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Australia: Flood mitigation a vital saving – Suncorp
'We just can't go on ladling more costs on to individual consumers to the point that people can't afford insurance Read the original article... More»
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Community and Participatory Management of Natural Resources: Experiences from Mesoamerica’s Indigenous Peoples and Forest CommunitiesBy Jeff Brez and Greg BenchwickIn today’s side event Community and Participatory Management of Natural Resources: Experiences from Mesoamerica’s Indigenous Peoples and Forest Communities, IFAD’s Latin America and the Caribbean... More»
Rethinking US Foreign Assistance: FY2013 MDB Budget: Stay the Course
By Jenny Ottenhoff - The Obama administration’s FY2013 budget request may be a mixed bag for the overall international affairs budget, but its message on U.S. engagement in the... More»
Sustainable smallholder agriculture – and heads of state – in the spotlight at IFAD’s Governing Council
The lights in the large tent outside IFAD headquarters in Rome were blazing hot this morning. Beneath them, representatives of IFAD’s member states and staff, along with observers from... More»
Slideshow: Colvin, Ochlik at work
International journalists Marie Colvin, 55, and Rémi Ochlik, 28, were killed Wednesday during shelling of the besieged city of Homs in Syria. « Previous Image | Next... More»
As live streaming expands, challenges intensify
The world lost one of the only direct windows into the carnage in Homs, Syria, when Rami al-Sayed's video live stream went dark Tuesday. A citizen journalist, al-Sayed was... More»
Prospects Daily: Fitch cuts Greece’s credit rating by two notches to near default status
Important developments today: 1. Fitch cuts Greece’s credit rating by two notches to near default status. (...) Read the original article... More»
#fafo12 – Institutional development and professionalism key to financial sustainability of farmers’ organizations
By Monica RomanoThe richness, passion and variety that emerged from the discussion at the Farmers’ Forum working group on institutional development and financial sustainability of farmers’ organizations (FOs) were... More»
Training: World: Online Certificate Course on Strategic Non-profit Management [5th April - 25th May 2012]
Organisation: Human Rights & Justice Group International Country: World Registration deadline: 02 Apr 2012 Training date: 05 Apr 2012 to 25 May 2012 Course Description: Managing a non-profit requires... More»
African Americans and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
By Christopher Bates, M.P.A., Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. (...) Read the original article... More»
Migration and Remittances News Roundup – Feb 22, 2011
Kenya to sell bonds worth $239 million in February (Feb. 6) Influx of Haitians Into the Amazon Prompts Immigration Debate in Brazil (Feb. 7) Remittances to the Philippines record... More»
From Bhutan to Foxconn, corporate responsibility is big business
A new company attempts to satiate the European appetite for hazelnuts with an all-encompassing bussiness model. Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy CorpsThe bottom line of any profit-making scheme is... More»
Does Science Hold the Answers? An Economist Conference features CIMMYT’s views
On 08 February 2012, CIMMYT’s Director General Thomas Lumpkin participated as a speaker in the Economist Conference “Feeding the World: The 9 Billion People Question” in Geneva, Switzerland. Attendees... More»
Doubling down on early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean
También disponible en Español Two years after the World Bank joined forces with Shakira and ALAS to create the Early Childhood Initiative, a happy second birthday for the program... More»
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