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- Wolfowitz takes helm of US-Taiwan Business Council
- WASHINGTON AFP — Former World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz on Monday became chairman of the board of the US-Taiwan Business Council, the nonprofit bilateral organization said. Wolfowitz succeeds William Brock as chairman of the council, created in 1976 to foster business and trade ties between the United States and...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- The schools the Taliban won't torch: one ingenious aid program is stabilizing the toughest parts of Afghanistan. The U.S. is cutting its funding
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The road from Kabul to Azra, a mountainous district in Afghanistan's central Logar Province, is, in places, not a road at all. At some points it's a rocky riverbed, at others an open desert. For one terrifying stretch, it s a twisty gorge known as the Dubandi...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Iran the facts
- Human development on the up Life has been improving for Iranians since the Revolution in 1979, according to the UN Human Development Index, which covers life expectancy, education and income--though not civil and political rights. The highest possible score would be 1.0; the highest score in the world in...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Leading Experts to Study Gulf Coast Disasters: Rethinking US & International Insurance, Credit Policies
- CHAPEL HILL, N.C & CHICAGO -- The Political & Economic Research Council PERC, and the Brookings Institution Urban Markets Initiative UMI have joined forces with the World Bank to examine economic recovery in the Gulf Coast region following the Katrina, Rita and Wilma disasters. The study focuses upon the credit...
- Research articles 2007-01-30
- Kicking global goals.
- Byline: John Langmore Dec 04, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia boasts the 14th-largest economy in the world, and as such, the nation should be ...
- Research articles 2005-12-04
- Tanzania obtains credit for the central transport corridor that boosts national development and trade with neighbors.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 May 2004-WORLD BANK: Tanzania obtains credit for the central transport corridor that boosts national development and trade with neighborsC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05072004 Washington DC -- The World Bank has approved an International Development Association IDA credit of US$122...
- Research articles 2004-05-07
- Promise of Partnership and Continuities of Dependence: External Support to Higher Education in Africa, The
- Abstract: After a period of conscious neglect and dramatic deterioration, higher education in Africa is again attracting external attention, with an emphasis now on "partnerships" rather than "aid." This report is based on an extensive survey of links between African institutions of higher education and foreign governments, foundations, and universities,...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Economic and Social Council examines resource mobilization to implement 2001 Brussels action plan aimed at world's poorest countries; Preparation for Council's 28-30 June high-level segment; Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Benin, Burkina Faso focus of round tabl
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 March 2004-UN: Economic and Social Council examines resource mobilization to implement 2001 Brussels action plan aimed at world's poorest countries; Preparation for Council's 28-30 June high-level segment; Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Benin, Burkina Faso focus of round tables. Page 2 of 2.C1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...
- Research articles 2004-03-18
- Value of water: Political ecology and water reform in Southern Africa
- Our study draws attention to the multiple ways water is "valued" in international, national, and local discourses and how these different dialogues are used by actors to position themselves and their interests in Zimbabwe's water reform process. It raises questions concerning the liberatory nature of Zimbabwe's supposed populist political agenda...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- Economic and Social Council opens operational activities segment with focus on 'capacity-building' in developing countries; High-level policy exchange with heads of UN agencies stresses partnership, improved coordination of development efforts -- Part 2 o
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 July 2002-UN: Economic and Social Council opens operational activities segment with focus on 'capacity-building' in developing countries; High-level policy exchange with heads of UN agencies stresses partnership, improved coordination of development efforts -- Part 2 of 2 C1994-2002 M2...
- Research articles 2002-07-08
- Untapped resources
- For companies seeking to invest in overseas markets, hydropower's economic and social benefits, combined with an abundance of water capacity in developing countries, make it attractive. Why, then, aren't more projects being built? Adequate access to energy and water are primary developmental concerns in emerging markets. Energy and water are...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Investing in health and education for development: A revitalized Economic and Social Council after Monterrey - The Chronicle Interview
- Ambassador Ivan Simonovic of Croatia is the President of the Economic and Social Council. Following the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico in March, the Council will play a crucial role in implementing the follow-up mechanisms of the Conference. The next Council meetings will he in April,...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
- China's urban pension system: reforms and problems
- Since the beginning of the Chinese economic reform in the early 1980s, China's urban pension system has undergone a series of reforms. The pre-reform system existed only in the state and urban collective sectors and was a pure PAYGO system within each enterprise. At the conclusion of the most recent...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- Development and the Upland Resource Base: Economic and Policy Context, and Lessons from a Philippine Watershed
- ABSTRACT Economic growth and environmental damage are associated, but the relationship is neither linear nor even monotonie. The nature of the growth-environment link depends on the changing composition of production and consumption and on growth-related changes in techniques and environmental policies. The definition and enforcement of property rights over natural...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- ISRAEL: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - CARRYING OUT OF NATIONAL PROJECTS.
- Al-Ittihad newspaper quoted the General Manager of PECDAR, the Palestinian economic council for development and business, Dr. Muhammad Ashatya, who said to the paper in mid-July 2001 that the Council has begun to carry out new national projects for $60 million. He added that the World...
- Research articles 2001-10-22
- World Bank congratulates former Chief Economist for Nobel Prize.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 October 2001-WORLD BANK: World Bank congratulates former Chief Economist for Nobel Prize C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10102001 WASHINGTON -- World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn congratulated Joseph Stiglitz today for winning the 2001 Sveriges Riksbank (Bank...
- Research articles 2001-10-10
- Security Council, reviewing report of Secretary-General, debates strengthening UN Office in Central African Republic -- Part 1 of 2.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 September 2001-UN: Security Council, reviewing report of Secretary-General, debates strengthening UN Office in Central African Republic -- Part 1 of 2 C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21092001 Bold efforts were needed to attack the roots of the problem in...
- Research articles 2001-09-24
- Govt plans to set up council to export professional services, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 08-21-2001 THE Government plans to establish a National Professional Services Export Council Napsec to further promote the export of professional services, especially in the construction sector. International Trade and Industries Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz ...
- Research articles 2001-08-21
- Security Council, concerned by rising tension in Central African Republic, says lack of dialogue, economic crisis obstacles to reconciliation; Presidential Statement commends Peace-building Support Office, calls on Member States to fulfil commitments made
- M2 PRESSWIRE-24 January 2001-UN: Security Council, concerned by rising tension in Central African Republic, says lack of dialogue, economic crisis obstacles to reconciliation; Presidential Statement commends Peace-building Support Office, calls on Member States to fulfil commitments made at May 2000 meeting -- Part 1...
- Research articles 2001-01-24
- Security Council holds day-long meeting on situation in Guinea-Bissau; Speakers stress transition to democracy requires continued support; Secretary-General outlines challenges of post-conflict peace-building.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-30 November 2000-UN: Security Council holds day-long meeting on situation in Guinea-Bissau; Speakers stress transition to democracy requires continued support; Secretary-General outlines challenges of post-conflict peace-building C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29112000 The Security Council met today...
- Research articles 2000-11-30
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