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EU Pins Lebanon’s Development Progress on New Government

By: Sam Mednick

Jussi Narvi discusses European efforts to help the country rebuild from its 2006 conflict with Israel. Narvi oversees the European Commission’s aid work in Lebanon....

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Fostering Innovations in Microfinance/Remittances in Latin America More and more these remittances will become huge, not for immediate food, but more for productive reasons� Latin Americans that left their families back, they are in essence drivers of development in a very big way. � Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank

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    60 Nations Push for Currency Transaction Tax

      Some 60 countries including France, the U.K. and Japan will propose a tax on international currency transactions to mobilize funding for development aid, ministers said on Sept. 1.   The group will present the proposal at the U.N. Millenium Objectives summit on Sept. 21, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said after a meeting in Paris.     The tax could raise between USD25 billion to USD30 billion each year, the ministers said. It would be imposed on tran...

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon on 03 September 2010

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    Celebrities Join Call for Action on MDGs

      Prominent personalities supporting the United Nations’ work have agreed to champion yet another cause: accelerated progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.   Dozens of U.N. messengers of peace and goodwill ambassadors committed to “use every opportunity they have to raise awareness for the Goals and the September 2010 U.N. Summit,” the U.N. has announced in a statement.   The U.N. is convening more than 150 world leaders, priv...

    By Ivy Mungcal on 03 September 2010

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    Diarra: Technology Alone Cannot Drive African Development

      Technology, coupled with infrastructure investments and sound policies, will fuel Africa’s development, a businessman says. “[T]echnology alone cannot generate development,” Cheick Modibo Diarra, Africa chairman for Microsoft Corp., writes in an article for CNN’s website. “Resources must be matched with resourcefulness – combined with initiatives by local leaders, educators and entrepreneurs to achieve individual and institutional objectives. And w...

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon on 03 September 2010

  • ADB Backs Philippine Cash Incentive Program

    ADB Backs Philippine Cash Incentive Program

      The Asian Development Bank approved today (Sept. 2) a USD400 million loan to help expand the Philippines’ conditional cash transfer program. The project, known as the “Pamilyang Pilipino Program,” [The Filipino Family Program] aims to provide monthly cash grants to some 2.3 million Philippine households by the end of 2011. Beneficiary families who ensure their children are attending school, and children and pregnant women go to health centers for regular checkups ar...

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon on 03 September 2010

  • Backgrounder: International Land Systems Inc.

    Backgrounder: International Land Systems Inc.

    This article sheds light on the importance of land registration and administration, specifically in developing countries. It also focuses on International Land Systems Inc., what they do and how to get a job with the organization.

    By Sam Mednick on 12 November 2008

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As part of the international Imagine Cup competition, the Rural Innovation Award recognizes software design that contributes to a more sustainable environment, promotes social and economic growth in developing countries, and/or helps populations meet their basic needs. Winners announced July 8.

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Microsoft formed a partnership with the International Youth Foundation (IYF) to equip youth in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tanzania with the skills they needed to find jobs and create their own opportunities for success. Roughly 40,000 Africans between the ages of 16 and 35 will benefit from these efforts.

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Unlimited Potential in Africa

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