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Actualización de contenido - Pobreza en el Development Gateway ------------------------- 121 {totalItems} nuevos recursos en la página Pobreza del Development Gateway http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza -------------------------------------------------- 1. Beyond the Numbers: Understanding the Institutions for Monitoring Poverty Reduction Strategies 2. Too Young to Wed: Education & Action Toward Ending Child Marriage (Advocacy Toolkit) 3. Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in their Own Words (Photo Essay) 4. Civil Society's Perspective on Their Involvement in PRSP Monitoring: Assessing Constraints and Potential in Nicaragua 5. The World Bank Development Policy Lending Retrospective: Looking Backwards or Going Forward? 6. The World Bank's Strategy on Governance and Anticorruption - A civil society perspective 7. Global Monitoring Report, 2006: Strengthening Mutual Accountability -- Aid, Trade, and Governance 8. Natural Resources are Fuelling a New Cold War 9. Ending Child Marriage: A Guide for Global Policy Action 10. SNV 11. Pact?s Capacity Building Services Group 12. Forest People's Project 13. 4th Annual International Photoshare Photo Contest! 14. 2007 International Activist of the Year Award 15. Habitat for Humanity International 16. A New Approach to the Joint Management of River Basins in the Lake Victoria Basin 17. Plan stratégique de tranformation de l'agriculture au Rwanda: Gestion et utilisation de l'eau et des sols 18. Rwanda - water statistics 2005 19. Are Stable Agreements Sharing International River Waters Now Possible? 20. Rwanda-Données sur le secteur de la pêche 21. APPROCHE TECHNIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE LA PISCICULTURE EN REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI 22. Les ressources halieutique au Burundi 23. World's Forests Continue to Shrink 24. Teach A Man To Fish - Education that pays for itself - Quarterly Newsletter August 2006 25. Cash transfers: Panacea for poverty reduction or money down the drain? by J. Farrington & R. Slater 26. Reducing child poverty with cash transfers: A sure thing? 27. Assessing market distortions affecting poverty reduction efforts on smallholder tobacco production in Tanzania 28. Editorial: special issue on cash transfers 29. Implementing cash for work programmes in post-tsunami Aceh: experiences and lessons learned 30. Cash-based interventions: lessons from southern Somalia 31. The Crafts Center at CHF International. 32. Environment and Urbanization Journal April 2006 Issue on Ecological Urbanization 33. Medio Ambiente y Urbanización 34. Afghanistan: a country on the move 35. Best Practices Seville Centre for City-to-City Co-operation 36. UNHCR Asks Thailand to Tackle the Spread of AIDS Inside Refugee Camps 37. Promoting Young People?s Sexual and Reproductive Health: Stigma, Discrimination and Human Rights 38. Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development (FORWARD) 39. From microfinance to micro change: integrating health education and microfinance to empower women and reduce poverty 40. Promoting gender-sensitive entrepreneurship via microfinance institutions 41. Is microfinance a "magic bullet" for women?s empowerment?: analysis of findings from South Asia 42. Oxfam programme for Middle East crisis 43. Direct Relief International: Iraq reconstruction 44. "ICT for Development Success Stories" 45. Partners In Health Teams Up with the World Food Program to Distribute Food in Haiti 46. The PIH Guide to the Community-Based Treatment of HIV in Resource-Poor Settings (Second Edition) 47. Clinton Foundation Pediatric AIDS Clinic in Lesotho 48. Pediatric HIV/AIDS: A Portrait of the Problem (Clinton Foundation) 49. HEARD - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division 50. Preparing the Girl-child for National Development in Nigeria 51. Area Development Programme Helps Girls Back to School in Rajasthan 52. Paris Club Creditors Agree on Substantial Debt Relief for Afghanistan 53. The Changing Face of Foreign Assistance: New Funding Paradigms Offer a Challenge and Opportunity for Family Planning 54. Why Globalization Is in Trouble - Part I 55. Why Globalization Is in Trouble - Part II 56. Social Watch Report 2006 - Impossible Architecture 57. Making Aid Work: How to fight global poverty - effectively 58. Doing Business 2007: How to Reform 59. Household Financial Assets in the Process of Development 60. Inequality, Poverty and Well-being 61. The least developed countries report 2006 62. UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2006 63. Socially responsible trade integration:a political economy perspective 64. The future of Fair Trade coffee: dilemmas facing Latin America?s small-scale producers 65. SchoolNet Namibia 66. Moving Young - State of World Population 2006: Youth Supplement 67. State of World Population 2006 - A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration 68. Coloquio Internacional de la Sociedad Civil (Argentina) 69. International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour - IPEC (ILO). 70. Towards a Statistical Definition of Child Labour: Inter-agency Consultation 71. World Tourism Organization Against Sexual Exploitation of Children 72. European Union-Funded Projects Against Child Sex Tourism 73. The Global Challenge of Youth Unemployment 74. Productive Employment for Poverty Reduction: Project of Urban Self Help (PUSH), Lusaka, Zambia 75. Local Economic Development in Ukraine 76. SHSKI - Students Helping Street Kids International 77. Global Youth Action Network and Millennium Development Goals 78. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 79. UN 2006 MDG Report 80. Millennium Development Goals Indicators Website 81. Constraints to Achieving the MDGs with Scaled-Up Aid 82. Literacy Day and the White House Conference on Global Literacy 83. Orphans and Vulnerable Children Due to AIDS in Africa 84. The Women?s Global Health Imperative - Current Research Projects 85. Contraceptive Research and Development - CONRAD 86. Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): Social Support, Savings, and Microcredit Opportunities for Young Women in Areas with High HIV Prevalence 87. Setting the Stage for Equity-Sensitive Monitoring of the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals 88. Global Campaign on Urban Governance 89. The cocept of Enviroment and its marketing 90. SOUTHERN AFRICA: Farmworkers Slowly Waking Up to HIV/AIDS 91. World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation 92. South Africa - Is the HIV/AIDS Message Hitting Home? 93. HIV-Positive Children Face Discrimination in Romania 94. NEPAL: Poor Maternity Care Poses Threat to Women 95. Tom Hanks Helps EDC Project in Tanzania 96. The International Educational Systems Division of EDC, Washington. 97. The Global Learning Group of Education Development Center, Washington, DC. 98. "ARTIFICIAL STATES" 99. "Cultures of Corruption: Evidence From Diplomatic Parking Tickets" 100. World Bank sees business climate as main tool for SME support 101. Q&A with Dr. Sonjia Kenya: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) ? Gender Inequality ? Rights Based Approaches (RBAs) ? HIV/AIDS 102. "Mobile for Good": Using mobile phone technology to help alleviate poverty 103. New Website - Afghan Gender Cafe 104. ICT for Poverty Alleviation 105. Armed conflicts and Child labor in Nepal 106. The Detection and Identification of Infectious Diseases 107. HIV Positive Caribbean Women 108. Caribbean Women Living with HIV - Part 2 109. Students for Safe Sex 110. Choosing to Migrate or Migrating to Choose:Migration and Labour Choice in Albania 111. The Experience of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean 112. Thembinkosi Foundation 113. NIGERIA: Domestic workers or modern day slaves? 114. Governance for the Future: Democracy and Development in the LDCs 115. Enabling Environments for Civic Engagement in PRSP Countries 116. What Future? Street Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo 117. Navigating Youth, Generating Adulthood: Social Becoming in an African Context 118. International Course on the ?Public Health Science for Human Security? 119. The death of innocence: the future of child Soldiers in Liberia and Sierra-Leone 120. In the Public Interest Health, Education, and Water and Sanitation for All 121. Tackling Corruption is Essential in Making Poverty History, says Transparency International ------------------------- 1. Beyond the Numbers: Understanding the Institutions for Monitoring Poverty Reduction Strategies http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071421 Central to implementing a successful Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is a system for monitoring the execution of the strategy and for tracking progress in poverty reduction. Such a system is vital to creating a PRS strategy that is evidence based,... Contribuido por Tara Sylvia Bedi el 29 Aug , 2006 2. Too Young to Wed: Education & Action Toward Ending Child Marriage (Advocacy Toolkit) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071487 This ICRW advocacy toolkit on child marriage includes various factsheets including: 1) Child Marriage and Domestic Violence 2) Child Marriage and Education 3) Child Marriage and Health 4) Child Marriage and Poverty 5) Child Marriage, Laws and Civil... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 30 Aug , 2006 3. Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in their Own Words (Photo Essay) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071492 "This photo essay on child marriage highlights the personal stories of young girls and women around the world. The personal stories told in this exhibit are separate and unique. Yet each shares elements in common with the next. Together these stories... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 30 Aug , 2006 4. Civil Society's Perspective on Their Involvement in PRSP Monitoring: Assessing Constraints and Potential in Nicaragua http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071515 FROM ABSTRACT: "The present study reports on the ongoing initiative to develop an analytical tool for the assessment of civil society?s participation in monitoring processes of Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) from their own perspective. The... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 30 Aug , 2006 5. The World Bank Development Policy Lending Retrospective: Looking Backwards or Going Forward? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071520 FROM ABSTRACT: "In August 2004, the World Bank adopted a new comprehensive operational policy, the new Development Policy Lending, replacing Adjustment Lending and unifying policy that applied to a whole range of instruments, including sectoral... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 30 Aug , 2006 6. The World Bank's Strategy on Governance and Anticorruption - A civil society perspective http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071554 FROM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "Governance has become central to development discourse in the past decade or more. This is largely founded on the recognition that strong and accountable institutions, political commitment to effective management of the... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 30 Aug , 2006 7. Global Monitoring Report, 2006: Strengthening Mutual Accountability -- Aid, Trade, and Governance http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071560 FROM SUMMARY: "This third edition of the Global Monitoring Report examines the commitments and actions of donors, international financial institutions, and developing countries to implement the Millennium Declaration, signed by 189 countries in 2000.... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 30 Aug , 2006 8. Natural Resources are Fuelling a New Cold War http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071568 FROM ABSTRACT: "Oil and gas supplies are becoming scarcer and more expensive. The hunt for the world's remaining resources is creating new alliances and the danger of fresh conflicts. China is moving aggressively to satiate its growing appetite for... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 30 Aug , 2006 9. Ending Child Marriage: A Guide for Global Policy Action http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071501 "Tackling child marriage is a daunting but possible task, requiring political will and proactive multi-faceted strategies at the international, national and community levels. Ending Child Marriage: A Guide for Global Policy Action is part of a wider... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 30 Aug , 2006 10. SNV http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071616 SNV is a Netherlands-based, international development organisation that provides advisory services to nearly 1800 local organisations in over 30 developing countries to support their fight against poverty. These organisations are served by locally... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 30 Aug , 2006 11. Pact?s Capacity Building Services Group http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071624 Pact?s Capacity Building Services Group (CBSG) is a leading facilitator of leadership and organizational development for NGOs, networks and intermediary organizations around the world. Through our training, technical assistance, and mentoring... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 30 Aug , 2006 12. Forest People's Project http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071506 The project's work in Africa focuses on the indigenous "Pygmy" peoples of the forests of the Congo Basin, ranging from Cameroon to Burundi. In Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Forest Peoples Project works with... Contribuido por Victor K. Mugarura el 30 Aug , 2006 13. 4th Annual International Photoshare Photo Contest! http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071531 Do you have photos of programs in action and the people you serve? Pictures illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries? Snapshots from your personal travels, volunteer service, or work experience? You may have an... Contribuido por Peggy DAdamo el 30 Aug , 2006 14. 2007 International Activist of the Year Award http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071595 The Gleitsman Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2007 International Activist Award, which recognises exceptional individuals who have struggled to fight against social injustice anywhere in the world, excluding the United States. The honorees... Contribuido por Geoffrey Chan el 30 Aug , 2006 15. Habitat for Humanity International http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071661 Habitat for Humanity International builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of homeowner (known as ?partner?) families, volunteer labor, and donations of money and materials. Architects, engineers, bricklayers, mason, carpenters... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 30 Aug , 2006 16. A New Approach to the Joint Management of River Basins in the Lake Victoria Basin http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071684 The initiative for a new approach to the Joint Management of River Basins in the Lake Victoria Basin is guided by a Shared Vision (between country neighboring River Nile) ?to achieve sustainable socio-economic development through the equitable... Contribuido por Emmanuel Habumuremyi el 31 Aug , 2006 17. Plan stratégique de tranformation de l'agriculture au Rwanda: Gestion et utilisation de l'eau et des sols http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071694 Les ressources en eau du Rwanda sont abondantes et convergent même dans des zones à déficit pluviométrique, pourtant l?irrigation a été et reste le parent pauvre dans les programmes du secteur agricole. L?irrigation gravitaire de surface est la seule... Contribuido por Emmanuel Habumuremyi el 31 Aug , 2006 18. Rwanda - water statistics 2005 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071702 The AQUASTAT country profiles describe the state of water resources and agricultural water use in the respective country. Special attention is given to the water resource, irrigation, and drainage sub-sectors. Contribuido por Emmanuel Habumuremyi el 31 Aug , 2006 19. Are Stable Agreements Sharing International River Waters Now Possible? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071709 International river and lake basins constitute about 47 percent of the world's continental land area, a proportion that increases to about 60 percent in Africa, Asia, and South America. Because water is a scarce and increasingly valuable resource,... Contribuido por Emmanuel Habumuremyi el 31 Aug , 2006 20. Rwanda-Données sur le secteur de la pêche http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071717 Très peu pratiquée jusqu'à la fin des années 70, la pêche a par la suite connu une évolution très remarquable. Entre 1975 et 1979, la production annuelle était estimée 1.480 tonnes par an. Avec le concours du projet de développement de la pêche au... Contribuido por Emmanuel Habumuremyi el 31 Aug , 2006 21. APPROCHE TECHNIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE LA PISCICULTURE EN REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071723 Soit un paysan qui dispose d'un terrain où il est possible de pratiquer la pisciculture : terrain en pente douce, ruisseau permanent à proximité en amont, terre argileuse. Il veut y construire 6 bassins de 4 ares et compte les exploiter intensivement... Contribuido por Emmanuel Habumuremyi el 31 Aug , 2006 22. Les ressources halieutique au Burundi http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071729 La productivité des eaux du Lac Tanganyika est assez élevée comparativement à celle des autres lacs du Rift Africain, en raison des conditions physico-chimiques et écologiques du lac. La production totale pour tout le lac est comprise entre 29 500 et... Contribuido por Emmanuel Habumuremyi el 31 Aug , 2006 23. World's Forests Continue to Shrink http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071790 This paper discusses the importance of forests, including regulating the water cycle and stabilise soils;helping moderate climate by soaking up and storing carbon dioxide; providing habitat for diverse flora and fauna; offering cultural, spiritual,... Contribuido por Dominique Nduhura el 01 Sep , 2006 24. Teach A Man To Fish - Education that pays for itself - Quarterly Newsletter August 2006 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071798 Can schools generate their own income without charging fees? At Teach A Man To Fish we're pioneering an approach combining entrepreneurship and skills education to enable schools to generate their own resources - improving their financial... Contribuido por Nik Kafka el 01 Sep , 2006 25. Cash transfers: Panacea for poverty reduction or money down the drain? by J. Farrington & R. Slater http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071822 Cash transfers have risen rapidly up the agenda in both emergency and developmental contexts, provoking widely disparate reactions and raising a number of political, financial and operational challenges for governments, donors and NGOs. This special... Contribuido por Joanna Adcock el 01 Sep , 2006 26. Reducing child poverty with cash transfers: A sure thing? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071833 Children are disproportionately represented among the income-poor, many suffer from severe deprivation, and their poverty and vulnerability have cumulative and long-term consequences. This article provides a comparative examination of the... Contribuido por Joanna Adcock el 01 Sep , 2006 27. Assessing market distortions affecting poverty reduction efforts on smallholder tobacco production in Tanzania http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071841 This study attempts to analyse the efficiency of production, the degree of distortion in the markets and the pattern of incentives for smallholder tobacco growers in Songea, Tanzania. Author(s): Dennis Rweyemamu; Monica Kimaro (2006) REPOA Funded... Contribuido por S Tiscenko el 01 Sep , 2006 28. Editorial: special issue on cash transfers http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071845 This editorial provides a basic introduction to the role of cash transfers in emergencies?the focus of this mini special issue of Disasters?drawing on ongoing research at the London-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (Harvey, 2006). It is... Contribuido por Joanna Adcock el 01 Sep , 2006 29. Implementing cash for work programmes in post-tsunami Aceh: experiences and lessons learned http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071849 Cash for work (CFW) programmes are utilised in various disaster and emergency contexts and were a prominent component of the tsunami response in Aceh province, Indonesia. This paper describes Mercy Corps' CFW programme, discusses CFW implementation... Contribuido por Joanna Adcock el 01 Sep , 2006 30. Cash-based interventions: lessons from southern Somalia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071852 Commodity distributions, the predominant relief response, are subject to growing criticism, while donors and humanitarian actors are increasingly viewing cash-based interventions as a viable alternative. This paper aims to contribute to the current... Contribuido por Joanna Adcock el 01 Sep , 2006 31. The Crafts Center at CHF International. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071877 The Crafts Center at CHF International contributes to economic development through field programs and coordination of an international network dedicated to supporting low-income artisans. Through targeted training and business development services,... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 01 Sep , 2006 32. Environment and Urbanization Journal April 2006 Issue on Ecological Urbanization http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071907 Environment and Urbanization Journal: This twice-yearly journal provides researchers, NGO staff and professionals in Africa, Asia and Latin America with the chance to write about their work, present their ideas and debate on issues. It promotes the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 02 Sep , 2006 33. Medio Ambiente y Urbanización http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071916 Medio Ambiente y Urbanización is a sister journal to Environment and Urbanization. The two journals have similar editorial policies but only a small overlap in what they publish as Medio Ambiente y Urbanización concentrates on Latin America while... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 02 Sep , 2006 34. Afghanistan: a country on the move http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071993 UNDP latest publication on Afghanistan actuality and developments. Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 03 Sep , 2006 35. Best Practices Seville Centre for City-to-City Co-operation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071935 The UN Habitat Best Practices and Local Leadership Program has established in Seville, Spain, a new Centre for supporting city-to-city co-operation. The project is implemented with the support of the Seville City Council. Its main objective is to... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 02 Sep , 2006 36. UNHCR Asks Thailand to Tackle the Spread of AIDS Inside Refugee Camps http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071951 Today Online, August 30, 2006 : The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has asked Thailand to tackle the spread of AIDS inside refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border, a Thai government spokesman has said. Antonio Guterrez met Thai Prime Minister... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 02 Sep , 2006 37. Promoting Young People?s Sexual and Reproductive Health: Stigma, Discrimination and Human Rights http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071965 Report by Kate Wood and Peter Aggleton - Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London. The report was developed as part of the 'Safe Passages to Adulthood,' a five-year Department for International Development (DfID)... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 02 Sep , 2006 38. Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development (FORWARD) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1071978 Since its establishment, FORWARD has been recognised as a leader in the field of working and campaigning for the elimination of female genital mutilation. FORWARD has been a pioneer in promoting innovative strategies and community-orientated... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 02 Sep , 2006 39. From microfinance to micro change: integrating health education and microfinance to empower women and reduce poverty http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072127 This advocacy booklet calls for integration of reproductive health education with microfinance services in developing countries. It presents individual stories, case studies and dramatic findings to show the impact this combination can have on... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 04 Sep , 2006 40. Promoting gender-sensitive entrepreneurship via microfinance institutions http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072133 The main focus of this paper is on how staff from a microfinance institution can interact with potential clients in a more gender-sensitive manner. Murray, U. / Sustainable Development Department, FAO / SD Dimensions , 2005 Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 04 Sep , 2006 41. Is microfinance a "magic bullet" for women?s empowerment?: analysis of findings from South Asia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072136 This paper seeks to examine the empirical evidence on the impacts of microfinance with respect to poverty reduction and empowerment of poor women. Its central thesis is that generalised conclusions cannot and should not be drawn; in order to... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 04 Sep , 2006 42. Oxfam programme for Middle East crisis http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072011 Oxfam has launched a £1m appeal to continue and expand its work with partners in Lebanon, Gaza, Israel and beyond over the next three months to provide clean water, sanitation and public hygiene promotion to innocent people affected by the fighting. Contribuido por Victor K. Mugarura el 04 Sep , 2006 43. Direct Relief International: Iraq reconstruction http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072015 Since April 2003, Direct Relief has provided more than $12,000,000 of emergency and ongoing medical supplies and equipment to hospitals, clinics, and other medical and mental health programs in Iraq. Direct Relief has been partnering with Freedom and... Contribuido por Victor K. Mugarura el 04 Sep , 2006 44. "ICT for Development Success Stories" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072037 The stories in this collection were submitted under three broad categories: Youth, Poverty and Gender. The best among them were selected for the inaugural "GKP Youth Award," the "Tony Zeitoun Awards for poverty reduction," and the "Gender and ICT... Contribuido por John Daly el 04 Sep , 2006 45. Partners In Health Teams Up with the World Food Program to Distribute Food in Haiti http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072061 Partners In Health's Haitian partner organization, Zanmi Lasante (ZL) broke new ground in providing comprehensive health care for HIV patients on June 5 with the launch of a major food distribution program. Joining forces with the UN World Food... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Sep , 2006 46. The PIH Guide to the Community-Based Treatment of HIV in Resource-Poor Settings (Second Edition) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072068 Partners In Health has published an updated and expanded second edition of The PIH Guide to the Community-Based Treatment of HIV in Resource-Poor Settings. Drawing on PIH's experience since 1998 treating HIV patients in rural Haiti, the guide... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Sep , 2006 47. Clinton Foundation Pediatric AIDS Clinic in Lesotho http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072074 The Bophelong Pediatric HIV Clinic in Maseru, Lesotho, refurbished by the Clinton Foundation provides comprehensive medical services for mothers and children. When President Clinton formally inaugurated the Bophelong Pediatric HIV Clinic in Maseru in... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Sep , 2006 48. Pediatric HIV/AIDS: A Portrait of the Problem (Clinton Foundation) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072080 The Statistics: Each year, as many as 700,000 children become infected with HIV. In 2005, 570,000 children under the age of 15 died of AIDS-related causes, representing 18% of all AIDS-related deaths, while children represent less than 6% of total... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Sep , 2006 49. HEARD - Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072091 HEARD conducts research on the socio-economic aspects of public health, especially the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It is based in South Africa at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, but its operations are international in scope. The intent is to inspire health... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Sep , 2006 50. Preparing the Girl-child for National Development in Nigeria http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072112 Despite the Federal Government's Universal Basic Education launched with fanfare some years ago, the number of girls attending schools in some northern states of the country, remains abysmally low. This is attributed to age-long religious and... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Sep , 2006 51. Area Development Programme Helps Girls Back to School in Rajasthan http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072119 29 August 2006 - Girls from Rajasthan, known for its huge gender gap in literacy, now have better access to education thanks to Marudhara Area Development Programme (ADP), working in the north west part of Rajasthan in Jaisalmer District. Marudhara... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 04 Sep , 2006 52. Paris Club Creditors Agree on Substantial Debt Relief for Afghanistan http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072191 FROM ABSTRACT: "Paris Club creditors agreed on 19 July 2006 with representatives of the Government of Afghanistan to a significant reduction of its external debt following the IMF?s approval of an arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 05 Sep , 2006 53. The Changing Face of Foreign Assistance: New Funding Paradigms Offer a Challenge and Opportunity for Family Planning http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072197 FROM ABSTRACT: "New foreign assistance strategies that aim to encourage ownership by recipients while still effectively reducing poverty are laudable. They offer the hope of increased financial support to overall global development?a bigger pie?but... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 05 Sep , 2006 54. Why Globalization Is in Trouble - Part I http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072205 FROM ABSTRACT: "WASHINGTON: Historically, the dominant power tends to support globalization as a way to increase the ambit of its influence, expand trade and gain economic advantage, co-opt new citizens and possibly show the advantages of its own... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 05 Sep , 2006 55. Why Globalization Is in Trouble - Part II http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072214 FROM ABSTRACT: "Globalization has spurred inequality ? both among citizens in the wealthiest countries as well as among nations of the developing world. The second of this two-part series by Branco Milanovic explores the growing resentment as only a... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 05 Sep , 2006 56. Social Watch Report 2006 - Impossible Architecture http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072223 FROM ABSTRACT: "Most citizens in rich countries think that a substantial proportion of the taxes they pay flow to poor countries in the form of aid, cheap loans, trade benefits and the frequently talked about debt cancellations. If poverty still... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 05 Sep , 2006 57. Making Aid Work: How to fight global poverty - effectively http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072237 FROM ABSTRACT: "By the fourth day after the October 2005 earthquake in northern Pakistan, the world had woken up to the fact that something very big had happened. The government was estimating that 50,000 or more people had been injured or killed,... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 05 Sep , 2006 58. Doing Business 2007: How to Reform http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072252 According to new report Doing Business 2007: How to Reform by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), 213 regulatory reforms has reduced the time and cost for businesses to comply with legal and administrative requirements.... Contribuido por Alison Yost el 06 Sep , 2006 59. Household Financial Assets in the Process of Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072297 Systematic information on household financial asset holdings in developing countries is very sparse; we review some available data and current policy debates. Although financial asset holdings by households are highly concentrated, deeper financial... Contribuido por Adam Swallow el 06 Sep , 2006 60. Inequality, Poverty and Well-being http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072300 With more than a billion people living on less than one dollar per day, some evidence of increasing gaps in living conditions within and between countries and the clear evidence of substantial declines in life expectancy or other health outcomes in... Contribuido por Adam Swallow el 06 Sep , 2006 61. The least developed countries report 2006 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072463 The least developed countries report 2006 is intended as a resource for policy-makers in the least developed countries (LDCs) and their development partners. The first part focuses on recent economic trends and progress that LDCs are making towards... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 07 Sep , 2006 62. UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2006 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072466 If international measures are not taken to reduce global trade imbalances, financial crises will develop, warns UNCTAD´s new report. It advocates the creation of a multilateral system of financial measures. It also argues for greater autonomy -... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 07 Sep , 2006 63. Socially responsible trade integration:a political economy perspective http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072470 The paper argues that trade liberalisation inevitably creates winners and losers within nations, but the assumption is that losers can be compensated through the use of appropriate redistributive mechanisms. At the same time, it is striking how... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 07 Sep , 2006 64. The future of Fair Trade coffee: dilemmas facing Latin America?s small-scale producers http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072472 This study explores some of the dilemmas facing the Fair Trade movement as it seeks to broaden and deepen its impact among the rural poor of Latin America?s coffee sector. It argues that the efforts to broaden Fair Trade?s economic impact among poor,... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 07 Sep , 2006 65. SchoolNet Namibia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072153 SchoolNet Namibia is a local hands-on ICT deployment, training and support organization, and the successful provision of innovative computer technologies and internet to over 300 schools since 2000 has led SchoolNet to become a lead organisation in... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 05 Sep , 2006 66. Moving Young - State of World Population 2006: Youth Supplement http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072305 "This report explores the lives of young women and young men who have ventured into new lands to chase their dreams or to escape oppression, war, poverty or misfortune. It profiles the lives of young women and men from ten countries ? Burkina Faso,... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 06 Sep , 2006 67. State of World Population 2006 - A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072314 Today, half of all international migrants?95 million?are women and girls. Yet, despite substantial contributions to both their families at home and communities abroad, the needs of migrant women continue to be overlooked and ignored. The State of... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 06 Sep , 2006 68. Coloquio Internacional de la Sociedad Civil (Argentina) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072328 Se realizará en Argentina el 4 y 5 de octubre. Expondrán personalidades nacionales e internacionales de relevancia y más de 30 organizacioneslatinoamericanas. (InfoRID, 28 de agosto de 2006).- El 4 y 5 de octubre próximo, en la Facultad de Derecho de... Contribuido por Denise Senmartin el 06 Sep , 2006 69. International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour - IPEC (ILO). http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072339 Ratification of the New Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the last two years, hundreds of thousands of children throughout the world have taken part in the Global March to ban child labour. Many reached the ILO in Geneva holding hands with... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 70. Towards a Statistical Definition of Child Labour: Inter-agency Consultation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072352 July 19 2006, Washington DC. Background: The meeting as hosted by the World Bank With participants from the ILO, UNICEF, USDOL, UCW and World Bank Staff. The focus of the meeting was to: 1] Support the ILO in its process directed towards development... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 71. World Tourism Organization Against Sexual Exploitation of Children http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072362 In the beginning of the 1990s, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) addressed the problem by approaching it from a broader perspective which was that of organized sex tourism. In October 1995, the WTO Member States finally took a firm stand against... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 72. European Union-Funded Projects Against Child Sex Tourism http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072371 At the end of 2000, WTO began to pool resources with the European Union (EU) to develop a series of interactive projects to counter "child sex tourism". Since then, a total of 2 million euros have been committed by the EU to support projects aimed at... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 73. The Global Challenge of Youth Unemployment http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072379 More than 1 billion people today are between 15 and 25 years of age and nearly 40 per cent of the world's population is below the age of 20. Eighty-five per cent of these young people live in developing countries where many are especially vulnerable... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 74. Productive Employment for Poverty Reduction: Project of Urban Self Help (PUSH), Lusaka, Zambia http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072392 Zambia has the highest urbanisation level in Africa -- 50 per cent --, and faces high unemployment and poverty. The Government of Zambia noted the problem, and asked the World Food Programme (WFP) to assist to implement a food-for-work project. The... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 75. Local Economic Development in Ukraine http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072399 In 1995, UNDP initiated the Crimean Integration and Development Programme (CIDP) on conflict prevention at the request of the Government of Ukraine. This programme aims at maintaining peace and security on the Crimean peninsula by fostering peaceful... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 76. SHSKI - Students Helping Street Kids International http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072409 Students Helping Street Kids International is a tax exempt, 501(c)(3), non-profit corporation established in 1997 with the following goals: 1] To provide funding for educational scholarships to needy children in developing countries to attend school... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 77. Global Youth Action Network and Millennium Development Goals http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072415 The Millennium Development Goals were announced in 2000 by the United Nations. In 2002, two groups emerged: the Millennium Project, commissioned by the Secretary-General to devise strategies for achieving the Goals, and the Millennium Campaign, which... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 78. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072475 The following is all about the Declaration on Environment and Development made by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. At the centre of concerns was the human beings and sustainable development. They are... Contribuido por Dominique Nduhura el 07 Sep , 2006 79. UN 2006 MDG Report http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072588 This report shows where the world stands in 2006 in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Data in the report suggests that providing every child with a primary school education is "within our grasp. The handful of countries in sub-Saharan... Contribuido por Charlotte Moser el 08 Sep , 2006 80. Millennium Development Goals Indicators Website http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072591 The UN has launche a new website on MDG Indicators. This site presents the official data, definitions, methodologies and sources for the 48 indicators to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. The data and analysis are the product... Contribuido por Charlotte Moser el 08 Sep , 2006 81. Constraints to Achieving the MDGs with Scaled-Up Aid http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072600 This paper by François Bourguignon and Mark Sundberg was published in March 2006 as DESA Working Paper No. 15. It examines the macroeconomic and structural constraints to scaling up aid flows to developing countries to meet the Millennium Development... Contribuido por Charlotte Moser el 08 Sep , 2006 82. Literacy Day and the White House Conference on Global Literacy http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072494 The United Nations has declared September 8th to be Literacy Day. Laura Bush and the White House have organized a major Literacy event in New York on September 18. The conference is cosponsored by UNESCO. Invitations to the literacy conference have... Contribuido por John Daly el 07 Sep , 2006 83. Orphans and Vulnerable Children Due to AIDS in Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072505 This publication is a literature review written by Candice Audemard, Kokou Vignikin, Annabel Desgrées du Loû (July 2006). Summary: Children become orphans or vulnerable because their parents are HIV/AIDS infected or have died from the disease. It... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 84. The Women?s Global Health Imperative - Current Research Projects http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072515 The Women?s Global Health Imperative (WGHI) is a global research center based in the Global Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Its mission is to improve the reproductive health of vulnerable women around the globe... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 85. Contraceptive Research and Development - CONRAD http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072522 CONRAD is dedicated to improving reproductive health, particularly in developing countries where the need is greatest, by supporting the development of better, safer, and more acceptable methods to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 86. Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): Social Support, Savings, and Microcredit Opportunities for Young Women in Areas with High HIV Prevalence http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072535 Summary: The document reports on the Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY) project in Nairobi, Kenya. The project aimed to reduce the vulnerability of out of school adolescent girls and young women, aged 16-22, to HIV infection and other illnesses by... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 07 Sep , 2006 87. Setting the Stage for Equity-Sensitive Monitoring of the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072594 In this analysis, the authors use population-based surveys to analyse several indicators and stratifiers and aim to show that equity analyses in country-level adaptations of the MDGs and PRSPs should be more comprehensive. This study also aims to... Contribuido por Maribeth Lovegrove el 08 Sep , 2006 88. Global Campaign on Urban Governance http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072665 UN-HABITAT launched the Global Campaign on Urban Governance in 1999 to support the implementation of the Habitat Agenda goal of ?sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world.? The campaign?s goal is to contribute to the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 08 Sep , 2006 89. The cocept of Enviroment and its marketing http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072838 The marketing environment needs valuation of natural resources. Contribuido por DR.PRABIR Dutta el 10 Sep , 2006 90. SOUTHERN AFRICA: Farmworkers Slowly Waking Up to HIV/AIDS http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072685 HOEDSPRUIT, 19 July (PLUSNEWS) - "Farm workers should take care of each other ? always use a condom", reads a poster at a bus terminal in the small town of Hoedspruit, in South Africa's Limpopo province, where hundreds of farm labourers arrive daily... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Sep , 2006 91. World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072543 In support of young peoples? transition to adulthood, and in recognition of the fact that adulthood poses important opportunities and unprecedented challenges, the World Bank has decided to focus on the Youth (young people between the ages of 12 to... Contribuido por Chijioke Evoh el 07 Sep , 2006 92. South Africa - Is the HIV/AIDS Message Hitting Home? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072693 Up to two million people are estimated to be infected with HIV, but are unaware of their status. This group usually tends to engage in risky behaviour, in most instances, without even knowing it. Prevention is key to fighting HIV/AIDS, but is the... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Sep , 2006 93. HIV-Positive Children Face Discrimination in Romania http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072703 BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Thousands of HIV-positive children face discrimination in Romania, where vast, filthy orphanages were a breeding ground for AIDS before the 1989 fall of communism, according to human rights group, US-based Human Rights Watch... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Sep , 2006 94. NEPAL: Poor Maternity Care Poses Threat to Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072708 KATHMANDU, 3 Aug 2006 (IRIN) - Concerns are growing about the poor level of maternity care for Nepalese women. "Despite decades of efforts to improve the reproductive health situation, thousands of Nepalese women still die while giving birth," said... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 09 Sep , 2006 95. Tom Hanks Helps EDC Project in Tanzania http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072759 Academy-award winning actor Tom Hanks has donated $50,000 to the Freeplay Foundation. The foundation will use the donation to purchase 1,000 Lifeline radios for a primary school distance education program in Tanzania developed by EDC?s International... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Sep , 2006 96. The International Educational Systems Division of EDC, Washington. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072768 The International Education Systems Division, based in EDC's Washington Office, provides services to education sector partners in developing countries. Its staff of approximately 370 international and local employees currently works in 25 developing... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Sep , 2006 97. The Global Learning Group of Education Development Center, Washington, DC. http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072775 EDC prepares young people for work and over the last 45 years, the growth of technology, its impact on schools and workplaces, and the surge in various growth industries have created new opportunities for learning and growth. EDC specializes in... Contribuido por Anuradha Bhattacharjee el 10 Sep , 2006 98. "ARTIFICIAL STATES" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072786 ABSTRACT: "Artificial states are those in which political borders do not coincide with a division of nationalities desired by the people on the ground. We propose and compute for all countries in the world two new measures how artificial states are.... Contribuido por John Daly el 10 Sep , 2006 99. "Cultures of Corruption: Evidence From Diplomatic Parking Tickets" http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072798 Abstract: "Corruption is believed to be a major factor impeding economic development, but the importance of legal enforcement versus cultural norms in controlling corruption is poorly understood. To disentangle these two factors, we exploit a natural... Contribuido por John Daly el 10 Sep , 2006 100. World Bank sees business climate as main tool for SME support http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072825 New World Bank research findings break away from the traditional view that subsidizing small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) fosters growth and poverty alleviation. Researchers Beck and Demirgüç-Kunt recommend that countries focus on improving the... Contribuido por Karsten Weitzenegger el 10 Sep , 2006 101. Q&A with Dr. Sonjia Kenya: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) ? Gender Inequality ? Rights Based Approaches (RBAs) ? HIV/AIDS http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073033 By approaching the perspectives liaised with sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) we have tried in this Q&A to document the importance of such framework vis-à-vis development thinking in the lights of the paradigm shifts and changing... Contribuido por emmanuel Asomba el 12 Sep , 2006 102. "Mobile for Good": Using mobile phone technology to help alleviate poverty http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072894 The project is designed to use mobile phone technology to help alleviate poverty and improve the lives of people in the developing world. What started out as OKN Mobile in Kenya (a project of OneWorld, the NGO that coordinates OKN) has now become an... Contribuido por Thomas BEKKERS el 11 Sep , 2006 103. New Website - Afghan Gender Cafe http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072926 I'd like to request that the new website be announced and linked to the Development Gateway community. Afghan Gender Cafe - an online cafe for information sharing, networking, advocacy, activism and interaction. Check back often. On June 27, 2006... Contribuido por Vicki Getz el 11 Sep , 2006 104. ICT for Poverty Alleviation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072971 This e-primer provides case studies and lessons learned on the use of information and communication technologies in poverty alleviation programmes and projects. A poverty alleviation framework is presented as a guide to analyze the impact of the case... Contribuido por Christine Apikul el 11 Sep , 2006 105. Armed conflicts and Child labor in Nepal http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072975 Wars and armed conflicts have never been fair to any group. In most cases, children, youth and to a large extent women are hugely impacted by such upheavals. The impacts of many decades of armed conflict in Nepal are no exceptions. Scores of children... Contribuido por Chijioke Evoh el 12 Sep , 2006 106. The Detection and Identification of Infectious Diseases http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073003 "Infectious diseases account for a quarter of all human mortality and a similar fraction of morbidity (1). Infectious diseases of crops and livestock cost the global economy uncounted billions of euros every year. On top of this, sudden epidemics of... Contribuido por John Daly el 12 Sep , 2006 107. HIV Positive Caribbean Women http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073099 In 2005, about 27,000 people contracted AIDS in the Caribbean, making it the leading cause of death among adults between 15 and 44 years old. More than 330,000 people in the Caribbean are infected with HIV and women are contracting the disease at far... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 13 Sep , 2006 108. Caribbean Women Living with HIV - Part 2 http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073101 The Caribbean has not been spared the ravages of HIV/AIDS which has had a devastating impact on women in the region. The World Health Organization's 2005 update found the Caribbean with the second highest HIV prevalence in the world, after... Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 13 Sep , 2006 109. Students for Safe Sex http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073102 A group of graduate students concerned about high rates of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS and unplanned pregnancies in adolescents and teenagers. Contribuido por Carmen Villegas Caballero el 13 Sep , 2006 110. Choosing to Migrate or Migrating to Choose:Migration and Labour Choice in Albania http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073007 While sustainable economic growth, poverty reduction, and the management of migration flows are among the most pressing items on the policy agenda in Albania, very little systematic analysis exists of the income generating strategies of Albanian... Contribuido por denise melvin el 12 Sep , 2006 111. The Experience of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073008 This paper discusses the experience of six conditional cash transfer programs in Latin America,a model of social safety nets which have grown to dominate the social protection sector in the region over the last 10 years. We find that while... Contribuido por denise melvin el 12 Sep , 2006 112. Thembinkosi Foundation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073042 The Thembinkosi Foundation exists in order to promote peace, justice and human rights; sustainable economic and social development; support those living in poverty and living with HIV/AIDS and participation in and seeking support for efforts aimed at... Contribuido por Adrian Scarlett el 12 Sep , 2006 113. NIGERIA: Domestic workers or modern day slaves? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073047 An internal human trafficking has been in existence in Nigeria for a long time. The social and economic practice of having young and uneducated boys and girls serve as domestic servants well-off families in the urban areas has increased rapidly in... Contribuido por Chijioke Evoh el 12 Sep , 2006 114. Governance for the Future: Democracy and Development in the LDCs http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073195 "Governance for the Future: Democracy and Development in the LDCs", published in May 2006, is the first United Nations Report to focus specifically on the challenges of governance faced by the 50 poorest nations in the world, collectively known as... Contribuido por Charlotte Moser el 14 Sep , 2006 115. Enabling Environments for Civic Engagement in PRSP Countries http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072916 The Social Development Note (SDN) describes the World Bank's conceptual framework for analyzing the enabling environment for civic engagement. Under the right conditions civic engagement can promote development and improve the economic and social... Contribuido por Carmen Monico el 11 Sep , 2006 116. What Future? Street Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1072979 Street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are not only victims of decades of bloody civil war in the country, but also victims of inhuman treatments in their communities. According to a recent report by the Human Rights Watch (2006)... Contribuido por Chijioke Evoh el 12 Sep , 2006 117. Navigating Youth, Generating Adulthood: Social Becoming in an African Context http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073060 This new book, co-edited by Catrine Christiansen , Mats Utas , and Henrik Vigh introduces a new dimension of looking at the youth and issues concerning young people in Africa. This ethnographic study provokes deep thoughts about the fate of young... Contribuido por Chijioke Evoh el 12 Sep , 2006 118. International Course on the ?Public Health Science for Human Security? http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073065 The Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine will offer a Master?s Programme of International Course on the ?Public Health Science for Human Security? starting from next Spring, and currently is seeking qualified students. This course aims to... Contribuido por Chika Saito el 12 Sep , 2006 119. The death of innocence: the future of child Soldiers in Liberia and Sierra-Leone http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073144 Of the estimated 300,000 child soldiers around the world, there are 120,000 children actively involved in armed conflicts in different parts of Africa. The after-effects of war on these child soldiers are always over-looked especially when peace... Contribuido por Chijioke Evoh el 13 Sep , 2006 120. In the Public Interest Health, Education, and Water and Sanitation for All http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073151 This report argues that building strong public services in developing countries is at the heart of making poverty history. Doing this will transform the lives of millions of people - and, with political leadership, is well within our grasp.... Contribuido por Jennie Morant el 14 Sep , 2006 121. Tackling Corruption is Essential in Making Poverty History, says Transparency International http://topics.developmentgateway.org/pobreza/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1073214 Anti-corruption reform is crucial to making poverty history. Securing sustainable anti-corruption reform requires long-term strategies based on meaningful partnerships that involve civil society playing critical roles in policy and implementation.... Contribuido por Boris Demidov el 14 Sep , 2006

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