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  Population 37.53 mln
  
  Population growth 3%
  
  Life expectancy 54 years
  
  Net migration 25,144
  
  Economy
  
  GDP $24.19 bln
  
  - per capita $645
  
  - growth rate 7%
  
  FDI, net inflows $0.73 bln
  
  Infrastructure
  
  Cellphone users 30%
  
  Internet users 8%
  
  High-tech exports 5%
  
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The Durban outcome approved and retained many of the gender equality elements that were gained by gender advocates in the Cancun Decisions. It also approved the instruments for operationalizing the Green Climate Fund, which will hopefully be funded. It also approved and set in motion processes to fully operationalize the Standing Committee to oversee Climate finance under the Convention and the Technology Mechanism and Technology Executive Committee, to oversee the long awaited technology more...

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D C on May 14, 2012

Renewable Energy in Mali: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities

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As Mali strives to become an emerging economy, it is focusing on energy sector reforms to support growth and improve quality of life. Renewable energy holds significant potential for scaling up across the country and promises to decrease dependence on fossil fuel imports and reduce forest degradation caused by increasing energy demands.The most relevant priority initiatives have been included in Mali’s SREP investment plan, which calls for expansion of solar photovoltaic (PV), mini-hydro, and more...

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D C on May 14, 2012

The Socio-Economic Impact of HIV at the Household Level in Asia

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HIV among women and girls has seemingly reached a plateau of approximately 35% of all people living with HIV or AIDS for the region as a whole. the HIV, Health and Development Practice Team of UNDP’s Asia Pacific Regional Centre has undertaken a regional analysis of the socio-economic impact of HIV on women and girls at the household level using the sex-disaggregated data from the national studies. This report presents in detail the findings and recommendations of this analysis. The report more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 15, 2012

Agricultural policy (AP2011) Reform and the WTO: Potential Impacts on Swiss Agriculture

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This article analyzes the impact of the planned Swiss package of agricultural policy measures AP2011 and the tariff reductions scheduled as part of the WTO Doha Round, with special emphasis on effects in the dairy and meat sector. The simulations are carried out using an extended partial equilibrium model. This article discusses the anticipated impact of changing structural conditions on production, processing, consumption, prices and exports in the milk market. If account is taken of the more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 10, 2011

Nigeria Computer Society NCS mourns Unilag VC, Sofoluwe

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The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) mourns the loss of Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe, Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos which sadly occurred on 12 May, 2012. He was a professor of Computer Science and Fellow of NCS. Always humble, despite his achievements and position, he will be sorely missed. May God comfort his family. May his gentle soul rest in peace. Full message on: Nigeria Computer Society mourns Unilag VC, Professor Adetokunbo Sofoluwe more...

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Jidaw List on May 14, 2012

ELLA GUIDE: Addressing the Urban Challenge in Integral and Inclusive Ways

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The world’s urban population multiplied ten-fold during the 20th century. Since Latin America has an advanced urban transition, its initiatives offer interesting lessons learned to help create inclusive, environmentally sustainable and integrated cities in other developing countries.

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Mark Turner on May 16, 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

We Won’t Accept Hunger Ambassadors’ Toolkit

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This toolkit is for you. It is for anyone who has an interest in helping stop hunger. You can use as little or as much of it as you want to. It also has specially adapted chapters for We Won’t Accept Hunger champions, called ‘ambassadors’, to help them design campaign actions or train other people in campaigning techniques. Again, it is important to underline that you need use only the parts of this toolkit that you are comfortable with.Hunger is the world’s biggest killer but it can be more...

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D C on May 14, 2012

The Global Fund: What next for aid effectiveness and health systems strengthening?

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Having recently been through a triple crisis (fiduciary, financial and managerial), the Global Fund is undergoing a process of “transformation.” Several reports and articles have been published about how the Global Fund should change. However, there has been generally little discussion about how the transformation of the Global Fund should accommodate its commitments and responsibilities towards aid effectiveness (AE) and health systems strengthening (HSS). This report changes that by first more...

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D C on May 10, 2012

Making Globalization Socially Sustainable

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This volume has been written by leading experts in their field and summarize state-of-the-art knowledge on themes related to the social dimensions of globalization. The authors have examined the various channels through which globalization affects jobs and wages in developing and developed countries. They also discuss how trade and employment and labor market policies can be shaped to make globalization socially sustainable. The volume takes a closer look at the social aspects of economic more...

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Sonia Hossain 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

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

Exploring the links between UN Convention against corruption and the Paris Declaration

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It is acknowledged by donors that the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) should play a central role in country-level dialogue, implementation, and monitoring of anti‑corruption work. At the same time, when supporting UNCAC implementation, the principles of the Paris Declaration should be applied.Also, donor alignment efforts are still rather limited to the national level; even when adopting sectoral approaches, donors still focus heavily on the central level of government. With more...

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D C on May 09, 2012

Central Asia's Crisis of Governance

humansecuritygateway.com –

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

A comparison of model-based and design based impact evaluations of interventions in developing countries

okonomi.foi.dk –

Alongside the call for more impact evaluations of development interventions there is an ongoing debate about evaluation designs and more generally about what constitutes rigorous quantitative evidence of causal impact. The core of the discussion centers on the role and design of social experiments as several researchers argue that only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can deliver rigorous proof of causal effects of interventions.One argument for RCTs is the theoretical purity of the more...

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D C on May 08, 2012

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