Message-ID: <35F34B9B.5D0D6561@idn.org> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 22:57:31 -0400 From: "Christopher L. Byrne" <mailto:info@IDN.ORG> Subject: OECD Publishes Development Cooperation Review of the United States To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Apologies for any cross-postingThis week the International Development Network (IDN) located at http://www.idn.org/ includes as our Quick Link of the Week a direct connection to OECD/DAC's Development Cooperation Review of the United States: Summary and Conclusions. In addition, we provide direct links to the posted OECD/DAC 1998 reports on Spain and Canada.
In this week's Development Front, we post news from the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) which just last week ended a 6 month period where they had not been posting news for public availability.
Here's what else is new at the IDN for the week of September 7, 1998:
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IDN Membership Directory
List of pending membership applications updated. ____________________________________________
Tools You Can Use:
This week's tool is a link to the Summary of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1997-1998 published by ECLAC. ____________________________________________
Scholarship Funds
The IDN has posted a link to the World Bank's InfoDev Conference Scholarship Fund.
The Information for Development Program (infoDev), as part of its Conference Scholarship Fund (iCSF), is issuing a call for applications to sponsor developing country participants in international meetings related to the future of international telecommunications tariffs.
Conferences, workshops, and other fora principally aimed at bringing developing countries into the debate on changes in the international accounting rates regime, are eligible for support. US$200,000 has been allocated for this track of the iCSF.
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New Publications:
The State of World Population 1998: The New Generations
The challenges–and opportunities– posed by the changing shape of the global population are the focus of The State of World Population 1998 report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) that was released last week. The IDN provides a direct link to the on-line publication.
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New Links:
Consulting Assistance on Economic Reform (CAER) II - The goal of the CAER II Project is to contribute to broad-based and sustainable economic growth; and to improve the policy reform content of USAID assistance activities that aim to strengthen markets in recipient countries.
mailto:Fusi@n Business Magazine and News - progressive business information.
The Green Plan Center - is a networking and reference facility assisting government officials, business leaders, academics, and citizens in making informed environmental decisions.
Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) - Harvard University's principal center for research, teaching, and assistance related to developing and transitional economies.
Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA) - is a resource and forum of African experts in the management of environment and natural resources.
Resource Renewal Institute - promotes Green Plans as the path to a sustainable environment and economy. Green Plans are dynamic programs by which all elements of society agree on long-term environmental goals and take responsibility for achieving them. __________________________________________________________
Stories from The Development Front
The following stories were provided to members of the IDN last week and are now available on the web site:
Statement on the Death of Dr. Jonathan Mann By Dr. David Brandling-Bennett, Deputy Director, Pan American Health Organization
UNICEF Mourns Staff Killed in Swissair Crash
DBSA Devolves its Market-Making Activities to Five Banks
New DBSA Guarantee Facilitates International Borrowing
DBSA Signs a R19 Million Loan with the University of Fort Hare
DBSA Loans R49.1 Million to Technikon Pretoria
Queenstown Municipality and DBSA Sign a R4 560 000 Loan for Infrastructure Development
ADB Holds Workshop to Develop Strategies for Combating ASEAN Fires Measles Outbreaks, Vaccine Shortage Threaten Eradication
PAHO Offers New Electronic Sales Online
IMF Approves Third Annual ESAF Loan for Niger
Tens of Thousands Displaced in East Sudan
Irish Bishop Urges Prayers for Victims in South Sudan
China to Assist in Construction of Free Trade Zone in St. Lucia
Tropical Storm Debbie Relocation Exercise In St. Lucia, Supported by European Commission, 70% Complete
Rural Enterprise Diversification Incentive Underway in St. Lucia
ADRA Provides Nourishment for Southern Sudan Famine Victims
International Conference on Trade in Chemicals and Pesticides, Rotterdam, 10-11 September
OECD To Host Workshop on Combating Bribery in International Business Transactions
UNOCAL Gives to CARE: Indonesian Crisis Is the Focus of New Gifts MIF Approves $1,540,000 to Promote Exports, Investment in Bolivia
UNICEF Protests Rebel Looting in Congo
World Food Programme Welcomes Egyptian Aid and Increases its Air Fleet for Southern Sudan
Canadian Super Porridge for Starving Kids in Sudan
The State Hermitage Museum and the Government of Flanders Announce Cooperative Project to Restore Rubens Gallery
Inaugural Celebration of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
As World Population Nears 6 Billion, Record Numbers of Young and Old Spell Need for Stronger Social Programmes
Red Cross Doubles Aid to China Flood Victims
Despite Record-High Global Consumption, Ranks Of Poor, Hungry And Homeless Are Growing In Rich Nations As Well As Poor
UNESCAP Executive Secretary Visits Fiji
World Food Programme Appeals for Emergency Food Aid for 615,000 Victims of El Niño-induced Drought in Eastern Cuba
Health Project Spawns Wheat Donation to Albania
Distracted U.S. Overlooks Pending Kosovo Crisis
Severe Falciparum Malaria Increases in Honduras
UNCTAD Reports Foreign Direct Investment on the Rise
World Bank Board Agrees There Will Be No Inspection Panel Investigation of Lesotho Highlands Water Project
UNICEF Hails Genocide Conviction
Canada Provides Additional Aid to Help China's Flood Victims
Gender Equity and National Machineries For the Advancement of Women
Looming Food and Humanitarian Crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo
ICAO Launches Y2k Web Page
IDB to Host Seminar in Miami on Business Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
IFC Names Country Coordinator for Sri Lanka
Massive Humanitarian Aid Needed for Disaster Victims in Asia
UNESCO to Launch Global Initiative Against Child Pornography and Paedophilia in the Media and on the Internet
Nigerian Journalist Christina Anyanwu Receives the UNESCO and Reporters sans Frontieres Press Prizes
Overall Criticism at German Development Co-operation Does Not Serve Anybody
St. Lucia Fights Leprosy
Another Crisis Centre Opens In St. Lucia
St. Lucia Rural Enterprise Project Goes to Delcer
St. Lucia National Development Corporation Hosts Woodwork Workshop
Culture Ministers Meet in Rio
CARICOM, SADC Foreign Ministers Meet in Durban
Cooperation on Health and Nutrition Among ASEAN Member Countries Takes More Scope
CIDA and SaskTel Announce Telecommunications Project in Tanzania
Global Coalition for Africa holds a Workshop on the Lome Convention
Communiqué of Meeting of Economic Policy Makers in the Western Hemisphere Region
OPIC President Muñoz Will Reaffirm OPIC’s Continued Commitment to Asia During Upcoming Visit to Three Key Asian Economies
Message from the Director-General of UNESCO on the Occasion of International Literacy Day
World Bank Places Credits to Union of Myanmar in Non-accrual Status
WHO Joint Effort to Assist Health Policy Development and Health Care Reforms in Moldova: an Example for Other Countries in Transition Violent Repatriation of Haitians by Dominican Government __________________________________________________________
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