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  - Population 8.5 mln
  - Population growth 4%
  - Life expectancy 49 years
  - Net migration 191,600
  - GDP $0.97 bln
  - - per capita $110
  - - growth rate 4%
  - FDI, net inflows $0 bln
  - Cellphone users 3%
  - Internet users 1%
  - High-tech exports 4%

The ICT Challenge 2013: Accelerating Entrepreneurship & Innovation through ICT

The ICT Challenge 2013: Accelerating Entrepreneurship & Innovation through ICT

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The ICT Challenge 2013, supports ICT entrepreneurship in five emerging markets: Burundi, Liberia, Rwanda, Kosovo, and Palestine. This business plan competition aims to identify high potential business ideas, provide international exposure and finance. The ICT Challenge 2013 provides entrepreneurs with the assistance of the BiD Network coaching program, the access to a network of like-minded entrepreneurs, coaches and investors, and the opportunity to present their business plan to committed more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 25, 2013

Apply for the Global Health Corps fellowship

I am excited to announce that the application for the 2013-2014Global Health Corps fellowship is NOW OPEN! Each year, we select exceptional and driven people with varied skillsets and experiences to participate in the fellowship, and this year we need your help to find our next class of emerging leaders in global health. Applications close February 3, 2013 athttp://ghcorps.org/connect/apply In case you’re not familiar with our program, here’s a short background: Global Health Corps is more...

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Jennifer G on January 4, 2013

Trends in International Financial Cooperation for LDCs

Trends in International Financial Cooperation for LDCs

The Brussels Programme of Action (BPoA) is the existing framework for guiding development cooperation in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) secretariat has commissioned a background study analyzing the quantity and quality of aid in LDCs and outlining possible elements for an LDC accountability framework that builds on existing review processes.

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Sonia Hossain on September 29, 2012

Situation of Burundian refugees in Mtabila camp in Tanzania

Situation of Burundian refugees in Mtabila camp in Tanzania

refugee-rights.org –

This urgent briefing, based upon prior research in Mtabila camp during 2011 and a series of follow up email exchanges and phone interviews conducted with refugees in Mtabila camp in June 2012,4 sets out some of the key challenges experienced by Mtabila’s refugees to date in the effort to close and vacate the camp. It focuses on the recent screening process, which was intended to identify who in the group required continued international protection prior to decisions on cessation. It concludes more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 11, 2012

Eastern Africa: Displaced Populations Report (Issue 11)

Eastern Africa: Displaced Populations Report (Issue 11)

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As at the beginning of April 2012, there were 5,715,096 refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the eastern Africa region. This represents an overall increase of 291,882 people (5.4 per cent) between 30 September 2011 and end-March 2012. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Somalia continue to host more than one million IDPs each, while Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania host more than 250,000 refugees each. Attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) constitute a major trigger more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 7, 2012

Burundi: 2012 Article IV Consultation and First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Bo

Burundi: 2012 Article IV Consultation and First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Bo

Added by Zunia.org on August 6, 2012

Burundi: Joint Staff Advisory Note of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP II)

Burundi: Joint Staff Advisory Note of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP II)

Added by Zunia.org on August 6, 2012

Burundi: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper II

Burundi: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper II

Added by Zunia.org on August 6, 2012

Lives and Rights of Journalists Under Threat

Lives and Rights of Journalists Under Threat

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) unveiled its Annual Report on the state of press freedom. The report is the result of extensive and systematic monitoring and documentation of incidents of attacks on journalists and media organisations in Somalia's south-central regions, and in territories controlled by Puntland and Somaliland. The annual report demonstrates that authorities in these northeastern regions failed to promptly investigate and bring to justice perpetrators of attacks more...

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Sonia Hossain on June 29, 2012

Social Repair in Divided Societies

Social Repair in Divided Societies

In many societies polarised following violent intergroup conflict and large-scale abuses, transitional justice initiatives have not dispelled divisive myths and group identities. This brief by Huma Haider draws on lessons from the field of coexistence to suggest how transitional justice could promote reconciliation more effectively. Key messages: * Reconciliation – the process of repairing relationships and societies at all levels and confronting dominant narratives of the past – is a core more...

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IDD University ... on May 23, 2012

The Escalation of Political Violence in Burundi

The Escalation of Political Violence in Burundi

This 81-page report documents political killings stemming from the 2010 elections in Burundi. These killings, which peaked toward the middle of 2011, often took the form of tit-for-tat attacks by members of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie-Forces pour la défense de la démocratie, CNDD-FDD) and the opposition National Liberation Forces (Forces nationales de libération, FNL). In the vast more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 2, 2012

Child labor, schooling and household wealth in African rural area

Child labor, schooling and household wealth in African rural area

This work uses MVPROBIT model and MICS surveys from rural areas of 8 sub- Saharan African countries to highlight the link between household wealth and child labor. It opposes “wealth paradox” approach of Bhalotra and Heady (2003) to “luxury axiom” approach of Basu and Van (1998). This analysis is based on the assumption of differences in the wealth’s effect according to the gender and the type of labor. The results suggest that heterogeneity among children (gender) and labor activities leads to more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 9, 2012

Investing in Security: A Global Assessment of Armed Violence Reduction Initiatives

Investing in Security: A Global Assessment of Armed Violence Reduction Initiatives

Conservative estimates indicate that at least 740 000 men, women, youth and children die each year as a result of armed violence, most of them in low- and medium-income settings. The majority of these deaths occur in situations other than war, though armed conflicts continue to generate a high incidence of casualties. Approaches to preventing and reducing these deaths and related suffering are becoming increasingly important on the international agenda. In spite of the global preoccupation with more...

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Meria Puhakka on April 5, 2012

Somalia: International financing investments

globalhumanitarianassistance.org –

Shifts in the dynamics of the complex political and security situation in Somalia have lent pressure to the case for reconsidering the nature and focus of international engagement in Somalia. It is in this climate of reflection on modes and emphasis of political, security and aid engagement in Somalia that this briefing paper attempts to shed light on the international financial investments in Somalia to date.

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Sonia Hossain on April 2, 2012

Market Integration and Border Effects in Eastern Africa

Market Integration and Border Effects in Eastern Africa

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This paper studies border effects in Eastern Africa by exploiting a consumer price data set. The Law-of-One-Price (LOP) is tested by running level regressions on relative prices with city-pairs the unit of observation. Unsurprisingly, distance plays an important role in explaining relative price movements, both within and between countries. The border effect as measured by the coefficient on a border dummy is significant but smaller compared to what is usually found in the Engel-Rogers more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 1, 2012

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