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• Sustaining Local Economies- New issue of Development is out 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...

• 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...

• ‘Sustaining Local Economies’: case study from 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 households managing long-term care situations. For several years, CARE has supported the formation and training of savin...

• ‘Sustaining Local Economies’: case study from 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 Bank and EU.' The government took a series of wrong steps in the possible reform. Firstly, it did not reduce the number of pu...

• ‘Sustaining Local Economies’: case studies from 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 southern Africa for the food, beverage and cosmetics industry. Underpinning our approach is a commitment to substantially im...

• ‘Sustaining Local Economies’: photoessay from 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 'Through Their eyes, Through Ours: Raising the public’s awareness about development problems faced by women from developing c...

• ‘Sustaining Local Economies’: 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 plethora of standards and certification programmes exist, though the degree of rigor varies. Some include a focus on the dev...

• ‘Sustaining Local Economies’: case study from 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 labour. Recently, women have started a new trend of going into 'working'- in Kiswahili 'kufanya kazi' and not 'doing activiti...

• Vol. 53.3 ‘Sustaining Local Economies’

  Despite the global economic crisis can we sustain local economies? Development 53.3, out in September 2010, keeps hammering away at that critical question in this sequel to last year’s issue, ‘Beyond Economics’ (Volume 52. 3). In partnership with the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with ...

• Congratulations to Helen O’Connell, OBE

  Helen O'Connell, Associate Editor of Development has been awarded an OBE for her "services to equal opportunities". OBE's (Officer of the British Empire) are awarded by the Queen for an individual's services to the community the list is announced every year in June. Helen, a long-time advocate for g...