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Sustainability alerts 30 November 2009

Willy De Backer wrote 5 days ago: The Economist (“Fuelling Fears”) as well as MIT’s Technology Review (“The Coming Nuclear Crisis”) ha … more →

Tags: climate change, Nuclear, Peak Oil, Sustainable Development

The Living Proof Project

CC wrote 1 month ago: The TV commercial for the Living Proof Project (linked here)–sponsored by the Bill and Melinda … more →

Tags: Recent Events

Africa can be a key economic player

ethnicsupplies wrote 2 months ago: That is according to David Lane speaking at the Pittsburg G-20 . He reasons that Africa has over 1 b … more →

Tags: International Policy, Sustainable developmnet, Africa, Burundi, Clinton, david lane, G20, obama, Pittsburg

Poverty in africa- some after thoughts2 comments

ethnicsupplies wrote 2 months ago: If you have followed my blog the over the past  week, you are now at the end of my journey through E … more →

Tags: african women, aid, International Policy, East Africa, poverty in Africa, RAISE TRADE, Tanzania, Uganda

Has EU Development Strategy Become a Tool of its Foreign Policy Agenda?

admagnusson wrote 2 months ago: The EU is the worlds largest aid donor providing 55% of global development assistance. This provides … more →

Tags: Developing Countries, european union, ACP, aid, Sub saharan Africa

Going Bananas

ethnicsupplies wrote 3 months ago: The debate about Hillary’s Clinton’s real reason for being in Africa continues. Some hav … more →

Tags: Food Distribution, Good practice, ethics, hillary clinton, AGOA, Mozambique, Angola, Food Security, GM crops

The Backlash Against Microfinance3 comments

silkroadmusings wrote 3 months ago: Duncan Green of Oxfam International summarizes some of the most recent criticisms of the use of micr … more →

Tags: Microfinance, microcredit, poverty, Funding, credit

Is educating girls the key to resolving poverty in Africa?12 comments

ethnicsupplies wrote 3 months ago: The basis of my work at Ethnic Supplies is enabling women if Africa to lift themselves out of povert … more →

Tags: International Policy, african women, hillary clinton, African girls, Education, USAID, Edirisa

Obama-rama in Ghana!6 comments

Nancy Tuller wrote 4 months ago: Hotel Obama By Nancy Tuller KF8, Cape Coast, Ghana, Africa I knew President Obama was going to visit … more →

Tags: All, blogsherpa, Countries, Ghana, KF8 (Kiva Fellows 8th Class), Kiva Team, development in, development in Ghana, kiva

Antidote for Green Protectionism: Fair Trade

silkroadmusings wrote 4 months ago: The policy mantra in leading up to the planned December, 2009 Copenhagen negotiations on a global cl … more →

Tags: Trade, poverty, Supply Chain, Environmental Sustainability, Free Trade, Economics, climate change, Fair Trade, International Trade

International development according to the Conservatives2 comments

ethnicsupplies wrote 4 months ago: I came across this article over at The Guardian’s Katine Chronicles and it sums up what a Cons … more →

Tags: Good practice, conservative party, David Cameroon, Katine Chronicles, aid, Rwanda, project Umubano

Doing business in areas of conflict

ethnicsupplies wrote 4 months ago: I haven’t written much lately, as I have been nursing a nasty summer bug. Any how before all t … more →

Tags: Business Opportunity, Good practice, Uganda, developing world, Business

Africa doesn't need Obama's style of democracy

ethnicsupplies wrote 4 months ago: Really? A lot has been written about Obama’s vist to Africa and I have scanned and read a few … more →

Tags: International Policy

An incredible journey by canadian peas2 comments

ethnicsupplies wrote 4 months ago: Listening to Obama’s speech yesterday reminded of my trip to Uganda last year. He urged Africa … more →

Tags: Food Distribution

G8 leaders on Food Security for the developing world1 comment

ethnicsupplies wrote 4 months ago: It is the final day of the G8 meeting in L’Aquila Italy. The issue for discussion as I understand it … more →

Tags: Environment, aid, International Policy, Food aid, climate change, Africa, G8, L'Aquila

G8 A New Deal for the Developing World?

ethnicsupplies wrote 5 months ago: The G8 summit gets under way in Italy  today and I understand that on top of the agenda is the effec … more →

Tags: economic down-turn, International Policy, Planning and Strategy, Sustainable developmnet

Are Millennium Goals helping me?

ethnicsupplies wrote 5 months ago: This week the Department for International Development here in the UK has issued a new report ELIMIN … more →

Tags: aid, poverty, Africa, developing world, DfID, Malawi, MDGs, zambia

Is Fair Trade Really Fair? Does it Matter? 1 comment

silkroadmusings wrote 5 months ago: I recently got into a debate with someone that argued that the fair trade movement is really just a … more →

Tags: Trade, Fair Trade, Environmental Sustainability, Multilateral agencies, Globalization, Free Trade, International Trade, International Business, Trends

Lamy Optimistic on Completing Doha Round

silkroadmusings wrote 5 months ago: When the G-20 countries met in London earlier this year much of the attention was placed on the impa … more →

Tags: Trade, poverty, Multilateral agencies, Doha, Agricultural Subsidies, WTO, Negotiations, global trade patterns


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