Category Archives: economy

LDCs better placed to make their economies more environmentally sustainable (UNNews)

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES BETTER PLACED FOR TRANSITION TO GREEN ECONOMY – UN REPORT New York, May  9 2011  5:05PM The world’s least developed countries, which have low-carbon profiles and rich natural assets, are better placed than their industrialized to make … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Social dimensions, sustainable development

Drought warning shadows a heavy cloud of uncertainty over the economic outlook of Tanzania (allAfrica)

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

Read at : http://allafrica.com/stories/201009140654.html Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) Tanzania: Drought Spell Bad for Economy Growth Abduel Elinaza 13 September 2010 Dar Es Salaam — The drought warning by the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) in most parts of the country shadows … Continue reading →

Posted in drought, economy

Strengthening South-South Cooperation is indispensable for African development (Afrique Avenir)

Posted on May 18, 2010 by

Read at : Afrique Avenir http://www.afriqueavenir.org/en/2010/05/14/strengthening-south-south-cooperation-is-indispensable-for-african-development/ Strengthening South-South Cooperation is indispensable for African development From 29th to 30th April in Casablanca in Morocco, about thousand economic operators, businessmen and bankers from eleven African countries including Congo-Brazzaville, participated in the first … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Research / science, Social dimensions

How a Chinese development project changed lives and livelihoods (AfricaFiles / allAfrica)

Posted on March 21, 2009 by

AfricaFiles Title:  Tanzania: Book – How a Chinese development project changed lives and livelihoods Author:  Jamie Monson Category:  Eastern Region Date:  3/16/2009 Source:  Indiana University Press, Bloomington, USA Source Website:  http://allafrica.com <http://allafrica.com/> African Charter Article# 22: All peoples shall have … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Social dimensions

Economic Risks From Species Loss (Globalisation and the Environment)

Posted on May 18, 2008 by

Read at : http://globalisation-and-the-environment.blogspot.com/2008/05/economic-risks-from-species-loss.html Economic Risks From Species Loss Ahead of a UN conference on biodiversity in Bonn, Germany in 10 days time, the standard pre-conference press release hits the streets. As an economist the whole bio-diversity loss argument is … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, economy

In my library : “ENVIRONMENT matters at the World Bank”

Posted on March 16, 2008 by

Publication : Towards sustainable development : 2007 Annual Review “ENVIRONMENT matters at the World Bank” Click on the page to enlarge it

Posted in Agriculture, biodiversity, books/publications, capacity building, Climate / climate change, economy, ecosystems, financial aspects, Media - Press, public health, Social dimensions, sustainable development, Water, World Bank | Leave a comment

id21RuralNews Number 25, January 2008 (id21)

Posted on February 25, 2008 by

*** id21RuralNews Number 25, January 2008 *** New thinking needed to address the rural employment crisis A further 106 million people will have joined the rural labour force in the developing world by 2015. What work will they find and … Continue reading →

Posted in annual income, Climate / climate change, Desertification, economy, employment, Pastoralism / animal husbandry, poverty, Social dimensions, Water | Leave a comment

Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) – (Google / allAfrica)

Posted on February 9, 2008 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://allafrica.com/stories/200802070412.html West Africa: Ecowas – Its Formation And Achievements Leadership (Abuja) COLUMN 7 February 2008 Posted to the web 7 February 2008 Richard Alkali Abuja Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has … Continue reading →

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Private capital flows to Africa rise (ATDF)

Posted on December 26, 2007 by

Read at : African Technology Development Forum http://www.atdforum.org/spip.php?article246 Private capital flows to Africa rise According to the Financial Times (FT) and the Economist, Africa is no longer the backwater dark continent of the world but rather an emerging location for … Continue reading →

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Agflation: Food prices – The end of cheap food (The Economist)

Posted on December 8, 2007 by

Read at : Economist.com http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10252015 Food prices – The end of cheap food Rising food prices are a threat to many; they also present the world with an enormous opportunity   FOR as long as most people can remember, food … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, energy/bioenergy/biofuels, financial aspects, food / food security, poverty, rural development, Social dimensions | Leave a comment