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  Population 14.2 mln
  
  Population growth 3%
  
  Life expectancy 57 years
  
  Net migration -28,497
  
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  GDP $4.17 bln
  
  - per capita $294
  
  - growth rate 3%
  
  FDI, net inflows $0.03 bln
  
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Beyond the Arab awakening : Policies and investments for poverty reduction and food security

This report aims to inform and stimulate the debate on key policy priorities for poverty reduction and food security in light of the Arab Awakening. Its findings are based on an innovative combination of datasets and rigorous economic analysis. Results suggest that poverty and income inequality in the Arab world are likely higher than official numbers have long suggested. Given that poverty indicators seem to be misleading for many countries in the region, the report introduces a new welfare more...

Added by Zunia on February 07, 2012

Putting farmers first

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How agricultural research is funded, organized, controlled and practised can have a huge impact on small-scale producers in the global South. This briefing explains how a series of farmer assessments and citizens’ juries in West Africa has helped farmers assess existing approaches and articulate recommendations for policy and practice to achieve their own vision of agricultural research. In 2012, a high-level policy dialogue between farmers and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa more...

Added by Zunia on February 07, 2012

Flash flood risk management: a training of trainers manual

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This manual is designed to help build the capacity of trainers in flash flood risk management, who can then disseminate the knowledge to a larger number of practitioners. The manual presents an eight-day course including a three-day field trip. Detailed lesson plans for 21 sessions are followed by resource materials that will enable the trainers to replicate the course in their own work areas.

Added by Zunia on February 06, 2012

Culture and disasters: a beautiful mind of indigenous flood legend from Papua

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This issue focuses on local knowledge preserved in the almost forgotten flood legend from Arso, Keerom, Papua Province, Indonesia. The authors argue that local risk management knowledge is printed in cultural 'media' such as legends and myths. The local knowledge provides clues on human-environment relations in the past that is almost forgotten which can be beneficial for present generation.

Added by Zunia on February 06, 2012

Making private practice work for the public

ni.unimelb.edu.au –

Vietnam is moving towards universal health care coverage. How can the private sector be encouraged to play its part and what should its part be?

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Caitlin Grover on February 06, 2012

Following the money

ni.unimelb.edu.au –

Improving health in the Pacific means spending money where it’s needed most. Are donors looking at local priorities or setting their own agendas?

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Caitlin Grover on February 06, 2012

Farms and funds

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Investment funds show a growing interest in farmland and agriculture. They are buying up land and agribusinesses in developing countries with the expectation of high long-term returns linked to rising land prices, growing populations and increasing demand for food. While the media has reported extensively on the involvement of these funds in the global land rush, the mechanics remain little understood by the broader public. What is the interest and what is driving it? Who are the players and more...

Added by Zunia on February 06, 2012

Seychelles - Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Request for Waiver of Applicability of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurance Review - Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; Statement by the Executive Director for Seychelles

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Added by Zunia on February 06, 2012

Investing in Solutions

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The practical guide has been developed for potential managers and implementers of livelihood programmes (programme staff, field staff, protection officers, senior managers, etc.) considering the use of microfinance as part of a broader livelihoods strategy. The policy framework is specifically addressed to UNHCR decision-makers. The guide is meant to provide practical information and tools to assess the appropriateness of microfinance in a conflict-affected community; and if relevant, to help more...

Added by Zunia on February 06, 2012

Mobile tech and child protection in West Africa

unicef.org –

Currently, some of the most relevant mobile applications for child protection include: Frontline SMS and Ushahidi for violence reporting; RapidFTR for family tracing and reunification in emergencies; RapidSMS for data collection, awareness raising and violence reporting; and the Mobile Vital Record System and Nokia data gathering for mobile birth registration.The purpose of this briefing note is to provide an overview of current applications of mobile technologies with relevance for child more...

Added by Zunia on January 30, 2012

Sowing innovation for sustainable food

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This paper highlights research into sustaining local food systems, biodiversity and livelihoods. It showcases how farming communities are taking the lead in action research to revive diverse, locally controlled food systems.

Added by Zunia on February 06, 2012

Development Connections: Unveiling the Impact of New Information Technologies

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Can information and communication technology contribute to economic development?Policymakers and academics agree that computers, the Internet, mobile telephones and other information and communication technologies can be beneficial for economic and social development. But how strong is the impact? What conditions influence their effectiveness on development? The IDB took a bold step to apply strict statistical tools in a systematic way to evaluate how these technologies contributed to the more...

Added by Zunia on February 06, 2012

Impact of Conflict on Children’s Health and Disability

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Conflict impacts children’s health in four important ways. First, conflict‐driven displacement increases child death and injury, mainly through increased susceptibility to infectious disease from unsanitary living conditions. A case study on Southern Sudan illustrates that conflict reduces sanitation, clean water, and health services making it difficult to stop the spread of neglected tropical diseases, such as visceral leishmaniasis and trachoma. Second, children have a higher risk of food more...

Added by Zunia on February 06, 2012

Great Lakes Conference to Combat Sexual and Gender Based Violence

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This primer is intended to assist the work of civil society and other actors in relation to SGBV during, and in the wake of, the summit. The primer seeks to highlight some main SGBV aspects of the formal framework of the ICGLR. These include:- the ICGLR Protocol on the Prevention and Suppression of Sexual Violence against Women and Children (Sexual Violence Protocol);- the relationship among various ICGLR instruments, including their relationship with the Sexual Violence Protocol;- what the more...

Added by Zunia on February 06, 2012

Geographies of the world’s knowledge

oii.ox.ac.uk –

The Internet raised hopes that knowledge might become more accessible, reaching less affluent groups, as well as those farther away from the producers and sources of information. These early expectations remain largely unrealised. Knowledge institutions, including producers and distributors, around the world remain concentrated.“Who controls Wikipedia entries?” The good old times when anyone could intervene and share knowledge on this medium are long gone. Nowadays Wikipedia is based on a more...

Added by Zunia on January 24, 2012

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