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451.	Unlocking Venture Capital and Private Equity for Our Common Interest
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	This document presents the African Venture Capital Associations (AVCA) response to the Commission for Africa (CfA) report published in March 2005. The CfA report recommends a series of actions to provide crucial support for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Africa. Central to the CfAs recommendations is a call for an additional $25 billion annually in aid over the next three to five years, with an additional $25 billion annually subject to review. AVCA gives a resounding welcome to the CfAs report and appreciate the comprehensive work behind the recommendations that have been drawn up and we fully endorse its aims.
452.	PPT: Pro-Poor Tourism, working papers
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	particularly in developing countries, include national parks, wilderness areas, mountains, lakes, and cultural sites, most of which are generally rural. Thus tourism is already an important feature of the rural economy in these specific sites. It is self-evident that tourism will never come to dominate all rural areas, particularly in the developing world – there are vast swathes of rural areas for which tourism is not relevant for the foreseeable future.
453.	Current State of Development - Socioeconomic Development Facing Extensive Difficulties
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	Africa refers here to sub-Saharan Africa with the exception of Sudan. This is a vast area stretching over 21.87 million square kilometers with a varied climate characterized mostly by arid desert zones and humid tropical rain forest. Although most African countries gained their independence during the 1960s, many, under the influence of agricultural management during the colonial period, have inherited a monocultural structure with their economic foundations resting on specific primary products.
454.	Private sector development in the south: what can be the role of the private sector in the north
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	One of the issues related to the promotion of industrial development in the South, concerns the question what role, if any, the private sector in the north could play, and, if indeed it can contribute, what is required to attract foreign private companies and under which conditions should they should be allowed to operate. So far the emphasis has been a general improvement of the trade and investment climate within developing countries, assuming that this by itself will bring about increased economic relations and especially lead to direct foreign investments.
455.	Neighbours helping neighbors: a strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	For two decades, many of Africas leading root and tuber crop scientists have worked together through a network considered to be one of the developing worlds most successful research and development programs. Economists and development experts agree that one of the best ways to promote rural development in sub-Saharan Africa is for farm enterprises to tap into local and international markets.
456.	Tufanye kazi pamoja: Lets Us Work Together - Tanzania Framework
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	The Programming Framework outlines the parameters for Canadas official development assistance to Tanzania. The document is derived from the Government of Canadas foreign policy statement, Canada in the World, and from the policies of the Canadian International Development Agency. The Programming Framework for Tanzania has benefitted from an extended process of consultation with Canadian and African partners from the governmental, non-governmental, and academic and private sectors.
457.	Small scale contractor development
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	This paper presents the organisational framework of the road construction industry in countries that have an established private contracting sector and reviews the problems and performance of the sector in developing countries.It reviews various obstacles encountered by small private contractors to develop and expand their business and highlights the need for a framework to govern private contracting in developing countries.
458.	Economic, social and cultural rights
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	The Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative: a human rights assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) Report submitted by Mr. Fantu Cheru, independent expert on the effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights.
459.	The role of foreign aid in development
	Wednesday, November 23, 2005  by Admin
	What role does foreign aid play in promoting the economic development and improving the social welfare of countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America? That question is difficult to answer and has been the subject of much debate among development specialists as well as Members of Congress and the American public. At the request of Congressman Lee Hamilton, the Ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on International Relations, and Senator Nancy Kassebaum, then Chairman of the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has examined the academic and policy literature for insights into the relationships between foreign aid and development.
460.	Institution Building for Poverty Reduction and Local Governance: The Cases of Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya
	Wednesday, November 23, 2005  by Admin
	There has been criticism of the low participation of NGOs and civil society in the process of PRSP formulation in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Kenya (Booth, 2003: 277). It has also been noted that there is no participatory mechanism embedded in civil society in these countries and that the government makes all decisions by itself. In addition, some critics have claimed that the process of PRS and HIPC completion point are being combined and that they are implemented in such a hasty manner that there is not enough time to consult with civil society.
461.	Integrated rural development: the contribution of UNIDO
	Wednesday, November 23, 2005  by Admin
	The urgent need to support and promote integrated rural development in developing countries, and countries with economies in transition, stems from the fact that some 75 per cent of the worlds poor live in rural areas. In absolute terms this amounts to approximately 1.2 billion people who are forced to subsist on less than US$ 1 per day. Moreover, this poverty has an important gender dimension, with some 60 per cent of the world’s poor being women and girls.
462.	Making globalization work for all
	Tuesday, October 25, 2005  by Admin
	Globalization has been a plus for many countries. It has enabled several countries to reap the benefits of economies of scale through enlarged market size. It has facilitated the development of new technologies and products. It has encouraged and increased efficiency in the use of domestic resources to enhance competition. It has also provided an opportunity for poor countries to earn crucially needed foreign exchange.
463.	Overview of the national strategy for growth and reduction of poverty.
	Tuesday, October 25, 2005  by Admin
	The PRS process remains the central coordinating framework for poverty reduction initiatives in Tanzania. Increasingly Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), External Development Partners and CSOs consider the Poverty Reduction Strategy as their guiding frame and a reference point in defining their priorities and articulating their strategies. And as the government budget continues to be aligned with the PRS and more donors continue to offer their development cooperation assistance as budget support and basket funding linked with the PRS, necessarily the PRS process becomes the key central process guiding MDAs.
464.	Population, environment and development in 2001
	Tuesday, October 25, 2005  by Admin
	Total population. The twentieth century witnessed an extraordinary growth of world population from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 6.1 billion in 2001, with almost 80 per cent of that increase having occurred since 1950. It took only 12 years (1987 to 1999) for the world to add the most recent billion people, the shortest period in world history for a billion people to be added. The less developed regions account for 80 per cent of the worlds inhabitants.
465.	International migration and development
	Tuesday, October 25, 2005  by Admin
	Pursuant to General Assembly resolution A/RES/56/203 of 21 February 2002, the present report summarizes activities relating to international migration and development that have been carried out by relevant organizations within and outside the United Nations system, taking into account the lessons learned as well as best practices on migration management and policies.
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