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  Population 2.01 mln
  
  Population growth 1%
  
  Life expectancy 43 years
  
  Net migration -36,000
  
  Economy
  
  GDP $1.6 bln
  
  - per capita $798
  
  - growth rate 5%
  
  FDI, net inflows $0.13 bln
  
  Infrastructure
  
  Cellphone users 23%
  
  Internet users 3%
  
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United Nations model double taxation convention between developed and developing countries

un.org –

The United Nations Model Double Taxation Convention between Developed and Developing Countries (the United Nations Model Convention) forms part of the continuing international efforts aimed at eliminating double taxation. These Models, particularly the United Nations Model Convention and the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital (the OECD Model Convention) have had a profound influence on international treaty practice, and have significant common provisions. The similarities more...

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D C on May 17, 2012

Border Management Modernization

openknowledge.worldbank.org –

This book provides border management policymakers and reformers with a broad survey of key developments in and principles for improving trade facilitation through better border management, including practical advice on particular issues. In contrast to the traditional border management reform agenda, with its focus on improving customs operations, this book addresses both customs reform and areas well beyond customs-a significant broadening of scope. The book thus presents a new, more more...

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D C on May 17, 2012

Incorporating Sexual and Reproductive Health into Emergency Preparedness and Planning

reliefweb.int –

This report reviews recent Women’s Refugee Commission sexual and reproductive health activities (SRH) in Haiti, Uganda and South Sudan. It considers the impact of advocacy, training and planning activities related to emergency preparedness and planning specific to SRH. The report then offers lessons learned and recommendations for improving steps towards SRH emergency preparedness at the national level. As efforts to incorporate SRH activities into disaster risk reduction (DRR) are in their more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 17, 2012

Demographic challenges and opportunities ahead in Middle East and North Africa: “Arab Spring” or “Islamic winter”?

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Since December 2010, the speed, suddenness and scope of events in North Africa and the Middle East have taken everyone by surprise. They nevertheless had to happen. Given the universality of human nature – differences between a European and an Arab are ultimately of minor importance – the processes that began in Europe in the seventeenth century and spread throughout the world would have inevitably reached the Arab countries.For the past four decades, depending on their level of advancement, more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 17, 2012

Afghanistan as a Test of Canadian Politics: What Did We Learn from the Experience?

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This paper considers lessons that can be drawn from the Canadian effort in Afghanistan, especially the challenges of trying to build security, governance and development in Kandahar. First, it examines how the Canadian Forces (CF) adapted over time, both in Afghanistan and in Ottawa. Second, it looks at the challenges presented by a minority government and what can be learned from this political context.

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Moushumi Biswas on May 16, 2012

Afghanistan as a Test of Canadian Politics: What did we Learn from the Experience?

cigionline.org –

The Centre for International Governance Innovation and the SSR Resource Centre have just released the 10th and final edition of the Afghanistan Papers. Stephen Saideman’s paper, Afghanistan as a Test of Canadian Politics, considers lessons that can be drawn from the Canadian effort in Afghanistan, especially the challenges of trying to build security, governance and development in Kandahar. First, it examines how the Canadian Forces (CF) adapted over time, both in Afghanistan and in Ottawa. more...

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Mike Lawrence on May 15, 2012

Five months of crisis: Armed rebellion and military coup　

reliefweb.int –

In a report ‘Mali: Five months of crisis, armed rebellion and military coup’ Amnesty International catalogues a litany of human rights violations committed against the backdrop of a food shortage affecting 15 million people in the Sahel region.“After two decades of relative stability and peace, Mali is now facing its worst crisis since independence in 1960,” said Gaetan Mootoo, Amnesty International’s West Africa researcher who has just returned from a three week research mission to the more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 16, 2012

Innovation Performance Review of Belarus

unece.org.unecedev.colo.iway.ch –

The Innovation Performance Review of Belarus initiates a new focus of activity for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, which draws on the experience accumulated so far in the identification of good practices and policy lessons in the area of knowledge-based development. This Review presents the main outcomes of a participatory policy advisory exercise undertaken at the request of the Government of the Republic of Belarus. It aims to provide a set of recommendations and policy more...

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D C on May 14, 2012

Somalia: An opportunity that should not be missed

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The root cause of Somalia’s many troubles – terrorism, piracy, periodic famine and constant streams of refugees – is collapse of effective governance, with resulting chronic conflict, lawlessness and poverty. The most effective and durable solution to these ills is to build gradually an inclusive, more federal government structure that most clans can support.The international community should also recognise and try to address the fears and grievances of clans that support the group, by assuring more...

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D C on May 14, 2012

A Community for All: Implementing Article 19

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The Community for All guide and checklist offers a detailed look at the rights identified in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), especially Article 19 of the CRPD which provides for the right to live independently and be included in the community. The guide and checklist are intended to help advocates and program implementers identify the obligations on States to realize these rights. Community for All promotes the right of all people with disabilities to live more...

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D C on May 15, 2012

South Korea introduces fingerprint technology to prevent corruption

futuregov.asia –

PPS launched Korea On-line E-Procurement System (KONEPS) in September 2002. KONEPS became a world-class e-procurement system used by 44,000 public organisations and 220,000 suppliers. However, due to the nature of bidding conducted on-line, there were cases reported that bid brokers borrowed the registrants’ certificate and participated in the bid illegally to gain profit when the contract was awarded. Such illegal practices continuously occurred and raised concerns about the reliability of more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 15, 2012

African Progress Report 2012

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The 2012 African Progress Report says that African leaders must deliver on jobs, justice and equity to turn Africa’s population boom into a demographic dividend and avoid “disaster”.

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Moushumi Biswas on May 13, 2012

China in Africa: How the lion should tame the dragon

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Many Western policymakers, politicians, and business leaders have viewed China’s engagement in Africa with vituperation, accusing China of extracting Africa’s natural resources on the cheap and exploiting weak political institutions for economic gain while leaving Africans with the crumbs. However, the only thing China exploits is the improvidence of some of Africa’s political elite. Blaming China for Africa’s ills would be naïve. China became Africa’s largest individual trading partner in more...

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D C on May 10, 2012

Central Asia's Crisis of Governance

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Since emerging as independent states from the ruins of the Soviet Union 20 years ago, the five Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have struggled with the fundamental question of statehood: how to govern their societies fairly and effectively. A new Asia Society report, Central Asia's Crisis of Governance, addresses critical governance and stability challenges in a region marred by staggering amounts of corruption, human rights abuses, more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 09, 2012

Golden Veroleum Liberia: What does the contract say?

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This briefing note by Sustainable Development Institute Liberia (SDI) is based on analysis of the Concession Agreement between the Government of Liberia and Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL), dated August 16, 2010. This brief highlights key areas of concern related to community rights, and shows the lack of justice and equality in the concession agreement.

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D C on May 10, 2012

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