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Dev-Zone announces the publication of The 'Guide to International Development Terms and Acronyms - Pacific Focus'.
Edited by experienced development practitioners, and featuring concise explanations and critical summaries for more than 1,200 terms used in current development debate globally and in the Pacific, this is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in international development and global issues. www.dev-zone.org/devguide .There is also a copy of this email on our site. There is also a copy of this email on our site: http://www.dev-zone.org/emails/devissues.htm
A. DEV-ZONE SELECTION
* A New Era of World Hunger? The Global Food Crisis Analyzed [pdf]
This paper discusses the main causes of the steep run-up in global food prices and the resulting spread of hunger to nearly a billion people worldwide. Authors James A. Paul and Katarina Wahlberg conclude that biofuels and the agro-industrial approach to food production are the main culprits of the food crisis. The paper looks at a wide range of factors endangering nutrition for all, including population growth, unsustainable consumption, international trade policy and climate change. The aut... (read more)
* Call for research proposals for the Pacific Leadership Program (an AusAID project)
Pacific and East Timor based individuals and institutions are invited to submit proposals on either the 'costs of corruption' or 'successful models of youth leadership'. CLOSING DATE FOR PROPOSALS 12 SEPTEMBER 2008. (read more)
* Making trade policy in Latin America more pro-poor: Is greater participation the answer?
In this Opinion, Alina Rocha Menocal argues that the challenge for interested stakeholders in influencing trade policy-making to make trade work better for the poor lies in determining the right balance between necessary autonomy, and dialogue and openness. (Alina Rocha Menocal, ODI Publications, August 2008) (read more)
* Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of community and faith based programs
A step-by-step guide for people who want to make HIV and AIDS services and activities more effective in their community (CORE Initiative, September 2008) (read more)
* Taming the Vultures: Are New Measures Enough to Protect Debt Relief Gains? [pdf]
The actions of so-called vulture funds - or speculative investors in the debt of distressed companies or sovereign states - have grabbed international media headlines over the past 18 months. The concern voiced by NGOs and governments alike is that the small gains in debt cancellation which countries such as Zambia have recently benefited from could be instantly wiped-out by aggressive vulture fund litigation. This Eurodad report explains and critically assesses some of the recent steps taken... (read more)
B. NEW RESOURCES ONLINE
* 2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration: Effective Aid by 2010? What it will take
* Asia Pacific Human Development Report 2008 : Tackling corruption, transforming lives [pdf]
* Credibility crunch: Food, poverty, and climate change: an agenda for rich-country leaders [PDF]
* Degrees of separation, Climate change: Shared challenges, shared opportunities.
* Livelihood Diversification in Borana Pastoral Communities of Ethiopia - Prospects and Challenges
* Millennium Villages handbook : a practitioner's guide to the Millennium Villages approach [pdf]
* U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century
* Venezuela - creating an endogenous cooperative culture
* World resources 2008: roots of resilience - growing the wealth of thepoor [pdf]
* An Introduction to Regional Financial Institutions in Latin America
* Reality Check: Global vertical programmes: a tale of too many funds
* PRIA Continuing Education (PCE) Distance Learning Courses
* Armoring NAFTA: The Battleground for Mexico's Future
* Displaced People: NAFTA's Most Important Product
* Intertwined' textile exhibition (6 September - 5 October)
* The Limited Promise of Agricultural Trade Liberalization
B. NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES
1. DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
2008 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration: Effective Aid by 2010? What it will take
How effective is aid at helping countries meet their own development objectives? Some of the answers can be found in this survey report whi...
Asia Pacific Human Development Report 2008 : Tackling corruption, transforming lives [pdf]
This Asia Pacific Human Development Report on corruption argues that low- level, pervasive corruption is a major burden on the region's poo...
Credibility crunch: Food, poverty, and climate change: an agenda for rich- country leaders [PDF]
This policy brief argues that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs )will not be achieved if current trends continue, including new challe...
Degrees of separation, Climate change: Shared challenges, shared opportunities.
A DFID document looking at the interlinks between people around the work, climate change and development. It highlights our links and share...
Key facts on development in Ghana.(DFID, 22 August 2008)
Livelihood Diversification in Borana Pastoral Communities of Ethiopia - Prospects and Challenges
This paper analyses the livelihoods of the Borana pastoral communities of Southern Oromiya in Ethiopia. It aims to inform policy makers, do...
Millennium Villages handbook : a practitioner's guide to the Millennium Villages approach [pdf]
This handbook focuses on the steps required to set up Millennium Villages across impoverished rural areas in Africa. The idea is to scale u...
U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century
This White House and the World Brief presents the key facts and recommendations drawn from chapters of The White House and the World: A Glo...
Venezuela - creating an endogenous cooperative culture
Upside World reports on the attempt to write a pro-cooperative constitution in Venezuela, and growing citizen movements striving for 'endog...
World resources 2008: roots of resilience - growing the wealth of thepoor [pdf]
This report looks at the overlap between ecosystems and poverty. The report argues that properly designed enterprises can create economic, ...
2. ECONOMY
An Introduction to Regional Financial Institutions in Latin America
Civil society must influence Latin American Regional Financial Institutions (RFIs) to assure that the mistakes and shortcomings of IFIs are...
Reality Check: Global vertical programmes: a tale of too many funds
Eurodad has produced a new "Reality Check" on vertical funds. This report "Global vertical programmes: a tale of too many funds evaluates t...
3. EVENTS AND TRAINING
PRIA Continuing Education (PCE) Distance Learning Courses
PRIA Continuing Education (PCE) will conduct the 4-month distance learning certificate progarmmes commencing from 1st of October ,2008 in t...
4. GLOBALISATION
A case study of the Indian garment sector and the role of globalised production (Alessandra Mezzadri, SOAS, August 2008)
5. TRADE
Armoring NAFTA: The Battleground for Mexico's Future
The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), launched in 2005 by the NAFTA countries, aims to securitize the "shared economic space" of C...
Displaced People: NAFTA's Most Important Product
Since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993, the U.S. Congress has debated and passed several new bilatera...
Intertwined' textile exhibition (6 September - 5 October)
In September (6 September - 5 October), Trade Aid is holding our first ever 'Intertwined' textile exhibition at the Expressions Arts and En...
The Limited Promise of Agricultural Trade Liberalization
It has become an article of faith in international trade negotiations that farmers in developing countries have much to gain from agricultu...
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