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AFP, China Daily Coverage of AidData/CGD Study of Chinese Development Finance to Africa

AFP, China Daily Coverage of AidData/CGD Study of Chinese Development Finance to Africa

blog.aiddata.org –

Over the last several weeks, there has been a fair amount of media coverage related to AidData's publication of a new database of Chinese development finance to Africa (available at china.aiddata.org) and a new working paper from AidData and CGD staff and faculty affiliates. Some media outlets have characterized our findings more accurately than others. Agence France-Presse (AFP) ran an article article entitled “China Ranks Second to US in Money to Africa” and did a reasonably good job of more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

Why Open Data Matters: G-8 and African Nations Increase Open Data for Food Security

Why Open Data Matters: G-8 and African Nations Increase Open Data for Food Security

blog.usaid.gov –

Jimmy Wambua, a social justice worker and young entrepreneur in Nairobi, Kenya, saw a problem. In a country where smallholder farmers grow the food that feeds the Kenyan people, crop yields were not reaching their full potential and growers were not getting a fair price. Decisions about what crops to plant and when were made on speculation and instinct, and farmers sold their crops based on prices offered by middlemen and traders. A solution seemed evident: increase access and sharing of more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

Electronic governance, premise for implementation of electronic democracy

Electronic governance, premise for implementation of electronic democracy

apas.admpubl.snspa.ro –

Living in a rapidly changing society, where information travels with great speed and its upgrade is essential, we decided to approach certain aspects of e-democracy, as a dynamic way of citizen participation, using new Information and Communications Technologies. The theme chosen for this research, Electronic governance, premise for implementation of electronic democracy, is a part of Electronic Administration field and identifies the meanings of implementing e-government and e-democracy, the more...

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D C on May 21, 2013

Mobiles for Social & Behaviour Change in India

Mobiles for Social & Behaviour Change in India

defindia.net –

The consultation paper (draft) presents the key areas of emphasis in the growing mobile for development space in India. The purpose is to understand the scope and magnitude of the expanding mobile domain as it is lately linked essentially to advance development and governance objectives and seen as the most democratic technology medium to offer scope to deliver service needs anytime, anywhere. The Paper content has been derived from existing research and field inputs. The paper is intended to more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 21, 2013

Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

pewinternet.org –

Social networking sites have grown more important in recent years as a venue for political involvement, learning, and debate. Overall, 39% of all American adults took part in some sort of political activity on a social networking site during the 2012 campaign. This means that more Americans are now politically active on social networking sites (SNS) than used them at all as recently as the 2008 election campaign. At that point, 26% of the population used a social networking site of any kind. more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 21, 2013

A website that help Indians save electricity bill

A website that help Indians save electricity bill

livemint.com –

Abhishek Jain has come a long way since he left a high-profile job in Deloitte to help Indians save electricity at home. His online initiative, bijlibachao.com, not only helps analyse electricity bills but also calculates how a consumer can save money by choosing the right colour for a room and correctly placing appliances. “An electricity bill is a confusing entity. If the bill is Rs. 2,000 - 3,000, let’s go pay it, but how it gets to Rs. 2,000 - 3,000 no one knows, and one just goes and pays more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 21, 2013

Latest ACP-EU updates: donors conference for Mali, EU Council on Agriculture and Fisheries, and Brussels Briefing

The international donors conference for Mali, the conclusions of the last EU Council on Agriculture and Fisheries, and the last Brussels Briefing "Linking food, geography and people" - these are the main topics of the last CTA Brussels newsletter. Discover it here: http://bit.ly/13HnmwB

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CTA Brussels on May 21, 2013

Nepal: Country Partnership Strategy 2010-2012 Final Review Validation

Nepal: Country Partnership Strategy 2010-2012 Final Review Validation

This report validates the findings of the country partnership strategy (CPS) final review, assess the quality of the self-evaluation and identify lessons and recommendations to improve the design and implementation of the upcoming CPS, as well as the quality and accountability of future self-evaluations.

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licel calderon on May 21, 2013

Code for America

codeforamerica.org –

Code for America seeks to help governments in the United States to work better for everyone utilizing the people and the power of the web. Through its Fellowship, Accelerator, and Brigade, it seeks to build a network of cities, citizens, community groups, and startups, all equally committed to reimagining government for the 21st century. Code for America is a non-profit, and a new kind of organization. Its team is made up of web geeks, city experts, and technology industry leaders. Its staff more...

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John Daly on May 20, 2013

Good Things Grown in Scaled Packages: Africa's Agricultural Challenge in Historical Context

Good Things Grown in Scaled Packages: Africa's Agricultural Challenge in Historical Context

brookings.edu –

"In recent years agriculture has experienced a renaissance of attention among economists and policymakers, especially those focused on sub-Saharan Africa. This heightened attention has been driven partly by research insights, partly by policy initiatives, and partly by a recognition that governments and major international development institutions had been neglecting the issue for many years. It has also been motivated by emerging trends in particular countries like Malawi, which implemented an more...

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John Daly on May 20, 2013

Mastering the SME banking risk management frontier by Mandeep Vohra, Head of SME Banking Risk – Africa, Middle East and Pakistan at Standard Chartered Bank

Mastering the SME banking risk management frontier by Mandeep Vohra, Head of SME Banking Risk – Africa, Middle East and Pakistan at Standard Chartered Bank

Mandeep Vohra from Standard Chartered Bank outlines the various risk management approaches for banking SMEs and the need to have a distinct team of SME Risk specialist.This presentation was given during a conference jointly organized by The Arab Monetary Fund and IFC on “Building a High Performance Small Medium Enterprise Business in the Arab World” on 7-8 May 2013 in Dubai, UAE.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 20, 2013

Equal access participatory monitoring and evaluation toolkit

Equal access participatory monitoring and evaluation toolkit

betterevaluation.org –

This toolkit aims to help communication for development (C4D) organisations to demonstrate the impacts and outcomes of their initiatives, listen to their listeners, continuously learn, and feed this learning back into the organisation and its practices. It is a key outcome of the Assessing Communication for Social Change (AC4SC) project, which was a successful collaboration between Equal Access Nepal, Equal Access International, Queensland University of Technology and the University of Adelaide more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Mobile phones unleash farmers in Uganda

Mobile phones unleash farmers in Uganda

csmonitor.com –

A powerful new mobile platform combining agriculture information and financial services specifically designed for smallholder farmers is going live in Uganda, helping farmers plow even more value from each acre. Based on AgriLife, a cloud-based platform, the platform will be accessible via mobile phone and provide two key, interconnected services: data collection and analysis about farmers’ production capability and history. It will also be an integration point for financial institutions, more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Overcoming Constraints to SME Development in MENA Countries and Enhancing Access to Finance

Overcoming Constraints to SME Development in MENA Countries and Enhancing Access to Finance

The role of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector cannot be over emphasized in terms of its contribution to GDP and employment generation, particularly in emerging economies. Studies indicate that formal SMEs contribute up to 45 percent of employment and up to 33 percent of GDP in developing economies (IFC: Scaling-Up SME Access to Financial Services in the Developing World 2010). These numbers are significantly higher when taking into account the estimated contributions of SMEs more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 20, 2013

iHub Research’s Uchaguzi Monitoring & Evaluation Brief

iHub Research’s Uchaguzi Monitoring & Evaluation Brief

research.ihub.co.ke –

During Kenya’s 2013 General Election, Uchaguzi Kenya 2013, a joint initiative between SODNET, Ushahidi, CRECO, and Hivos (with support from CIDA), was used to help increase transparency and accountability through active citizen participation in the electoral cycle. Uchaguzi was coordinated through an ICT platform, which enabled Kenyans to keep an eye on the vote and provided avenues through which they could report, with any technology available to them, any incidences significant to the more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

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