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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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Is sustainable recovery possible for Haiti?

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In Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, the earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale in early January 2010 had devastating effects. Haiti’s immediate policy challenge is to rebuild homes, buildings, basic infrastructure, schools, health centres and businesses. But the real challenge is even greater. Haiti will need to aim at rebuilding its entire economy in a sustainable manner, to such an extent that it will be more resilient to future shocks and disasters and will be able to solve more...

Added by Zunia on July 05, 2010

Co-production Film Treaties in Caribbean Countries – The Unfinished Story

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As the country’s reputation for producing talent like Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff attests, Jamaica is synonymous with creativity. The creative sector now accounts for 5.2 per cent of Jamaica’s gross domestic product – which is more than the country’s traditional mining sector.

Added by Lihan Deng on June 08, 2010

Futures in the balance: A way forward for Haiti's children

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This publication discuss many of the critical issues that have the power to deliver lasting change in Haiti relate to the country's children and the opportunities they will either embrace or miss, depending on decisions being made now.

Added by Zunia on June 06, 2010

Celebrate Adult Learners Week!

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font-family:Arial">The recession is encouraging young people to remain in education, and older individuals to pursue retraining. There has been a surge in numbers enrolling for courses to gain new skills and develop their interests. And rightly so, as adult education generates an enhanced quality of life and minimizes people’s dependence on the state. Ireland:+353-91-680-103 UK: +44-207-990-8508 USA: +1-202-403-3223 ABOUT more...

Added by Kenneth Finn - ALISON on May 20, 2010

Children and young people's voices in Haiti's post disaster needs assessment

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As part of the Haiti post-disaster needs assessment, Plan International supported a consultation with 1,000 children on their views and expectations for the future of Haiti. Children want to be involved in the rebuilding of Haiti, and to take part in the work being set out towards a prosperous future for Haiti. Participation in post disaster needs assessment (PDNA) must include that of children as well since their survival, development and protection are all affected.

Added by Zunia on May 14, 2010

Scaling-Up Early Child Development in Cuba - Cuba's Educate Your Child Program: Strategies and Lessons from the Expansion Process

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There are two distinct stages in Cuba’s history with regard to child development services. In the first stage, before the Revolution, health services were quite limited; there were only 300 children’s health centers in the entire country, and the child mortality rate was 54 per 1,000 live births. In the second stage, following the Revolution, health services became universal, with rates of child mortality and low birth weight comparable to those in developed countries and 99.8 percent of more...

Added by Zunia on May 03, 2010

UNODC enters partnership to address organized crime in Guatemala

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UNODC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) to strengthen its work to improve justice and security in that country. UNODC spoke with Commissioner Carlos Castresana of CICIG on the situation in Guatemala and the threats posed by organized crime and impunity. The Commissioner highlighted the important role that UNODC is called on to play in addressing those threats.

Added by Zunia on May 03, 2010

Child Care Workers Casework Management Manual

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This manual was produced by Gail Taylor, Technical Advisor to OneLife Project, EveryChild Guyana .Help & Shelter is pleased to make it available for wide distribution. Credit must be given to the One Life Project and Everychild Guyana/Child Link when the content is used.September 2009About the manualThis manual is aimed at a range of individuals who work with vulnerable children in a number of different contexts and organizational settings. Wherever possible, it tries to provide generic more...

Added by Vidyaratha Kissoon on April 27, 2010

Child Migration:The Detention and Repatriation of Unaccompanied Central American Children from Mexico

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Child Migration: The Detention and Repatriation of Unaccompanied Central American Children from Mexico is a study documenting the conditions under which unaccompanied child migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala are detained and repatriated from Mexico to their countries of origin. The study’s target population consisted of children 12-17 years of age, most of whom were attempting to reach the United States, traveling as undocumented migrants and either alone or with non-guardian more...

Added by Zunia on March 18, 2010

Children without Borders

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In this article, the authors seek to map out what they know concerning unaccompanied migrant minors, with a focus on unaccompanied migrant children coming to the United States. The review is based on research and reports that document the migration of Mexican and Central American children.

Added by Zunia on March 11, 2010

In pursuit of good practice in responses to child trafficking

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This study discusses methods used in the course of child trafficking action and was prepared during its third and final year. It was finalised in December 2009, shortly before the project was due to come to an end in February 2010. The study is intended to share the project's experiences about good practice, based on initiatives in three regions, with other practitioners in the fields of anti-trafficking and child protection. In 2001 the Terre des Hommes International Federation (TDHIF)1 more...

Added by Zunia on February 23, 2010

The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues and Policy Options

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This book aims to fill gaps in existing knowledge about early childhood development (ECD) efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean by reviewing a selection ECD programs in the region—including those in early childhood education, health, and nutrition—and distilling lessons related to their design, implementation, and institutionalization. The book surveys existing evidence on the impact of ECD programs worldwide, including in developed and developing nations, and presents a compelling more...

Added by Zunia on February 23, 2010

Haiti: from tragedy to opportunity

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In this report the author from International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says that "The disaster of Haiti is not the earthquake. What we are seeing here is what happens when an extreme natural event occurs in the lives of people who are already frighteningly vulnerable. Our challenge now is to help Haiti recover from the earthquake and to overcome its past deprivation. This is a rare opportunity to effect large-scale change where it is so desperately needed. It is more...

Added by Zunia on February 22, 2010

Impact of school quality on child labor and school attendance: the case of CONAFE Compensatory Education Program in Mexico

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This paper focuses on the impact that two different types of policy interventions, namely enhancing school quality and contingent cash transfers , have on child labour and school attendance in Mexico. While there are many studies on the impact of Oportunidades on schooling outcomes, little evidence is available on whether school quality programs such as CONAFE also reduce child labour and help keep children in school. To carry out the analysis, we merge the Oportunidades panel dataset for the more...

Added by gabriella breglia on February 17, 2010

Violence against children: preliminary evidence from Colombia, El Salvador, Cambodia and Ecuador

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The issue of child abuse in developing countries is of utmost importance for designing policies directed to vulnerable children and aimed at combating the worst forms of child labour. Unfortunately there is limited empirical basis for formulating policies and programmes addressing violence against children in developing countries. This preliminary study uses data from El Salvador (SIMPOC 2001), Colombia (SIMPOC 2001), Cambodia (SIMPOC, 2001) and Ecuador (SIMPOC, 2001) and constitutes a starting more...

Added by gabriella breglia on February 17, 2010

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