Full Coverage: Development

31.08.2005 Nigerian techies are developing the Solo, a computer that can withstand the dust, heat, and unreliable power supply common in their part of the world, and hoping the tropicalised PCs can connect greatly underserved Nigerians in rural areas with the rest of the country and the world.

30.08.2005 Faites pression. Analysez. Critiquez. Protestez. Mobilisez. Proposez. Plaidez. Participez.

La session plénière de haut niveau de l'Assemblée générale, " Le Sommet du Millénaire +5 ", New York, 14-16 septembre 2005


La 6ème Conférence ministérielle de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, Hong Kong, du 13 au 18 décembre, 2005

Le Forum social mondial (FSM)

30.08.2005 The UK government was on Sunday blasted by development agencies for blowing £700,000 of a £3m relief project meant for Malawi—a country plagued by drought, HIV/AIDS, and a disastrous economy—on hotel bills and meals for U.S. consultants.

29.08.2005 The MOST Ngo invited its partners, colleagues and the general public to take active participation in the preparation of the National Sustainable Development Strategy of Montenegro (NSDS) and to contribute with their ideas, visions, suggestions and criticism, to the improved work on this important document.

24.08.2005 STOCKHOLM, Aug 23 (IPS) - The crisis-weary African continent, which has two of the world's longest rivers -- the 6,400-kilometre Nile River and the 4,370-kilometre Congo River -- is suffering from a virtual economic paradox: a shortage of water amidst potentially plentiful supplies.

23.08.2005 The Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf), based in Lusaka, Zambia, is looking to recruit an Executive Director. The Institute was set up in 1996 under the auspices of the Panos Institute London. PSAf has since attained autonomy from the Panos Institute London, and is now governed by a board of respected citizens from several southern African countries.

23.08.2005 A report released Monday by leading development agency, Plan International, reveals that despite Asia's much lauded development and economic growth rates, millions of children in the region live in abject poverty and continue to die before their fifth birthday as a result of malnutrition, and little or no access to sanitation.

23.08.2005 With materials provided by SudanAid, displaced women in Dereig camp, West Darfur weave and sell prayer and bed mats, allowing them to buy food and supplies for their children who attend the camp’s UNICEF school.

18.08.2005 Some national and international NGOs in Nepal have expressed concern over a just passed government law, which gives the state new powers to control and regulate NGO programs and activities.

17.08.2005 At the U.N. World Summit in September, heads of government will try to account for what they have achieved since 2000, when they set a goal of halving extreme poverty worldwide by 2015. Kumi Naidoo urges civil society organizations to unite and take the lead in mobilizing citizens for social justice during the summit.

16.08.2005 « Le mois d’août sera le pire », déclare le docteur Milton Tectonidis, un spécialiste de la nutrition pour MSF au Niger.

De nombreux facteurs ont contribué à ce désastre. Oui, l’insécurité alimentaire au Niger est chronique. Oui, la sécheresse a réduit la récolte en 2004.

Les conséquences de ces aléas climatiques et acridiens auraient pu être modérées si des mesures efficaces avaient été mises en place au moment où les premiers signes de gravité de la crise sont apparus au début de l’année 2005. Mais le gouvernement nigérien était soumis aux pressions des institutions financières internationales, des principaux bailleurs de fonds et des agences des Nations Unies qui avaient pour objectif d’éviter tout ce qui pourrait déstabiliser le marché ou mobiliser des ressources affectées aux projets de développement en cours.

16.08.2005 Thousands of women in Central America are being tested for cervical cancer every year thanks to Grounds for Health, a unique partnership between American companies and the coffee-growing communities where they do business, which provides life-saving testing, follow-up, and treatment to co-op member families.

12.08.2005 The world now has the resources to end extreme poverty, say many of those working in the field around the world--it is only the political will that is lacking. Anti-poverty campaigners have formed vast coalitions in every region of the world to tell their leaders to finally "make poverty history."

12.08.2005 While development aid is often vital for combatting poverty, is it really being invested in local communities to change the circumstances of the poor? This article examines where aid goes and proposed solutions for making it more effective.

12.08.2005 Efforts to end extreme poverty worldwide by the year 2015 have so far been successful in some regions and less so in others. Global policies on aid, trade, and debt will play key roles in determining success over the next ten years.

12.08.2005 L’Histoire montre que les services publics de qualité sont essentiels pour édifier des économies solides et des sociétés inclusives. Pourtant, les services publics sont parfois inadéquats pour répondre aux besoins des collectivités. Dans ce cas, la seule solution proposée est généralement la privatisation. Dans les pays qui dépendent de l’aide internationale, notamment à travers des prêts au développement, cette solution est non seulement proposée, mais imposée.

12.08.2005 While it is clear that improving the situation of women is key to achieving all the other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), funding shortfalls have led to inadequate responses for such immediate priorities as ending violence against women and the denial of their property rights, senior United Nations officials say in a new report.

12.08.2005 While it is clear that improving the situation of women is key to achieving all the other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), funding shortfalls have led to inadequate responses for such immediate priorities as ending violence against women and the denial of their property rights, senior United Nations officials say in a new report.

12.08.2005 How is the confluence of women-power and the Internet changing things in the world’s most populous democracy? Patricia Smith Melton recently met with women across all strata of Indian society and says that continuing progress will occur through the IT sector and through women in organized programs at all levels of the culture.

12.08.2005 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has emerged as a leading candidate to challenge the hugely popular former football star George Weah in Liberia's October presidential election. Sirleaf possesses impressive credentials as a Harvard-trained former UNDP finance minister and is has much credibility with the international community, but will this be enough to win her the trust of the electorate?