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Microfinance and Unexpected Consumption Expenditures

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ifpri.org -

Questions in development economics often focus on the poor’s limited access to capital and, in particular, on their high interest rate for borrowing. Despite this high price for capital, many poor households borrow substantial amounts for production and consumption. This situation suggests that the poor have access to very productive investment opportunities and face periods when they have a very strong desire to consume more than their current income. This brief explores the role of more...

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

New Fullerene Discovery Sparks Research into Medical and Industrial Applications

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nanowerk.com -

It has been known for several years that carbon nanotubes would heat, ignite and luminesce upon exposure to certain types of electromagnetic radiation, including laser light. However, no one expected any form of fullerenes to do the same thing. Until now, a team at the University of Florida has discovered that functionalized fullerenes heat, ignite, glow and transform into other carbon nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes upon exposure to low-intensity laser light. This is the first time more...

Added by Zunia to Nanotechnology for Development on March 21, 2010

Malaria Control Manual

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oxfam.org.uk -

Malaria is a preventable and curable disease and yet more than one million people die from it each year. It is a disease that significantly affects the poor who suffer economic, social and educational deprivation. Malaria is also a disease that flourishes in conditions of crisis and population displacement and is therefore of particular concern to those involved in addressing public health in emergencies.This book is meant for all who may be involved in initiating a malaria control project in more...

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

Investing for Impact

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rockefellerfoundation.org -

Impact Investment, often referred to using other terms such as social investment or sustainable investment, is defined as “actively placing capital in businesses and funds that generate social and/or environmental good and a range of returns, from principal to above market, to the investor.This publication is written for the investment community. The report employs a case study approach, mapping examples of impact investments on a traditional asset allocation framework and from these cases it more...

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

BBC: Online-based Course

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bbc.co.uk -

BBC offers a range of online-based courses that you can work through at your own pace? Have a look at what's on offer and see if there's anything that takes your fancy. The online courses are: Basic Skills; Environmental Studies; Gardening; Health; History; Information Technology; Languages; Media Studies; Science and Sports and Fitness more...

Added by Zunia to Open Educational Resources on March 21, 2010

Environmental Public Awareness Handbook: Case Studies and Lessons Learned in Mongolia: Part Two

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scribd.com -

An excellent resource on how to create green jobs in a crisis. The Environmental Public Awareness Handbook was published in 1999 and features the case studies and lessons learned by UNDP's Mongolian Environmental Public Awareness Programme (EPAP). The handbook draws on the close to 100 small environmental projects the Programme oversaw during a two-year period. These projects stretched across Mongolia, and operated in a time of great upheaval and social, economic and environmental more...

Added by David South on March 21, 2010

Haiti Aid Effort One Month after Earthquake

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news.bbc.co.uk -

An emergency appeal launched by the international aid community within days of the Haiti earthquake has reached more than 95% of its $577m target. But as the rainy season approaches, and then the hurricane season, the situation for hundreds of thousands of people is still precarious and their needs urgent. The humanitarian response to the disaster was a logistical nightmare. Major infrastructure, government and international aid teams already in Haiti had been devastated. Port-au-Prince's small more...

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

Iraq's Kurds Lose Political Dominance in Kirkuk

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rferl.org -

Before the March 7 parliamentary election in Iraq, there was no question of who dominated politics in mixed-population Kirkuk -- it was the two main political factions in the neighboring Kurdish autonomous region. But with the vote count from Kirkuk city and its surrounding Tamin Province about 80 percent complete, it is clear that the political landscape is dramatically changing.The partial vote count shows the secular Al-Iraqiyah coalition and the Kurdistan Alliance in a virtual tie, with the more...

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

Online Course on Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage

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info.k4health.org -

The Global Health eLearning Center is pleased to offer this course on Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage. It addresses the causes of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), the evidence-based methods of preventing PPH, and covers topics such as:-The contribution of PPH to maternal mortality globally-The causes of PPH-Healthy practices during pregnancy that can help prevent mortality from PPH-Active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL), the key evidence-based practice for preventing PPH-Vigilant more...

Added by Zunia to Open Educational Resources on March 21, 2010

Campaign to Save Mamilla Jerusalem Cemetery

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hic-mena.org -

"The Mamilla (Ma’man Allah) Cemetery has been a Muslim burial ground since the 7th Century, when companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) were reportedly buried there. Before that, it was the site of a Byzantine church and cemetery. It is the burial ground of fallen soldiers and officials of the Muslim ruler Salah ul-Din from the 12th Century, as well as generations of important Jerusalem families and notables. A significant portion of the cemetery is being destroyed and hundreds of human more...

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

New web site on territorial climate and energy information launched

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pcet-ademe.fr -

"ADEME, the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management, has recently launched a new web site on territorial climate and energy information. Τhe new website, www.pcet-ademe.fr, has been launched in the frame of "The Environment Round Table (La Grenelle Environnement)", which invites all communities with more than 50 000 inhabitants to establish a Territorial Climate-Energy Plan (PCET). This site aims at facilitating the implementation of the Territorial Climate Energy Plan and acts as a more...

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

Citizen participation and the internet in urban planning

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goodspeedupdate.com -

"In this final paper for the Masters of Community Planning degree at the University of Maryland, Rob Goodspeed decided to focus on the history and theory of participation to guide the development of a new model. How have urban planners engaged with the public in the past? What academic theory and professional values guide conventional (offline) participation processes? He then use his findings to describe both why and how the Internet should be used by urban planners. He also translated the more...

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

The Digital Dictatorship

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online.wsj.com -

"A storm of protest hit Google last week over Buzz, its new social networking service, because of user concerns about the inadvertent exposure of their data. Internet users in Iran, however, were spared such trouble. It's not because Google took extra care in protecting their identities—they didn't—but because the Iranian authorities decided to ban Gmail, Google's popular email service, and replace it with a national email system that would be run by the government."

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

Citizens to be at heart of European policy making

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berr.gov.uk -

"A new report published jointly by the British, Danish and Dutch governments challenges the way European institutions make decisions and argues that smart EU regulation must mean that businesses and citizens are put at the heart of all European policy-making."

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

New system to report corruption and fraud anonymously

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europa.eu -

"Corruption and fraud can now be reported via the Internet, even anonymously: A new electronic system - "Fraud Notification System" (FNS) - will make it easier and more secure for vigilant citizens and EU civil servants to report suspicious cases to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). The new portal (FNS) goes online today."

Added by Zunia on March 21, 2010

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