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  Population 0.53 mln
  
  Population growth 2%
  
  Life expectancy 71 years
  
  Net migration -5,000
  
  Economy
  
  GDP $1.43 bln
  
  - per capita $2,705
  
  - growth rate 7%
  
  FDI, net inflows $0.13 bln
  
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  Cellphone users 28%
  
  Internet users 7%
  
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Top 10 Largest Recipients of U.S. Aid in 2011

In an effort to build Afghanistan’s economy and to establish security, the U.S. doles out more than $4 billion a year. About half of that is devoted only to training and equipping Afghan troops; another $1.5 billion comes from USAID programs.Israel collected $190 million from USAID in 2011. Israel is also the number one recipient of military aid, receiving a total of $2.75 billion in 2010. The country has received $17 billion from the U.S. over the past 10 years. The United States has given more...

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2012

Case studies of intermediary influence

ikmediarynetwork.org –

Based on interviews with intermediary service users, each case study highlights ways in which the information accessed from using intermediary services is applied and the outcomes of that information use. The case studies are unusual in that they focus on outcomes of the services, not the services themselves.The extracts featured on the following pages form part of a larger collection of evaluation data which is being collected by the I-K-Mediary Network to analyse the impact of intermediaries more...

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2012

Opportunities, Challenges and Good Practices in International Research Cooperation between Developed and Developing Countries

ukcds.org.uk –

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Global Forum on Development has recently published a report looking at international research collaboration.Opportunities, Challenges and Good Practices in International Research Cooperation' (PDF 3601KB) looks at examples of good practice in research collaborations between developing and industrialised countries.The report was written due to the growing policy-level discussions both nationally and internationally of global more...

Added by Zunia on February 09, 2012

Global Data Privacy Laws: 89 Countries, and Accelerating

papers.ssrn.com –

It is almost forty years since Sweden’s Data Act 1973 was the first comprehensive national data privacy law, and was the first to implement what we can now recognize as a basic set of data protection principles. How many countries now have data protection laws? This article surveys the forty years since then of global development of data privacy laws to the start of 2012. It expands and updates ‘Global data privacy laws: Accelerating after 40 years’ ((2011) Privacy Laws & Business more...

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2012

Climate-smart agriculture for food security in Africa

cdkn.org –

Greenhouse agriculture and drip irrigation are examples of climate-smart agricultural innovations that will be increasingly necessary as the effects of climate change take hold in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa. Climate change and variability are likely to severely compromise agricultural production and food security in many African countries. Yields could fall by up to 50% by 2020, while net revenues from crops could drop by as much as 90% by 2100. Small-scale farmers will be most more...

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2012

access:energy

indiegogo.com –

Wind turbines made by Kenyans, for Kenyans. Power to the People.access:energy seeks to empower Kenyans to bring renewable electricity to their communities, creating skilled jobs and energy independence.It is training local technicians to build wind turbines from scratch, using scrap metal and car parts that they source locally. It has received an award from the President of Kenya. The wind turbines:+ Are 3 times cheaper than equivalent solar panels+ Do no harm, unlike disposable more...

Added by Zunia on February 09, 2012

Family Planning: Pathway to Poverty Reduction

prb.org –

This guide provides the facilitator with an overview of how to effectively use and present Family Planning:Pathway to Poverty Reduction, an ENGAGE Presentation. It includes information about opportunities to give the presentation, a list of technology requirements, presentation instructions, presentation tips, instructions for creating and using presentation handouts, discussion guide questions, FAQs, resources and references, and definitions of key terms used throughout the presentation. The more...

Added by Zunia on February 09, 2012

Moving from food crisis to food security in ACP countries

cta.int –

African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries must not only cope with the current food crisis, but devise policies to ensure food security for future generations. Global food production will have to rise by at least 70% by 2050 to keep pace with population growth. This policy brief describes some of the measures which could be taken to increase food security in ACP countries. These include: increasing investments in agriculture and rural development; encouraging intensive forms of green more...

Added by Zunia on February 09, 2012

What African girls fear more than drought

thedailybeast.com –

One of the greatest travesties of the worst drought crisis facing the region in more than a half century isn’t what we can see, and it won’t be resolved when the famine is over. A recent survey funded by the U.K.’s Department for International Development of 100 girls and women in the Dadaab refugee camp of northern Kenya shows that their greatest concern is avoiding rape and kidnapping. Somali and Kenyan girls have become the victims of sexual violence on a frightening scale. The most more...

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2012

Harnessing core business for development impact

odi.org.uk –

The inclusive business concept contrasts with two previous ways of business thinking. One approach was that companies could deliver their social responsibilities through corporate philanthropy or isolated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes alone. Core business delivered shareholder value, while corporate philanthropy delivered stakeholder value. The second focused on adapting core business, but to reduce negative impacts. Requirements for large investors, particularly extractive more...

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2012

Responding to the Global Financial Crisis

adbi.org –

This paper examines the evolving dynamics between economic globalization and Asian regional interdependence, and asks whether and how the global financial crisis impacted Asian regionalism. The analysis suggests that the global crisis did trigger advances in regional policy cooperation from 2007 onwards, especially in the area of financial and monetary cooperation. Although the first order response of Asian countries was to join the broader global effort to contain financial freefall at the more...

Added by Zunia on February 09, 2012

Smarter economics: Investing in girls

girleffect.org –

In the past two decades, we have seen remarkable strides in girls’ primary school attendance. But these advances are not yet universal. As highlighted in the 2012 WDR, the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI) promotes the transition of girls from school to productive employment using scalable models. Funded by the World Bank, the Nike Foundation, the governments of Australia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, the AGI is proving the ripple effect starts with girls almost 20,000 more...

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2012

Beyond Business as Usual: What Might 3-D Wellbeing Contribute to MDG Momentum?

bellagioinitiative.org –

The Millennium Declaration provided considerable impetus to refocus the efforts of development agents around the world on the major ethical challenge of eradicating global poverty. The MDGs that followed have become an important mechanism for pursuing the agenda of the Millennium Declaration. We are now, however, at a point where reflection on the MDG framework is called for. This article explores what the contribution of a concept of (3-dimensional) wellbeing might bring to a revived MDG more...

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2012

Education is key to peace and social development

educationandtransition.org –

Currently, more than 1.5 billion people live in fragile and conflict-affected states. Children living in armed conflict are subject to violence, deprived of basic needs and robbed of developmental opportunities, including a quality education. A recent report, The Role of Education in Peacebuilding: A synthesis report of findings from Lebanon, Nepal and Sierra Leone, commissioned by UNICEF and written by Mario Novelli of the University of Sussex and Alan Smith of the University of Ulster, more...

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Taleen Vartan on February 09, 2012

The index of global philanthropy and remittances 2011

hudson.org –

Nearly 80% of the developed world’s total economic engagement with the developing world is through private financial flows, including investment, philanthropy, and remittances. Additionally, the stability of philanthropy and marginal declines in remittances and their steady return to growth reinforce their importance as a lifeline to the poor in tough economic times. In March 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the State Department would team up with Goldman Sachs to expand more...

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2012

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food security	857
poverty	510
climate change	473
hiv prevention	454
africa	442
health services	416
european union	415
greenhouse gas emissions	414
united nations	405
education	390

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