Full Coverage: Development

25.07.2007 Indian civil society The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation (NJKF) is inviting applications for the Indian Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Award. The Award seeks to recognize social entrepreneurs who are pragmatic visionaries and the winner will be announced in December at a ceremony coinciding with the India Economic Summit.

20.07.2007 Many initiatives have been undertaken, mostly by civil society organisations, towards the bridging of the digital divide between the north and the south. The pressing concerns have been on the ability of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to improve the standards of living of the poor in societies.

20.07.2007 The summits in Geneva and Tunis are behind us, but the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is being actively followed up. The main thrust of the follow-up work concerns the eleven action lines described in the Geneva Plan of action (WSIS 2003).

16.07.2007 BRIDGE, part of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in the UK, has developed a range of Cutting Edge packs examining gender and development issues. In this article, AWID reviews their recent Cutting Edge pack "Gender and Indicators".

16.07.2007 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has opened a new office in the central province of Ghor. UN’s Special Representative says the new office will help local communities with development, humanitarian efforts, human rights, good governance and the rule of law.

13.07.2007 The Fourth Annual Conference on Electoral and Political reforms will be held in the north Indian city of Lucknow on 18 – 19 August, 2007 on the topic Reform of Political Parties. Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami will be amongst other concerned citizens and organisations at the meet.

12.07.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (OneWorld) - When the world's poor nations ask for more foreign aid for development, the rich ones often tell them to ensure good governance first. But the findings of a new study by the World Bank Institute indicate that denying the development needs of poor countries on the grounds of "bad governance" may no longer be valid in many cases.

11.07.2007 JOHANNESBURG, Jul 11 (IPS) - What is a common factor in ensuring that women do not marry too young, do not have more children than they can cope with, do not die giving birth -- and contract HIV in smaller numbers? Men.

03.07.2007 WASHINGTON, Jul 3 (OneWorld) - The growth of cities will be the single largest influence on human society in the 21st century, according to a new United Nations report, which argues that urbanization can be a much more powerful force for positive change than many currently believe.