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December 2006

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Tsunamissa tuhoutuneita rakennuksia Sri Lankassa
28.12.2006 "Tsunamin jälkeiseen jälleenrakennukseen saadusta runsaasta avusta huolimatta ihmisarvoinen elämä ei ole katastrofista selvinneille vieläkään itsestäänselvyys. Syynä on hallitusten ja kansalaisyhteiskunnan kangistuminen byrokratian kaavoihin. Selvinneillä itsellään ei ole jälleenrakennuksessa paljon sananvaltaa. He ovat jumiutuneet jokapäiväisestä elämästä selviämiseen", kansalaisjärjestöt muistuttavat kaksi vuotta tsunamin jälkeen.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Development] [Emergency relief]
Image: Tsunamissa tuhoutuneita rakennuksia Sri Lankassa © Peter Armstrong
28.12.2006 Maailmanpankki voi tehostaa köyhyyden vähentämistä, arvioi pankin sisällä toimiva itsenäinen evaluointiryhmä. Vakaan talouskasvun tukeminen, realistiset tavoitteet ja maaseudun köyhyys vaativat huomiota. Ainoastaan 40 prosenttia Maailmanpankin luottoja saaneista valtioista on viimeksi kuluneen viiden vuoden aikana pystynyt lisäämään vuosi vuodelta henkeä kohti laskettua kansantuloaan.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Development] [Economy] [Credit and investment]
28.12.2006 Jabala’s Safe Migration Project gets panchayats in West Bengal to keep track of women who migrate into urban areas, providing a safety net for women who get trapped into sex work or slave labour.
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [Economy] [Human rights] [MDGs]
28.12.2006 Inaugurating the Dalit-Minority International Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was necessary to make a distinction between the problems faced by Dalits and those by minorities.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Development] [Land] [Social exclusion] [Human rights] [Religion]
27.12.2006 Dalam waktu dekat, Citigroup akan meluncurkan jaringan ATM (Anjungan Tunai Mandiri) yang diperuntukkan bagi masyarakat miskin di India. Untuk menggantikan fungsi nomor sebagai sarana mengenali si pemilik rekening, ATM ini menggunakan teknologi biometrik berupa sidik jari.
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Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Development]
poverty atlas
26.12.2006 Global poverty estimates report the number of people living on less than $1 or $2 a day. But purchasing power (dis)parities suggest that it could be more accurate to say that the poor in countries like India are living on less than $0.20 or $0.40 a day, says Aseem Shrivastava
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [Consumption] [Human rights] [Governance] [MDGs]
Image: poverty atlas
22.12.2006 In a press conference on Friday, Indian NGOs urged the government to do more to involve survivors of the 2004 tsunami in decisions related to rehabilitation to make the reconstruction effort a success. The NGOs had gathered under an ActionAid initiative to launch a report in Indian capital New Delhi.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Shelter & housing] [Human rights] [Indigenous rights] [Governance]
22.12.2006
A professor of philosophy and law at the University of Chicago, Martha Nussbaum has made a significant contribution in promoting the capabilities approach to development, which regards central human capabilities (such as the ability to live a full life, engage in recreational activities and participate in politics) as the framework for development.
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [Health] [Human rights] [MDGs]
Bangladeshi woman and child.
21.12.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21 (OneWorld) - The richest 2 percent of adults in the world own more than half the world's wealth, according to a new study released by the Helsinki-based World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Economy] [Credit and investment] [Microcredit] [Trade]
Image: Bangladeshi woman and child. © Shahidul Alam/Drik / New Internationalist
Ari Suutarla ja Bella
21.12.2006 "Kun investoidaan vammaiseen ihmiseen ja hänen koulutukseensa, luodaan pääomaa, jota ei hevin varasteta," suomalaisen vammaistyön konkari Ari Suutarla sanoo. Maailman väestöstä kymmenisen prosenttia on vammaisia. Näistä 600 miljoonasta ihmisestä kaksi kolmasosaa asuu kehitysmaissa, ja heistä yli puolet (260 miljoonaa) selviytyy alle dollarilla päivässä.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Development] [Human rights] [Disability]
Image: Ari Suutarla ja Bella
21.12.2006
A resolution was adopted today by the Committee on Development of the European Parliament urging the Government of India to stop the violence against Dalits (formerly called ‘Untouchables’) and the widespread practices of untouchability.
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Related topics/regions: [Development] [International cooperation] [Social exclusion] [Human rights]
20.12.2006 The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of global household wealth according to a path-breaking study by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER).
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19.12.2006 Nacionalniot romski centar (NRC) e seriozno zagrizen okolu neodamnesniot slucaj na nasilstvo vrz dete sto se sluci vo Чicino selo, vo blizinata na Skopje i gi povikuva nadleznite organi da sprovidat brza i efikasna istraga za slucajot.
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Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [Social exclusion] [Governance] [Justice and crime]
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