leaders et militantes des droits des femmes, se rencontreront à Bangkok pour le 10ème Forum International de l’AWID pour débattre d’une question urgente : « Comment le changement a-t-il lieu ? »

27.06.2005 The G-8 summit will focus on two global problems that have long been at odds--poverty and global warming. But an innovative plan led by Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica shows how poor countries can commit to greenhouse gas limits while promoting development--by providing them market incentives to maintain the environment.

24.06.2005 The Millennium Project has submitted a report to the UN secretary general, that provides the best strategies for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The UN Millennium Project is headed by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the MDGs. The bulk of its analytical work has been carried out by 10 thematic task forces comprising more than 250 experts from around the world.

24.06.2005 Wangari Maathai, founder of the famous Greenbelt Movement and African Nobel Laureate, lay her wisdom upon the U.S. NGO community recently. "Unless we manage resources more equitably, we won’t have peace. To do that there has to be democratic space," she told a Washington, D.C. gathering.

24.06.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jun 24 (OneWorld) - Wangari Muta Maathai, 2004's Nobel Peace Prize winner and the first African woman bestowed the prestigious award, told representatives from non-governmental organizations here recently that a stronger commitment to environmental conservation can help build peace and greater prosperity in Africa.

24.06.2005 A new report from Food First shows that world food imports make hungry people hungrier, while undermining local economies and fueling climate change. No matter where you are, buying your food from local farmers alleviates climate change and lessens rural poverty.

23.06.2005 De acordo com a pesquisa, o índice de matérias pautadas por questões que podem provocar reflexão (Índice de Relevância Social - IRS) superou o número das consideradas não-relevantes para a formação cidadã dos adolescentes. Essa tendência vem se consolidando a cada ano. Em 2001 o IRS era de apenas 45,97%. Já em 2002 subiu para 53,85%. Nos dois anos seguintes evoluiu para 54,84% e 57,54%, respectivamente.

23.06.2005 Mexico's Zapatista rebel group is ready to take "a new step in the struggle" and consult with members on the future of its 11-year fight for Indian rights, leader Subcomandante Marcos said on Tuesday.

23.06.2005 The reason for this general Red Alert is that the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee - General Command of the EZLN has called to consulta their insurgent troops, all their comandantes and comandantas, regional and local responsables and their support bases.

23.06.2005 The Get on Board Bus departed the southern tip of Africa nearly three months ago en route to Scotland for the July 6 G8 Summit. The travelers arrived at 10 Downing Street in London this week, where they were met by the next G8 President, Tony Blair, who received the messages from Africans collected by the team along the journey.

23.06.2005 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (IPS) - For the first time ever, civil society has been invited to participate in interactive sessions of the U.N. General Assembly, but the guest list has irked some leading activists who wonder why they were not asked to attend.

22.06.2005 Six finalists have been chosen from a field of 135 nominations for the Development Gateway Award 2005. The $100,000 award, to be announced in September, will recognize one of the finalists for outstanding achievement in using information technology to improve people’s lives in developing countries.

22.06.2005 The new president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, who returned back after a visit to four African countries, has said that the Bank will focus on development in Africa. The Bank's other priorities include supporting equal rights for women to help foster ecnomic growth.

22.06.2005 The Young People's Commission for Africa was established by 2 UK charities to give children a chance to input to the G8 summit. 52 schools in Africa and the UK took part. Education and protection from violence head the list of priorities.

21.06.2005 New research by Christian Aid finds that sub-Saharan Africa lost billions of dollars after being forced to open their markets to imports. In 20 years, trade liberalization cost Africa the same amount it received in aid--money that as income could have eliminated Africa's debt and been invested in agriculture, health, and education.