An example for the future? The World Commission on Dams
The World Commission on Dams is one of the first multilateral efforts to involve global and local civil society of many kinds in deliberations. Do you think it’s a success?
Tag: Development
A video from the Australian NGO WorldVision, in advance of “Making Health Global” in August 2010
NGOs and multilaterals work together and push each other towards universal norms and expectations, such as the Millenium Development Goals.
UNDP: Remittances Help Get Water in Vaksh Valley, Tajikistan
In Tajikistan most rural inhabitants don’t have access to drinking water near their homes. This innovative project, initiated by UNDP and the European Commission’s ‘ECHO’ Programme, encourages Tajik migrant workers to earmark some of the money they earn abroad for the installation of drinking water facilities for their families back home.
People move: A Blog about Migration, Remittances and Development
This blog is hosted by Dilip Ratha, lead economist at the World Bank. The articles, written primarily by World Bank staff, are devoted to the movement of people, and how migration and the money (remittances) that migrants send home can be leveraged for development.
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Moldova is Too Dependent on Remittances
In past years Moldova has become too dependent on the money people from abroad send to the country, experts say. “It’s like living on drugs and it’s called remittances,” says economist Ionita Veaceslav, who works for a social economic think thank IDIS Viitorul in Chisinau. He expects Moldova to be in troubled water within a few months.
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Resource Flush: How EU’s Trade Policy runs risk of undermining development goals
The European Union has adopted a “Raw Materials Initiative”. But the EU has to be careful not to undermine its own development efforts if it pushes resource-rich countries to open their economies (most parts in English, German subtitles).
Publish What You Pay (PWYP)
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) is a global network of civil society organisations that are united in their call for oil, gas and mining revenues to form the basis for development and improve the lives of ordinary citizens in resource-rich countries.
Fatal Transactions Network
Fatal Transactions is an international network of NGO’s who believe that the natural richness of Africa, be it gold, diamonds, oil or copper, can be a motor behind development and stability instead of a source of conflict.
