Full Coverage: Development
October 2007
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10/31/2007
The Asian Development Bank’s urban development programme in Indian state of Rajasthan will improve the living conditions of 1.6 million urbanites. Better quality of drinking water, public health, sewerage, drainage and solid waste management systems are expected from the project.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Cities] [Poverty] [Water/Sanitation] [Environment] |
10/31/2007
A two-day workshop on “IT for All” is promoting the use of Information Technology for the betterment of all sections of society. The workshop, organised by FTK-Center for Information Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, opened at its campus in New Delhi.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [India] [Capacity Building] [ICT] [Internet] [Knowledge] |
10/31/2007
Sejak awal tahun 2002, pengurus KPM semakin tertarik dengan tanaman organik. Selain mengurangi modal, juga karena pupuk urea semakin melonjak harganya. Meski tidak untung, ia tetap sabar untuk meneruskan usaha pertanian oraganiknya. Bertani organik, sambil belajar bersabar
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] |
10/31/2007
Freeport adalah akar dari semua persoalan konflik di tanah Papua. Untuk itu, upaya zona damai bagi Papua sangat mungkin terealisasi jika dilakukan dengan jalan penutupan perusahan tambang bermasalah ini.
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10/31/2007
In vista della discussione sulla proposta di legge di riforma della cooperazione, l'Associazione Ong italiane presenta una nota che segnala "alcuni elementi fondamentali che devono caratterizzare le attività di cooperazione allo sviluppo". "Lo sviluppo è una questione di donne e di uomini, essi devono essere il fine di ogni iniziativa e diventare protagonista dello sviluppo proprio e della propria nazione. E’ fondamentale affermare e concretamente riconoscere la centralità delle risorse umane, in ogni ambito operativo" - afferma la nota dell'Associazione che raggruppa 163 organizzazioni non governative italiane.
Read moreRelated: [Aid] [International Cooperation] [Debt] [Human Rights] [Activism] |
10/30/2007
At last, the Government of India, under pressure from 25,000 people, agrees to set up a committee to look into the issues related to land reforms. The protestors hope that the minister’s announcement was more than mere playing to the gallery.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [South Asia] [Land] [Poverty] [Human Rights] [Indigenous Rights] |
10/30/2007
ITS dinilai hanya menjadi tempat penampungan para budak yang nantinya akan menjadi alat produksi dari sistem kapitalisme. Penilaian itu muncul akibat hukuman dari Rektorat ITS terhadap mahasiswanya yang mencoba membongkar konspirasi jahat antara Pemodal-Pemerintah-Kampus dalam kasus lumpur Lapindo yang menyengsarakan warga Sidoarjo.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] |
10/30/2007
Pemerintah Indonesia harus berani menunjuk hidung sendiri dalam kasus hancurnya hutan di negeri ini. Adalah ironi jika kita justru tak bisa menghentikan laju kerusakan dan deforestasi.
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10/29/2007
Recognising the huge potential of agriculture sector in raising income levels for people living in absolute poverty, the World Bank calls for increased investment in agriculture. If that happens, it will benefit 75% of the world’s poor living in rural areas of developing countries.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Food] [Poverty] [Economy] [MDGs] |
10/29/2007
They walked from Gwalior to Delhi, covering more than 300 km in less than four weeks. They lost seven of their comrades in this long march to claim lost rights. But it has been sheer disappointment at the end of the road for these 25,000 people, when they were stopped from marching up to the Indian Parliament to make their voices heard in the corridors of power.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [South Asia] [Land] [Poverty] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Indigenous Rights] |
10/29/2007
Policy planners, academics and representatives of non-governmental organizations will deliberate whether pastoralism provides a strategic alternative in the quest for sustainable development in a two day national seminar at Jaipur, Rajasthan on November 21-22.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [India] [Land] [Knowledge] Image: Man with cattle © Peter Armstrong
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10/26/2007
Gli Stati Generali della Solidarietà e della Cooperazione Internazionale lanciano per la fine di ottobre una mobilitazione straordinaria per sollecitare la massima attenzione dell'opinione pubblica sulla delicata fase della cooperazione internazionale: la riforma della legge 49, l'attuale normativa vigente in materia di cooperazione, e la Legge finanziaria 2008. Il 30 ottobre gli Stati Generali promuovono un presidio davanti al Parlamento italiano e il 2 novembre si terrà a Roma l'assemblea plenaria degli Stati Generali, mentre il 3 novembre è previsto il Forum della Cooperazione promosso dal Ministero degli Esteri. In questa occasione saranno consegnate ai rappresentanti del Governo italiano le firme dell'appello pubblicato sul sito degli Stati Generali.
Read moreRelated: [International Cooperation] [Debt] [Civil Society] [Law] Image: Stati Generali della Solidarietà e della Cooperazione
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10/26/2007
Social exclusion results in lower development outcomes, deprivations, poverty and contributes to the non achievements of vital human and economic development goals. A two-day national conference being held in the Indian capital, New Delhi, organised by the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, is engaged in addressing these critical issues.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [South Asia] [Capacity Building] [Poverty] [Social Exclusion] [Indigenous Rights] [Religion] |
10/26/2007
Professor Bina Agarwal of the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at Hague (Netherlands), making her join the ranks of earlier recipients Edward Said and Nobel laureates Jan Tinbergen and Amartya Sen.
Read moreRelated: [India] [South Asia] [Education] [Land] [Poverty] [Gender] |
10/26/2007
Nearly 80 percent of Bangladesh's people live in rural areas, with more than half comprising its poor. The latest World Bank Development Report says the country needs to increase its productivity in staple foods while also improve its rural services through better physical and social infrastructure.
Read moreRelated: [Bangladesh] [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Poverty] [Governance] Image: A village in the hill tracts of Bangladesh
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10/26/2007
Musim penghujan datang, banjir pun siap menerjang Jakarta seperti awal tahun ini. Bencana itu sangat mungkin terjadi akibat semakin menyusutnya Ruang Terbuka Hijau (RTH) yang berfungsi sebagi resapan air. Berikut daftar perusahaan yang dengan restu Pemda DKI Jakarta ikut berperan dalam mengancurkan lingkungan dan memperparah banjir di Jakarta.
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] |
10/26/2007
Setelah menghancurkan ekosistem darat di Sidoarjo, kini PT Lapindo dengan restu Pemerintah menghancurkan ekosistem kali (sungai) Porong dan laut di selat Madura. Apakah kita akan membiarkan kejahatan lingkungan tersebut terus dilakukan?
Read moreRelated: [Indonesia] |
10/25/2007
Bolzano è recentemente passata all'attenzione delle cronache nazionali per le foto del saluto nazista nel campo di concentramento di Dachau da parte di alcuni giovani naziskin del capoluogo altoatesino. Razzismo e xenofobia costituiscono problemi affatto trascurabili. Ma in Alto Adige sono presenti anche diverse "buone pratiche" della politica e della società civile. Come, ad esempio, la "World Social Agenda", in corso proprio in questi giorni a Bolzano, che propone itinerari educativi, incontri, dibattiti sul tema “Libera Europa – Freies Europa”. E dove, di fronte al machismo che ha segnato i momenti più bui della storia europea anche recente, la conferenza di domani "Coabitare l’Europa delle minoranze" darà spazio alle voci di donne dell'Europa dell'Est e dei Balcani. di Fabio Pipinato
Read moreRelated: [Civil Rights] [Race Politics] [Civil Society] [Peace] |
10/25/2007
A Food for Work initiative by the World Food Programme (WFP) has helped rebuild more than 1,300 kms of rural roads and almost 9,000 kms of bridle paths in quake-affected North Pakistan. Rural roads and pathways connecting the mountainous terrain were destroyed by the 2005 earthquake, cutting people off from relief supplies and medical aid.
Read moreRelated: [Pakistan] [South Asia] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [Labor] [Shelter & Housing] [Volunteering] |
10/25/2007
Buruh migran adalah pekerjaan yang digeluti orang karena pertimbangan minimnya kesempatan kerja yang ada di dalam negeri atau negara asal. Namun tak jarang buruh migran mengalami stigmatisasi sebagai sumber penyebaran HIV/AIDS.
Read moreRelated: [Labor] [Migration] [Population] [Poverty] [Health] [HIV/AIDS] [Disease/treatment] [Race Politics] [Sexuality] [Social Exclusion] [Globalization] |
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