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Beyond Copenhagen…
By Jan Pronk | Changes in international power relations have been blamed for the failure of the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, December 2009. World power relations have indeed changed. China has become an economic giant. India, South Africa and Brazil are emerging economic powers....
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Launch of Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’ in Tanzania
A third launch of Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’ will take place in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on 2-3 February 2010. The launch will bring together African partners in the SID and HIVOS networks involved in research and advocacy looking at the impact of the systemic crises on African developme...
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Development, Culture and Conflict
This is the introduction to the article 'Development, Culture and Conflict' by Jan Pronk, President of the Society for International Development, published in Development 52.4 'Xenophobia, Culture and Identity'. From 1945 to 1989 international relations were characterized by two major conflicts....
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Status and Challenges of East Africa’s Extractive Resource Industry: Towards a better future for the mining Industry in East Africa
by Gladys Kirungi, Programme Officer, Society for International Development The current trends in the Extractive Resource Industry (ERI) in East Africa, specifically the discovery of oil reserves in Uganda, Kenya’s determination to find and exploit her oil reserves and the impressive mineral we...
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How to break the culture of making money from money
During the launch of Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’, which was held in New York on 29-31 October 2009, Assistant Editor Laura Fano Morrissey interviewed David Korten, president and founder of the People-Centered Development Forum and author of numerous books including Agenda for a New Ec...
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Chapter News
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Senators Kerry and Lug...
Washington, DC- The Society for International Development (SID-Washington) is proud to honor Senators Joh...
Conflict
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Press review: Somalia,...
Source: Reuters, NYTimes, The Wall Street Journal Tension is still high in Mogadishu, hardly controlled ...
Development
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Farida Shaheed appoint...
As the latest issue of Development tackles the themes of 'Xenophobia, Culture and Identity', SID welcomes...
Ecology
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Beyond Copenhagen...
By Jan Pronk | Changes in international power relations have been blamed for the failure of the internati...
Gender
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CEDAW: designed to be ...
Source: Opendemocracy, by Jane Esuantsiwa Goldsmith-27 January 2010 CEDAW is not just a wish list from...
Migration
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Resources: Sudan, expl...
Three new briefings about Sudan's conflicts were issued in the last days. Though focusing on different as...
President's Corner
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Beyond Copenhagen...
By Jan Pronk | Changes in international power relations have been blamed for the failure of the internati...
Scenarios
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Interview with Mohamed...
SID Programme Officer Flaminia Vola interviews Dr. Mohamed Aden Sheikh, former representative of th...
Soapbox
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Beyond Copenhagen...
By Jan Pronk | Changes in international power relations have been blamed for the failure of the internati...
Recent Articles
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Press review: Somalia, fighting in the capital and tensions on the borders
Source: Reuters, NYTimes, The Wall Street Journal Tension is still high in Mogadishu, hardly controlled by the fragile Western-backed administration of President Sheikh Sharif ...
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CEDAW: designed to be used
Source: Opendemocracy, by Jane Esuantsiwa Goldsmith-27 January 2010 CEDAW is not just a wish list from which politicians in the UK can ‘pick-n-mix’ when drawing up their ...
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Sudan, presidential campaign on the starting blocks
The countdown to April elections has officially started when, on January, 27 evening, the National Elections Commission (NEC) closed nominations to presidential and legislative ...
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World Urban Forum 5: the Right of City-Bridging the Urban Divide
Source: Womenwatch 22 -26 March 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: In the space of a few short years, the World Urban Forum has turned into the world's premier conference on citie...
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Beyond Copenhagen…
By Jan Pronk | Changes in international power relations have been blamed for the failure of the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, December 2009. World power rela...
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UNDP Resource guide on gender and climate change
Source: Eldis Poor women’s limited access to resources, restricted rights, limited mobility and muted voice in shaping decisions make them highly vulnerable to climate chan...
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Women’s Rights: Some Progress, Many Gaps
Source: 30 years CEDAW website "Women’s Rights: Some Progress, Many Gaps" is a shadow report by Dutch NGOs; an examination of the Fifth Report by the Government of the Neth...
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CEDAW – the 30-year Struggle for Equality
by Womankind Worldwide, published in November 2009. Source: Siyanda Women's rights campaigners have been using The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimina...
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Farida Shaheed appointed independent expert in the field of cultural rights by Human Rights Council
As the latest issue of Development tackles the themes of 'Xenophobia, Culture and Identity', SID welcomes the news that Ms Farida Shaheed, Director of Research in Shirkat Gah's ...
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Launch of Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’ in Tanzania
A third launch of Development 52.3 ‘Beyond Economics’ will take place in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on 2-3 February 2010. The launch will bring together African partners in the...
