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Hunger Pains: Pakistan's Food Insecurity

Citizen’s Agenda for Africa’s Development

Human Rights and the Millennium Development Goals

Summit on the Millennium Development Goals 2010

The Open Book of Social Innovation 1

Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?

Monitoring Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Rights through ILO Conventions

Innovative Farmer Advisory Systems Using ICT

Annual Energy Outlook 2010

Q&A Session: Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Tuiloma Neroni Slade: week of 2 August 2010

Global Research Report: Africa

Web 2.0 Wonders

New US Development Strategy

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Safer to stay silent: The chilling effect of Rwanda's laws on 'genocide ideology' and 'sectarianism'

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amnesty.org –

Rwanda's laws banning "genocide ideology" and "sectarianism" are vague and sweeping, and have been used to silence legitimate dissent. The laws were designed to encourage unity and restrict speech that could lead to hatred. However, they have had dangerous and chilling effect on Rwandan society. This report outlines Amnesty International's concerns about these laws on paper and in practice. It calls on the government of Rwanda to ensure that, while outlawing acts of genocide and incitement to more...

Added by Zunia on August 31, 2010

Everyone’s in on the Game” - Corruption and Human Rights Abuses by the Nigeria Police Force

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This 102-page report documents the myriad forms of police corruption in Nigeria. It also shows how institutionalized extortion, a profound lack of political will to reform the force, and impunity combine to make police corruption a deeply embedded problem.

Added by Zunia on August 29, 2010

Several Consultancy and Fixed Term Positions

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devnetjobs.tripod.com –

Several Consultancy and Fixed Term Positions The Africa Peace and Security Programme (APSP) Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Last Date: September 5, September 11, September 18, 2010 The Africa Peace and Security Programme (APSP) managed by IPSS is seeking to expand its team by qualified professionals for various fixed term and consultancy positions.Consultancy positions:> Lead Facilitator for the course “Management Peace and Security in Africa (MPSA)”, from 15/10/2010> Assistant more...

Added by Jessica Matthews on August 26, 2010

Donor Coordination in Kenya and Mozambique

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blog.aiddata.org –

Using new geo-referenced aid data, we considered the spatial and sectoral coordination of all of the currently active projects of two donors – The World Bank and the African Development Bank – within Kenya and Mozambique. An AidData query places the World Bank and the AfDB as the first and twenty-third highest active donors to Kenya and Mozambique. Because of their influence, analyzing the funding patterns of these two donors offers a sense of where a large proportion of the funding to Kenya more...

Added by Riccardo de Marchi Trevisan on August 18, 2010

Turbulence in the Nile: Toward a Consensual and Sustainable Allocation of the Nile River Waters

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brookings.edu –

Beneficiaries of the Nile River are found in countries beyond Egypt, and each of these riparian countries lay some claim to the river’s waters. In a new Brookings report, Mwangi Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku discuss the legal scheme that governs the exploitation and allocation of the waters, and propose how various countries and international organizations can participate in designing a consensual legal framework for the utilization of the Nile waters.

Added by Carla dal Cais on August 12, 2010

Nigeria: The Bench and The Challenge of Corruption

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This report examines the different layers of the judiciary at the federal, state and local levels, the role of the federal and state high courts, the Supreme Court the Court of Appeal and the courts at the lower levels, such as magistrate and area courts. This report is designed to raise awareness on the linkages between corruption and development, and to highlight the issue of transparency and accountability in the Nigerian judiciary and the importance of a judiciary with integrity for more...

Added by Zunia on August 02, 2010

49 Years of Independence are Enough For Tanzania

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After the passage of a given amount of time, the caterpillar turns in upon itself and becomes the butterfly. Time and the natural cycle is also what prepares the egg to give forth the hatchling and, it is time and natural forces that cause lumps of lead to turn into gold, into uranium and, pieces of coal to become diamonds. The passing of time and the workings of nature within various passages causes all things to change, some within short periods of human lifetimes and others spanning the more...

Added by Yona Maro on July 12, 2010

African Land Grabbing: Whose Interests Are Served?

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brookings.edu –

The subject of transnational land acquisitions has increasingly become an important policy concern in Africa as acquisitions have grown in scale and number. Ernest Aryeetey and Zenia Lewis discuss the complexities of land grabbing and how African governments can deal with the associated challenges.

Added by Zunia on June 30, 2010

Good practices on child labour 2010 - Africa region

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ilo.org –

During the Global Child Labour Conference 2010 (The Hague, The Netherlands) IPEC and its partners have launched 22 good practices (GPs) from all over the world. These GPs describe interesting initiatives that are making a difference in fighting child labour.

Added by Zunia on June 15, 2010

Mind Revolution Thats what we need

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Mind Revolution Thats what we needThe word “revolution” in its contextual meaning entails a fundamental change, a complete change either in ideology, power, organizational structure or any entirety which could sum up to make a whole. To take a leap beyond what is previously defined by building a broader base of understanding in view of the foregoing, it is important to note that the historical antecedence of revolutionary breakthrough vary widely in terms of methods, duration and causes that more...

Added by Yona Maro on June 13, 2010

From Prevention to Enforcement to...? New report outlines how South Africa's policing approach has come full circle

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ssrresourcecentre.org –

Despite being heralded as one of the developing world’s rising stars, it is no secret that South Africa has struggled with crime since the fall of the apartheid regime. As of yet, attempts to resolve the crime problem have been largely ineffective, and a growing gap between communities and the police has emerged. A new paper by the Global Consortium on Security Transformation, Policing and Community in South Africa, developed in consultation with South African police and community groups, more...

Added by Geoffrey Burt on June 11, 2010

Child Labor in Asia and Africa

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UNESCO background paper for the Global Monitoring Report of Education for All.The paper begins with an introduction. Section 2 presents an overview of the incidence and nature of child labor. Section 3 briefly contrasts child labor in Asia and Africa. A review of theoretical models of child labor is presented in Section 4, where the discussion is aimed at bringing out the policy relevance of the different models that have been proposed. The evidence is surveyed in Section 5, which relies more...

Added by John Daly on June 09, 2010

Discovering the real world : health workers' career choices and early work experience in Ethiopia

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www-wds.worldbank.org –

The Ethiopian health sector faces a number of challenges related to human resources, including geographical imbalances in the distribution of health workers, problems with job satisfaction, and a high willingness to migrate abroad. To address these challenges with appropriate policies, more empirical evidence is needed. The Ethiopian Health Workers Cohort Study was set up to produce evidence as input to policy design. To generate insights on health workers' career choices, preferences, and job more...

Added by Zunia on May 30, 2010

The Democratic Republic of Congo: military justice and human rights

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afrimap.org –

This discussion paper focuses on the points that warrant urgent and specific attention by the authorities in charge of conducting military justice reforms in DRC. The report provides details about issues such as efforts to establish rules and standards; attacks against the independence of military justice: military courts presided over by unqualified judges; prosecution of civilians in military courts: jurisdiction over civilians beyond legal provisions and a right to a fair trial which is more...

Added by Zunia on May 29, 2010

Tanzanian Youth Rights and responsibilities in 2010 Elections

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Tanzanian Youth Rights and responsibilities in 2010 ElectionsYona Fares Maro May 2010Tanzania Rights and responsibilities are two inseparable development factors like the Siamese twin. Without ensuring the rights of the citizens, their productive contributions to the national development would be dismal. The citizen's rights are inseparable from his duties. The State guarantees the rights of the citizen in order for the citizen to fulfil his duties to the State and society. These rights and more...

Added by Yona Maro on May 29, 2010

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