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Dying To Serve: The Great American Problematic. The Youth and Imperial Justification1 comment

americasos wrote 1 month ago: Dying To Serve: The Great American Problematic. The Youth and Imperial Justification. Old but still … more →

Tags: Economy, Politics, obama, Finance, federal reserve, Government, USA, World, Youth

Mothers are doing it for themselves (AfricaFiles / IRIN)

willem van cotthem wrote 3 months ago: AfricaFiles Title: Swaziland: Mothers do it themselves Author: IRIN, Mbabane Category: Gender Date: … more →

Tags: Gender, Rural Development, Social dimensions

Ó Gráda, C. (2005) Market and famines in pre-industrial Europe

Ben wrote 10 months ago: Ó Gráda, Cormac (2005) “Market and famines in pre-industrial Europe”, Journal of Interdisciplinary H … more →

Tags: Early Modern, Economic History, Europe, Reading Notes, France, Food, 1600's, 1700s, 1800's

McCants A. (2008) The diffusion of tea and coffee drinking in the 18th-century Netherlands

Ben wrote 10 months ago: McCants Anne E.C. (2008) “Poor consumers as global consumers: the diffusion of tea and coffee drinki … more →

Tags: Early Modern, Economic History, Europe, Reading Notes, 1600's, 1700s, Batavia, Chocolate, Coffee

Kaati G., Bygren L. O., and Edvinsson S. (2002) Of strokes, plenty, and delay

Ben wrote 11 months ago: Kaati G., Bygren L. O., and Edvinsson S. (2002), “Cardiovascular and diabetes mortality determined b … more →

Tags: Economic History, 1800's, 1900's, Medicine, Village, Sweden, Social Medicine, health, Diseases

India : Life insurance policy with savings for the poor (SCAD)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: A message from Dr. Cletus BABU, Chairman of SCAD (Social Change and Development) http://www.scadindi … more →

Tags: poverty, Rural Development, Social dimensions, financial aspects

The food crunch in India (Garyjones)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Read at : Garyjones http://www.garyjones.org/mt/archives/000759.html May 05, 2008 More Precisely The … more →

Tags: food / food security, Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Social dimensions

Yoghurt pots as mini-greenhouses (Willem)2 comments

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Yoghurt pots as mini-greenhouses A major part of my life has been dedicated to the combat of deserti … more →

Tags: Soil, water, poverty, Desertification, success stories - best practices, Sustainable Development, Rural Development, Technologies, Water Management

Microcredits or microloans of a soil conditioner (Google / Magharebia / Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Read at : Google Alert – Algeria http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/news/awi/ne … more →

Tags: poverty, Gender, women/youth and desertification, family gardens, NGOs - Civil society, food / food security, microfinance - franchising, Sustainable Development, Rural Development

In my library : SCAD (Social Change and Development) - Indian NGO

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: poverty, capacity building, NGOs - Civil society, Sustainable Development, Rural Development, Social dimensions, pastoralism / animal husbandry, Public Health, Education

"Hope seeds" and "Seeds for Life" (Willem)1 comment

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: Having launched in August 2007 a new initiative in Belgium, called “Seeds for Life” (see … more →

Tags: poverty, Desertification, success stories - best practices, Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Gardening & Horticulture, Social dimensions, Technologies, Drought

Pakistan : population growth, the environment and the standards of living (B. LEEMAN / Willem)

willem van cotthem wrote 1 year ago: A comment from Melbourne on my former post : Feb 18, 12:15 PM — Pakistan : Ecological concerns (Goog … more →

Tags: water, poverty, Desertification, Ecology & Environment, Sustainable Development, Social dimensions, Drought, Population


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