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International Development Co-Operation

Lessons for Lebanon from a fellow victim of sectarian conflict: Daily Star (Lebanon) - Andrew Wander

Delegates from northern Ireland explain how they made peace By Andrew Wander Daily Star staff Thursday, October 09, 2008 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: A prominent politician who helped negotiate the historic...

MCA Compact - Benefits to Tourism

Posted to the web 9 October 2008 Christof Maletsky ONCE Parliament has ratified the Millennium Challenge Account agreement with the US government, Namibia's tourism sector stands to gain from a grant totalling US$67 million....

Thankful Thursday: Three Nadias

Good grief! Its been a long time since I was thankful on a Thursday. So I’m going to be thankful today for three Nadias. In alphabetical order :) Our WorldVision child is named Nadia. We get periodic stuff about her well being,...

Aid Agencies Hit by Global Turmoil

By Shar Adams Epoch Times Oct 9, 2008 International aid agencies are feeling the effects of the global financial crisis, with many battling the fallout on a number of fronts. UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) António...

Trends in growth, poverty reduction and the MDGs in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Authors: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Publisher: United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2008 As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reach their half-way mark it increasingly appears...

Briefing on 'The EU, Africa and China: opportunities and challenges of a trilateral cooperation',...

Date: 2008-10-09] A briefing for parliamentarians and policy-makers on 'The EU, Africa and China: opportunities and challenges of a trilateral cooperation' will take place on 29 October in Brussels, Belgium.

MicroPlace: Getting Something Back from MicroFinance Loans

Image source: MicroPlace Interested in using your investments to directly help low-income folks develop sustainable income, possibly even in your local community? MicroPlace, launched in 2007, offers microfinance loans, but...

USAID continues to bolster Sri Lanka’s defense against Avian Influenza

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID handed over a real-time Polymerase Chain Reactor machine to the Veterinary Research Institute of the Ministry of Livestock Development, which will dramatically improve the...

IISD-RS@ Mercury OEWG-2. Highlights for Thursday, 9 October 2008 - UNEP headquarters - Nairobi -...

IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS), ENB, Chemicals, Second meeting of the OEWG to Review and Assess Measures to Address the Global Issue of Mercury, 6-10 October 2008, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

Minister El Troudi invites to repatriate capitals and demands debt relief

The Minister of People's Power for Planning, Haiman El Troudi, invited those Venezuelans who have economic resources in United States to repatriate them to protect themselves from the world economic crisis. (09/10/2008 - 04:33 pm)