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Category Archives: economy
Adapting to climate change and building a green economy (IIED)
Read at : http://www.iied.org/ethiopia-can-it-adapt-climate-change-build-green-economy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+duesouth+%28IIED+Blog%29 Ethiopia: Can it adapt to climate change and build a green economy? by Nanki Kaur Despite the challenges, Ethiopia hopes to capitalise on its current economic growth by becoming more resilient to the impacts of climate … Continue reading
Posted in Climate / climate change, economy, Social dimensions
A green push for Asia (AlertNet)
Read at : http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/as-asian-growth-slows-a-green-push-could-pay-experts As Asian growth slows, a green push could pay – experts By Chelsea Diana LONDON (AlertNet) – As Asia moves away from export-led growth, the need to invest in green growth instead is key, panelists said … Continue reading
Posted in economy, population, poverty, public health, sustainable development
LDCs better placed to make their economies more environmentally sustainable (UNNews)
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)
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
Strengthening South-South Cooperation is indispensable for African development (Afrique Avenir)
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)
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)
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”
Publication : Towards sustainable development : 2007 Annual Review “ENVIRONMENT matters at the World Bank” Click on the page to enlarge it
id21RuralNews Number 25, January 2008 (id21)
*** 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
Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) – (Google / allAfrica)
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
Posted in economy, migration, poverty, Social dimensions
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