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Survey on the access to finance on small and medium-sized enterprises in the euro area

Survey on the access to finance on small and medium-sized enterprises in the euro area

This report presents the main results of the eighth round of the survey on the access to finance of small and medium-sized enterprises in the euro area (SAFE), conducted between 18 February and 21 March 2013 on behalf of the European Central Bank (ECB). The total sample size for the euro area was 7,510 firms, of which 6,960 (93%) had less than 250 employees.1 The report provides evidence mainly on the change in the financial situation, financing needs and access to external financing of small more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on April 29, 2013

UNCEF podcast: Young people provide strategic advice on education issues

UNCEF podcast: Young people provide strategic advice on education issues

educationandtransition.org –

Members of the Youth Advocacy Group (YAG) gathered last week in Washington, DC, to advise high-level policy-makers on issues around education. Over the next year, the young leaders will provide strategic advice on young people’s priorities, mobilize youth groups and act as a connector between the Global Education First Initiative and young people all over the world. Podcast moderator Femi Oke caught up with Salathiel Ntakirutimana, the representative for Burundi, and Sumaya Saluja, the more...

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Taleen Vartan on April 29, 2013

The open parliament in the age of the internet : can the people now collaborate with legislatures in lawmaking?

bd.camara.leg.br –

This work seeks to address those questions and evaluate other international experiences and experiments designed to achieve the same ends. The book is based on a study of two particular cases where parliamentary bodies designed and implemented participatory digital processes, namely, the e-Democracy Program developed by the Brazilian House of Representatives, and the Virtual Senator Program developed by the Chilean Senate. The text unfolds in the form of a systematic analysis of institutional more...

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Moushumi Biswas on April 29, 2013

Practical Steps towards Transparency in Nuclear Disarmament

Practical Steps towards Transparency in Nuclear Disarmament

Transparency and accountability are essential elements of nuclear disarmament. The action plan adopted by the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference brought new attention to this issue by asking the nuclear-weapon states to agree on a reporting standard that would help to evaluate progress towards reductions of nuclear arsenals and to establish an important confidence-building mechanism. A number of NPT states parties as well as non-governmental expert groups have tabled more...

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Moushumi Biswas on April 28, 2013

Building Health Systems from Scratch in Somalia

Building Health Systems from Scratch in Somalia

reliefweb.int –

Lul Mohamed, director of the paediatric ward at Banadir Hospital in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, treated five children after two bomb attacks killed 30 people on 14 April. "And they were shooting last night. One died, a bullet in his liver," she said of an eight-year-old boy. Yet these are conditions of relative peace in Mogadishu. While the conflict is not over, insecurity has diminished since the withdrawal of insurgent group Al-Shabab in 2011. This relative security is allowing Mohamed to more...

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Moushumi Biswas on April 28, 2013

Combating Malaria 2013: Provision: Private sector role remains elusive

"Late last year, a curious coalition including both the US president’s Malaria Initiative and Oxfam, the UK-based development charity, claimed victory with the decision by the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria to wind down its unit overseeing the Affordable Medicines Facility – malaria (AMFm)." Andrew Jack, The Financial Times, April 25, 2013 See also: Mr. Jack's other posts on malaria on the FT. A Global Health Mystery: What’s Behind the US Government Position on more...

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John Daly on April 26, 2013

ELLA GUIDE: Maximising Investment and Rent Capture Through Extractive Industries Investment Policies: the Latin American Experience

ella.practicalaction.org –

With consumption of natural resources continuing to increase worldwide, resource-rich countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are positioned to play an increasingly crucial role supplying the demand, and reaping increased revenues, for decades to come. This Guide presents a concise introduction to the different Latin American policy models applied to promote development in the oil, mining and gas sectors, while at the same time, laying the foundation for sustainable economic development. It more...

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Mark Turner on April 26, 2013

Systèmes de protection sociale en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes: Haïti

Ce rapport fait partie d’une série d’études de cas nationaux ayant pour but la diffusion des connaissances sur la situation actuelle des systèmes de protection sociale dans les pays d’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes, ainsi que ainsi que l’analyse des principaux défis dans ce domaine quant à la réalisation des droits économiques et sociaux des populations et l’accomplissement des objectifs de développement clés, tels que la réduction de la pauvreté et de la faim.

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Marie Lavigne on April 26, 2013

Rethinking Capacity Building

Rethinking Capacity Building

secgovgroup.com –

Struck by a paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference regarding Haitian state capacity, Security Governance Group Vice President Geoff Burt provides a brief reassessment of what “capacity building” means to different groups and how it is measured or considered at state, sub-state, and international levels

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Vanessa Humphries on April 26, 2013

Brussels Development Briefing on Pastoralism

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brusselsbriefings.net –

On February 22nd, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “New challenges and opportunities for pastoralism in ACP countries”, with the African Union Commission, the European Commission (DG DEVCO) the ACP Secretariat, Concord and various media partners. On the Brussels briefings website (brusselsbriefings.net) you might find video documentation of all the speeches that were given at the conference, as well as the presentations of the speakers, the programme of the event, photos, highlights, and the more...

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CTA Brussels on April 26, 2013

China Rare Earth Industry Report 2012-2015

rnrmarketresearch.com –

As the world’s major rare earth country, China occupies 50% of the total global rare earth reserves, but also provides about 90% of the global rare earth products every year. In order to protect rare earth resources, it has promulgated a number of policies over the years to limit over-exploitation and export of rare earth, including mining license control, total quantity control, export quotas, special invoice system, etc., whose implementation has caused supply decrease and price increase as more...

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Linda Hauck on April 26, 2013

China Micro Motor Market 2013-2017

rnrmarketresearch.com –

Global economic informatization drives the industrialization, and also stimulates the rapid development of industrial automation, office automation, household automation, agricultural modernization and military facility modernization. As an important actuating element or basic drive component of this industry system, micro motor will own larger demand volume along with the enhancement of automation and intelligent degree. According to incomplete statistics, the global micro motor output has more...

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Gloria Buies on April 26, 2013

China’s slowdown: the impact on Africa

China’s slowdown: the impact on Africa

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"According to OECD research quoted in the S&P study, for every one per cent of Chinese economic growth, the GDP of sub-Saharan Africa’s low-income countries (e.g. Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda) increases by 0.3 per cent and GDP of middle-income countries (e.g. Angola, South Africa) increases by 0.4 per cent. "However, the party may now be over, or at least quietening down a bit. And the miners face the biggest hangover. The expected slow-down in infrastructure and construction investment in more...

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John Daly on April 25, 2013

No wahala: shaping business reform in Nigeria

No wahala: shaping business reform in Nigeria

guardian.co.uk –

In Nigeria the majority of the private sector are micro-sized businesses and many are not formally registered due to the 'wahala', a word which means 'stress', associated with the cost and process of registration, there is good news. Registering a new business need not be a maze of payments and regulations. DfID's business environment reform programme, GEMS3, which is run by Adam Smith International (ASI), recognises that a vibrant formal private sector is central to promoting growth and more...

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Amanda Williams on April 25, 2013

Types of Foreign Aid

Types of Foreign Aid

ftp.econ.au.dk –

Foreign aid is given for many purposes and different intentions, yet most studies treat aid flows as a unitary concept. This paper uses factor analysis to separate aid flows into different types. The main types can be interpreted as aid for economic purposes, social purposes, and reconstruction; a residual category captures remaining purposes. Estimating the growth effects of separable types of aid suggests that most aid has no effects while reconstruction aid has direct positive effects. more...

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D C on April 25, 2013

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