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ELLA BRIEF: Pushing Through Reform: Lima's Disaster Risk Management Strategy

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In recent years, there have been a number of important actions at the institutional level for promoting disaster risk management (DRM) in developing countries. Yet securing a city-level political commitment that ensures the required investment and specific action plans in big cities has remained a pending challenge. This Brief describes how the Municipality of Lima designed and implemented its Disaster Risk Management Strategy, in particular analysing how disaster risk management was more...

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Mark Turner on May 2, 2013

Molybdenum Industry Market Report 2015 in Global and China

rnrmarketresearch.com –

In 2012, the global economic growth was weak, the bulk commodity demand was reduced, and the prices generally declined. As a result, the molybdenum market remained in the doldrums, the prices showed a downward trend, and the annual average price was USD 12.74 per pound of molybdenum, a decrease of 17.5% from 2011. At the end of 2012, the supply of molybdenum ore decreased, the demand from steel mills increased, and the molybdenum price began to rise. In 2012, the global molybdenum more...

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Paul Thomen on May 2, 2013

China Structural Adhesive Industry Report 2015

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Structural adhesive is a kind of high value-added adhesive with higher technical content and higher conditions for production and application than average adhesives. In 2007-2011, China’s output of structural adhesive presented a CAGR of 16.6%, higher than the growth rate of 13.6% of the adhesive industry in the same period. In 2012, China had a total of nearly 300 professional structural adhesive manufacturers with the output rising by 19.6% year-on-year to 453,000 tons. In particular more...

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Susan Rogen on May 2, 2013

An Interactive e-Participation Model for the Public Administration System in Turkey

An Interactive e-Participation Model for the Public Administration System in Turkey

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The notion of participation has been on the agendas again for supportive mechanisms of political and administrative processes after post 1980 period. Though many factors may be pointed among the possible causes, the growing lack of legitimacy takes the front. It seems arguable and functional that the elimination of legitimacy problem and reconstruction of trust towards politically elected ones (Secilmisler) and bureaucratically assigned ones (Atanmislar) could be a function of civic engagement more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 2, 2013

ICT and E-governance at the Grassroots: Devising an Enabling Law

ICT and E-governance at the Grassroots: Devising an Enabling Law

manager.faa.ro –

The innovation of e-governance enhances good governance, strengthens the democratic process, facilitates access to information, improves citizen participation and the quality of life, using the instrument of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). There is growing concern that e-governance at the local government level can: improve the quality of services to its constituents, improve efficiency, effectiveness, transparency of government operations, build the capacity of civil society more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 2, 2013

Electronic governance, premise for implementation of electronic democracy

Electronic governance, premise for implementation of electronic democracy

apas.admpubl.snspa.ro –

Living in a rapidly changing society, where information travels with great speed and its upgrade is essential, we decided to approach certain aspects of e-democracy, as a dynamic way of citizen participation, using new Information and Communications Technologies. The theme chosen for this research, Electronic governance, premise for implementation of electronic democracy, is a part of Electronic Administration field and identifies the meanings of implementing e-government and e-democracy, the more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 2, 2013

Online forms of political participation and their impact on democracy

Online forms of political participation and their impact on democracy

epub.oeaw.ac.at –

With the diffusion of the World Wide Web expectations were raised that electronic tools may stimulate citizens’ participation in political decision-making. Across Europe many e-participation projects have been funded over the last years but seldom have attempts been made to assess the effects. An OECD report on Evaluating Public Participation in Policy Making concluded that there is an “evaluation gap” and still empirical results differ widely (OECD 2005). A key question for an evaluation of more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 2, 2013

Group Violence, Ethnic Diversity and Citizen Participation - Evidence from Indonesia

Group Violence, Ethnic Diversity and Citizen Participation - Evidence from Indonesia

amse-aixmarseille.fr –

We study the impact of violent conflict on social capital, as measured by citizen participation in community groups, defined by four activity types: governance, social service, infrastructure development and risk-sharing. Combining household panel data from Indonesia with conflict event information, we find an overall decrease in citizen contributions in districts affected by group violence in the early post-Suharto transition period. However, participation in communities with a high degree of more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 2, 2013

GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Humanitarian Capability: Definitions and Components

There is a dearth of literature on the concept of humanitarian capability. References often use capability and capacity interchangeably. Discussions of humanitarian performance show parallels with those on capability. There are almost no holistic, systematic or comparative reviews of the notion of humanitarian capability. References tend to focus on one level of analysis or one sector. Key findings: There is no agreement about how to conceptualise humanitarian capability. For example, more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on May 2, 2013

GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Theories of change for cash transfers

This report gathers together examples from the literature which attempt to explain how and why change happens as a result of cash transfers (CTs). While there is a large body of literature examining social protection and cash transfers’ impacts on poverty reduction and development, there is much less on understanding the mechanisms and pathways by which this happens. The report adopts a broad understanding of the concept of ‘Theory of Change’ (ToC) as including pathways, causal relationships, more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on May 2, 2013

World Food and Beverage Survey Market Trends 2013-2014

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Executives from the global food and beverage industry expect to see increased levels of consolidation, with 53% of respondents anticipating that there will be either a ‘significant increase’ or an ‘increase’ in merger and acquisition activities in 2013. The anticipation of M&A among global food and beverage industry respondents has increased by seven percentage points as compared to the 2012 survey and has decreased by two percentage points as compared to the 2011 survey. more...

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Susan Rogen on May 2, 2013

"Not A Single Public Toilet In Rural Delhi "

Heeals Water ,Sanitation Hygiene & Girl Education

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In this fast changing world, Investment in sanitation is given very low priority.“Instead of open defecation, Toilets are their Birth Right.” India is home to 638 million people defecating in the open. People have everything in their Home from TV set to Mobile Phones, but they don’t have Toilet Facilities!Rural belt of Delhi which stretches from Bardarpur border south east Delhi to Narela in the northern part of Delhi. There is not a single toilet on this way.

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Gaurav Kashyap on May 2, 2013

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Jairam Ramesh says toilets more important in India than temples

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Toilets are more important in India than temples, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said here on Friday, as he inaugurated a yatra that will travel through states raising awareness about sanitation."Sixty-four per cent of Indians defecate in open spaces, which is a global record. It is now reckoned as the main cause of India's malnutrition problem.

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Gaurav Kashyap on May 2, 2013

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"Learn Hand washing & Hygiene Practice Through Games & Multimedia"

"Learn Hand washing & Hygiene Practice Through Games & Multimedia"

volunteerheeals.blogspot.in –

Water Sanitation Menstrual Hygiene&Girl Education Awareness Project Learn Hand washing & Hygiene Practice Through Games & Multimedia. Promoting awareness among children about Handwash & Menstrual Hygiene through games and multimedia. Games and Multimedia played a very important role in creating awareness among school children about Hand wash and Menstrual Hygiene. For complete Article Reading please visit Us at :- http://volunteerheeals.blogspot.in/2013/04/learn-hand- more...

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gagan kash on May 2, 2013

In Rwanda, notwithstanding considerable increases, contraceptive use not keeping pace with desire for smaller families

Findings from the first national study of the incidence of unintended pregnancy and abortion in Rwanda show that nearly half of all pregnancies in the country are unintended. Approximately 22% of these pregnancies end in abortion, virtually all of which occur outside of the formal health system where safety cannot be assured. Read the full news release. View the report. View the report in French.

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Melissa Martin on May 1, 2013

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