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Despite the global crisis can we sustain local economies? Dev 53.3 launched now!
This online launch of Development issue 53.3 ‘Sustaining Local Economies’ delves deeper into the realities of people on the ground and how they are coping with the global economic downturn, by presenting a series of case studies from around the world. The case studies from Eastern Europe and Cen...
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Getting out of the trap- interview with Josine Stremmelaar
On the occasion of the virtual launch of Development 53.3 'Sustaining Local Economies', Assistant Editor Laura Fano Morrissey interviews Josine Stremmelaar, Hivos' Knowledge Programme Coordinator. This issue of the journal was produced in partnership with the Hivos' Knowledge Programme. LFM What...
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Trade Negotiations in East Africa: The necessity to implement a joint trade negotiations body
by Gladys Kirungi In responding to the current realities of globalisation, development, aid and political dialogue, African countries have found themselves involved in various multilateral trade co-operations with various trade partners. The binding agreements that the countries commit to have be...
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Reflections from SID Buenos Aires Chapter– Communication at the heart of change
by Marcelo Garcia | Communication is at the heart of change, not simply as mediation but as an arena where a community builds its destiny via politics. In our hyper-media societies, the perception of communications has replaced the direct perception of the world. Communications has to do with the...
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South Sudan referendum, five months to go
By Irene Panozzo With something more than five months to go before South Sudan and Abyei regions will be called to cast a vote and decide their future, Sudan's chronicles offer every day new developments regarding the approaching electoral appointments. Reading news reports from Sudan, one might ha...
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SID in the news: ‘Beware, they’re waiting to subvert the Constitution’. The East African
Source: Beware, they're waiting to subvert the Constitution by Muthoni Wanyeki The East African, Kenya Monday, August 2, 2010 Original Link This is it! By the end of next week, we shall know whether or not we finally (finally!) have a new Constitution. Frenetic work has been done by the Commi...
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Kenya’s Vision 2030 from an income and gender inequalities perspective
by Hulda Ouma (SID) | A recent report published by the Society for International Development’s (SID) regional office for East Africa, on Kenya’s long term development blue print- the Vision 2030 highlights the continued perceived tensions between growth and equity within the economic discours...
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Reflections from SID B...
by Marcelo Garcia | Communication is at the heart of change, not simply as mediation but as an arena w...
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South Sudan referendum...
By Irene Panozzo With something more than five months to go before South Sudan and Abyei regions will be...
Development
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Despite the global cri...
This online launch of Development issue 53.3 ‘Sustaining Local Economies’ delves deeper into the real...
Ecology
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The new land rush in A...
The land rush is not new. It is a process of land acquisition dating back to the colonial period and perh...
Gender
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Gender Equality Goals ...
Source: IPS. A month ahead of the 2010 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) review summit at the Unit...
Migration
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Serial Migration
by Susan Ossman | Animated conversations about the intensification of mobility and its relationship t...
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Getting out of the tra...
On the occasion of the virtual launch of Development 53.3 'Sustaining Local Economies', Assistant Editor ...
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...
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Despite the global crisis can we sustain local economies? Dev 53.3 launched now!
This online launch of Development issue 53.3 ‘Sustaining Local Economies’ delves deeper into the realities of people on the ground and how they are coping with the global ec...
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Getting out of the trap- interview with Josine Stremmelaar
On the occasion of the virtual launch of Development 53.3 'Sustaining Local Economies', Assistant Editor Laura Fano Morrissey interviews Josine Stremmelaar, Hivos' Knowledge Pro...
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Stories and images of local economies: Tanzania
by Dorcas Robinson 'In 2006, the Mwanza component of CARE Tanzania’s Women and Girls Empowerment programme, set out to understand the service and social support context of ...
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Stories and images of local economies: Romania
by Alexandru Balasescu 'The last few months marked an economic downturn for Romania. The country is on what commentators call 'a €20 billion lifeline from the IMF, World Ba...
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Stories and images of local economies: Southern Africa
by PhytoTrade Africa PhytoTrade Africa is the southern African natural products trade association. We are committed to sustainably harvesting indigenous plant products from s...
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Stories and images of local economies: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
by Ewa Pintera, Karat 'The photos in the photoessay below come from the exhibition 'Through Their eyes' which is the part of the project carried out by KARAT Coalition 'Thr...
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Café de Mujer: case study from Guatemala
by Noortje Verhart & Rhiannon Pyburn 1. Gender and Global Standards Initiative Social and environmental certification is a fast growing area in agricultural markets. A p...
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Stories and images of local economies: Tanzania 2
by Mwajuma Masaiganah 'Women's contribution to countries' economies, especially local economies, is great. However, in most cases it is not recognized because it is unpaid la...
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Gender Equality Goals Miss the Mark, Women’s Groups Say. By Hannah Rubenstein
Source: IPS. A month ahead of the 2010 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) review summit at the United Nations, some women's groups are voicing concern that member states' ...
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Trade Negotiations in East Africa: The necessity to implement a joint trade negotiations body
by Gladys Kirungi In responding to the current realities of globalisation, development, aid and political dialogue, African countries have found themselves involved in variou...
