ELDIS DEVELOPMENT REPORTER - 21.07.2006
July 21, 2006.
ELDIS DEVELOPMENT REPORTER
21 July 2006
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Here is our selection from this week's additions to Eldis: your gateway to
development information. This is a choice of key documents and topical
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New DFID White Paper: Eliminating world poverty: making governance work for the poor
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) launched its new 2006 White Paper on International Development. The paper sets out what the UK Government will do over the next five years to translate the promises of 2005 to reduce world poverty. Accoring to the paper governance and also the provision of security, incomes and public services for poor people will be at the centre of DFID's work over the next five years
Using gender research in development
This practitioners' guide aims to bridge the gap between research and practice. The guide offers a non-technical presentation of research findings from IFPRI’s multi-country research programme on gender and intra-household issues, along with implications and key questions for integrating gender research findings into project cycle and policy decision-making processes.
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Views on migration in Sub-Saharan Africa: proceedings of an African Migration Alliance Workshop
This collation of articles all respond to the question: what are Africa’s policy concerns on migration?
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Tough choices: investing in health for development
According to the WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health Increased coordination, political support, and country-led strategies are needed to take advantage of increased health systems funding
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Provincial governance structures in Afghanistan: from confusion to vision?: recommendations for improving Afghanistan’s provincial governance structure
This AREU briefing paper addresses key issues in provincial governance, makes recommendations for making provincial structures more effective and argues for consideration of the overall subnational governance framework in which these structures will operate. The paper argues that the following questions need to be considered: what are the roles, resources, and responsibilities of different institutions
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Guidance on good practices in corporate governance disclosure
This UNCTAD guide is a technical manual for regulators and companies, particularly in developing countries and transition economies. The purpose of the guidance is to help those responsible for preparing company reports to produce disclosures on corporate governance that address the major concerns of investors and other stakeholders. The publication is relevant to enterprises wanting to attract
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The potential effects of economic partnership agreements: what quantitative models say
This ODI Briefing Paper sketches the main potential channels through which the economic effects of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) may come about and reviews the results of several modelling studies which have already been undertaken to assess these effects.
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Other highlights
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Who should manage the Adaptation Fund: the GEF, or anything but the GEF?
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Hopes for rescuing the Doha round
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Developing a media infrastructure in crisis states
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Launch of Open Courseware collection of free teaching materials
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Tools for knowledge and learning: a guide for development and humanitarian organisations
* Why do developing countries sign and comply with Plant Variety Protection (PVP) agreements?
* Conserving our open ocean and deep sea environments
Jobs
* Job: Guest Research Programme at the Nile Basin Research Programme, University of Bergen, Norway
* Job: CNFA, Inc. Seeks 6 Qualified Personnel for the USAID-Funded Kazakhstan Small Business Development (KSBD) Project
* Job: Institute of Development Studies, Sussex seeks Communication Officer, Brighton, East Sussex
* Job: The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) seeks a Press Officer, London
* Job: Programme Co-ordinator, The Tropical Health and Education Trust, Somaliland and Ethiopia
* Job: Country Director, The Center for Victims of Torture, Sierra Leone
* Job: The Academy for Educational Development (AED) seeks a representative to head its regional office for East, Central, and the Horn of Africa (ECA) in Nairobi, Kenya
* Job: The International Rescue Committee: Protection Program Coordinator, Tanzania
* Job: Transparency International Internships
For full details and a list of all 65 jobs currently available, visit our Jobs Page
Announcements
* Training: The Department of Economics, GCU, Lahore in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce/United Nations Development program (UNDP) is offering a three month Short Course on WTO and Industry in Pakistan
* Call For Papers: HiCN's Second Annual Workshop, "The Unit of Analysis and the Micro- Level Dynamics of Violent Conflict", Antwerp, Belgium, 19-20 January 2007
* Conferences: "Human Rights Based Approaches to Development: Programme Cycle Management", 2 - 8 September, 2006, and "Human Rights Fieldwork - Principles, Strategies and Skills", 28 October - 5 November, 2006, Ireland
* Conference: Hope for the Blind Foundation Conference, Vision Makes all the Difference, 7-9 August 2006, Zaria, Nigeria
* Course: Summer School In Design, Evaluation And Monitoring of International Programmes and Projects, October 23 - November 3, 2006, University of Bologna, Italy
* Conference: Biodiversity: balancing conservation and production; case studies from the real world, June 26-28th 2007, University of Tasmania, Launceston
* Call for concept notes: Raising incomes of smallholder farmers in the developing world by building efficient and equitable markets
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