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- Cameroon
  
  People
  
  Population 18.53 mln
  
  Population growth 2%
  
  Life expectancy 50 years
  
  Net migration 6,254
  
  Economy
  
  GDP $20.69 bln
  
  - per capita $1,116
  
  - growth rate 4%
  
  FDI, net inflows $0.43 bln
  
  Infrastructure
  
  Cellphone users 24%
  
  Internet users 2%
  
  High-tech exports 3%
  
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Where Are The Poor? Experiences with the Development and Use of Poverty Maps, World Resources Institute, 2002

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The authors examine poverty maps--a powerful new information analysis and communication tool--and show how they can be used by decision-makers to deploy highly targeted antipoverty expenditures and interventions to reach the neediest people by the most effective and affordable methods. Povery mapping, the authors argue, is an essential long-term capacity building and institutional strengthening exercise.

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Bozena Blix on March 21, 2003

United Nations Millennium Development Goals

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This website provides the development goals that, in September 2000, all 189 UN member states pledged to meet by 2015. The site also includes background information, information on implementation, and graphs indicating progress toward the goals.

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Bozena Blix on March 18, 2003

Maternal Health Care in Rural Uganda: Leveraging Traditional and Modern Knowledge Systems

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Maternal health issues are a major problem for Ugandan women of reproductive age. The January 2002 issue of "IK Notes" highlights an initiative that builds on existing infrastructure and local capacities, including traditional knowledge systems. The delivery of quality health services was made available to rural communities by linking the traditional rural community health providers with the formal health delivery system in a cost-effective way.

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Bozena Blix on March 14, 2003

ICT and Poverty: The Indisputable Link

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This World Bank publication explores the relationship between ICT and poverty in Southeast Asia. The author argues that ICT can improve economic policy and facilitate the decision-making process, and can be used for public advocacy, local governance and educational development. The paper concludes that bridging the digital divide must become a priority for governments and offers several recommendations.

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Bozena Blix on March 18, 2003

E-learning in India

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The Constitution of India has been amended and education has been made a Fundamental Right for children in the age group of six to fourteen. Article 21A has been inserted to give effect to this benign concept. The same cannot be achieved effectively till we adopt the concept of e-learning.The first and foremost requirement to bring a just and reasonable culture is to keep things and concepts at place. In India education needs an overall haul and rejuvenation. The same requires an “intrinsic more...

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Praveen Dalal on September 08, 2006

ARTICLE: UK Citizens Shun e-Government Services

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Few of the people visiting UK Online centres are taking the opportunity to use local or central government services via the Internet. Awareness and use of e-government services through the network of 6,000 UK Online centres is low, according to a survey published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The centres, which are intended to reduce the digital divide by offering IT training and access to the Internet, are generally willing to participate in initiatives aimed at promoting more...

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Boris Demidov on April 06, 2005

VIDEOCONFERENCE: Africa Local Government Action Forum (in English)

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Local Government Action Forum is a process which brings together on a monthly basis key local government practitioners. The ALGAF consists of the preparation of a background document which is discussed on a monthly videoconference. Follow up is also conducted by internet and e-mail, The themes covered by ALGAF are defined in a participatory manner by key stakeholders. Videoconference (Distance Learning): July 2, 2004 - June 24, 2005. Countries: Ethiopia, Brazil, Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, more...

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Urban Age Institute on April 05, 2005

SPEECH: When E-Government Becomes Simply Government - Making the Case for Radical Incrementalism in Public Sector Governance

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Speech by Lucienne Robillard, President of Canada's Treasury Board, and Member of Parliament for Westmount-Ville-Marie (May 8, 2003, Ottawa). Stresses that "although governance is either the killer app or the Achilles' heel of public administration in our decade, radical incrementalism is the road map". It emphasizes that cultural and human factors, not the technology, are the driving forces behind e-government, and the Internet is nonetheless another structure or means by which we organize, more...

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Rafael Hernandez on July 03, 2003

OVERVIEW: Parliamentary Representation in the Internet Age

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lead: ''Research Focus This project comparatively evaluates the use of the Internet by parliaments and representatives in the UK and Australia. It concentrates on three aspects of usage: How far members of parliament [MPs] and Assembly Members [AMs] collectively use the new technologies within parliaments and assemblies to improve scrutiny of the executive; The extent to which they are using new technology to communicate with their constituents and the public in general and whether such more...

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Tatyana Yeremina on November 04, 2003

Forum for European e-public Services

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The Forum for European e-Public Services (e-forum) is a new, not-for-profit, association aimed specifically at bringing together all interested parties active in the field of electronic government in Europe, both from public and private sectors. e-Forum, provides an online space to discuss issues on how to improve e-Government innovation at the European level. e-Forum aims to facilitate sharing and tracking of best practices, improving European Industry competitiveness through the more...

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Riva Eskinazi on June 05, 2002

Specialization and adjustment during the growth of China and India : the Latin American experience

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'This paper examines the extent to which the growth of China and India in world markets is affecting the patterns of trade specialization in Latin American economies. The authors construct Vollrath's measure of revealed comparative advantage by 3-digit ISIC sector, country, and year. This measure accounts for both imports and exports. The empirical analyses explore the correlation between the revealed comparative advantage of Latin America and the two Asian economies. Econometric estimates more...

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Imran Uddin on January 15, 2009

Mainland Firms Rush to List Trademarks

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MAINLAND manufacturers of name-brand commodities are rushing to register trademarks in Taiwan in preparation for the opening of the island's markets under WTO rules, Taipei media reported. In the first quarter of this year, there were 54 applications for registration of mainland trademarks, an official at Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs said. Taipei has been preparing to open its markets to mainland-made commodities. As of February, a total of 901 agricultural items and 1,225 industrial more...

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Todor Kolarov on May 07, 2002

Reform urged to US tax laws in face of sanctions TAX BREAK DISPUTE

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A coalition of large US companies yesterday, May 2, called for a significant overhaul to US tax laws to comply with tzhe WTO ruling. The move comes less than two months before the EU will be in a legal position to levy at least 1bn USD in trade sanctions against the US over the tax break for exporters, commonly known as the Foreign Sales Corporation provision.

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Todor Kolarov on May 03, 2002

CSR: Included Aspects and Relevant Exclusions. Minimum Standards for the Mexican Ethos

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Myriam Cardozo, Coordinator of the Public Policies Master program at Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, in Mexico city, offers us this brief as a follow-up on the research of the author regarding the corporate social responsibility of two cement companies in Mexico, one multinational and the other domestic, the latter structured as a cooperative enterprise. The comparison reveals the enormous relativity of the current concept of CSR and the great latitude that is applied in Mexico and the more...

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Álvaro de Regil Castilla on January 16, 2004

RSE: Aspectos Incluídos y Exclusiones Relevantes. Una Normatividad Mínima para el Entorno Mexicano

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Myriam Cardozo Brum, Coordinadora de la Maestría en Políticas Públicas, de la Universidad A. Metropolitana, en Ciudad de México, nos ofrece este breviario que da seguimiento a la investigación de la autora sobre la responsabilidad social de dos empresas cementeras en México, una transnacional y la otra doméstica, además ésta última estructurada en forma de cooperativa. La comparación revela la enorme relatividad actual del concepto de RSC/RSE y la gran latitud que se aplica en México y en el more...

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Álvaro de Regil Castilla on January 16, 2004

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