Loewe, Markus / Nicole Rippin
Briefing Paper 3/2012
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
die-gdi _ Global patterns of poverty do not look like they did twenty years ago. Many developing countries have been able to raise their average per-capita income over the last two decades; 18 have even trespassed the highly noticed – though arbitrary – ceiling differentiating between ‘low income’ and ‘middle income countries’ (LICs and MICs).
edutopia – As a society, we learn about the world and advance our well being through science and engineering. The United States may be known around the world for its higher education, but compared to many other leading and steadily emerging countries, we lack a strong focus on educating scientists and engineers. One significant reason that we have fallen behind is that we do not encourage our female students to pursue career paths in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
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Dear Friends
This professor from Guangdong Research Institute for International Strategies in Guangzhou, China, is saying that the US activities to protect international freedom of navigation in the East Sea will prompt China to toughen its position, not very good for the US.
Well, China has already treated the US, ASEAN countries, and the world like a bunch of wimps, and the world as a lawless place. The world simply has to put China to its place and tell China that this world is NOT a lawless place for bullies.
And this is not the US v. China, stupid! This is the world of law against lawless China.
Hoanh
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Southeast Asian countries have set themselves renewable energy targets that are even more ambitious than some European countries, but they are behind schedule in reaching these goals. Government policies and private money are key to its progress.
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Blogger anhbasam jailed for five years for anti-State posts
Blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (anhbasam) and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy were imprisoned for five and three years, respectively, on the charge of abusing the rights to democracy and freedom to infringe on the interests of the State and rights and interests of organisations and citizens, during a trial in Hanoi on March 23.
Blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (L) and assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy (R).
UNESCOBKK – Thailand’s adaptive capacity to climate change is high among Mekong countries, while the western coastline of Myanmar and the Cambodian Mekong lowland region are the areas of the sub-region most vulnerable to the phenomenon’s effects.
These were among the key findings of the report, “Climate Change Vulnerability Mapping for the Mekong River Basin”, based on a study carried out by UNESCO Bangkok and the Water Resources and Environment Institute (WREI) of Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Engineering in Thailand.
Written by Nina Smith, Executive Director, GoodWeave
Published Thursday 31 March 2016
weforum – On a recent trip to India, I met a 12-year-old girl, Kushboo, in the village of Bhairupura, not far from Jaipur. Bhairupura is a village of the Raigar people, a scheduled caste who traditionally work in shoe-making. There’s nothing beyond the village but forest. Few outsiders visit Bhairupura, except for the agents working for the carpet manufacturers who operate modern factories in Jaipur.
Those factories are where international buyers are brought to tour. But many of their rugs are not produced at these locations. Rather, they are being made in villages like Bhairupura, by children like Kushboo – a cheap, captive and unseen workforce.
Nâng cao an toàn thực phẩm và hiệu quả sản xuất bằng phương pháp chăn nuôi tốt
Hai nông dân được hỗ trợ áp dụng các Phương pháp Chăn nuôi Tốt trong dự án Năng lực Cạnh tranh Ngành Chăn nuôi và An toàn Thực phẩm
Từ năm 2010 đến năm 2015 Dự án Năng lực Cạnh tranh Ngành Chăn nuôi và An toàn Thực phẩm đã thực hiện áp dụng các Phương pháp Chăn nuôi Tốt (GAHP) cho các hộ sản xuất chăn nuôi nhỏ. Dự án đã giúp tăng cường an ninh sinh học, nâng cấp các lò giết mổ nhỏ và tăng cường vệ sinh tại các khu chợ ẩm thấp, qua đó góp phần đáng kể vào hiệu quả sản xuất, nâng cao năng lực cạnh tranh và an toàn thực phẩm trong chuỗi giá trị chăn nuôi lợn và gà.
Oversupply and high manufacturing costs, as well as a chronic lack of state support are the major reasons behind the closing of ethanol factories in general and PetroVietnam factories in particular, according to newswire Tuoitre.
VIR – As of now, PetroVietnam’s ethanol factories in the northern province of Phu Tho and the southern province of Binh Phuoc have stopped operations and the fate of the bio-ethanol Dung Quat factory, will be decided in the coming shareholders’ meeting.
The four pillars of learning are fundamental principles for reshaping education:
Learning to know: to provide the cognitive tools required to better comprehend the world and its complexities, and to provide an appropriate and adequate foundation for future learning.
With a focus on civil and political rights, the Vietnam Programme seeks to support the development of a Vietnam governed according to the rule of law and human rights. By generating a space for discussion and facilitating the exchange of knowledge and experience, the Programme aims to contribute to a process driven by Vietnam itself and as reflected in their response to the Universal Periodic Review.
“Youth” is best understood as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood’s independence and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community. Youth is a more fluid category than a fixed age-group.
However, age is the easiest way to define this group, particularly in relation to education and employment. Therefore “youth” is often indicated as a person between the age where he/she may leave compulsory education, and the age at which he/she finds his/her first employment. This latter age limit has been increasing, as higher levels of unemployment and the cost of setting up an independent household puts many young people into a prolonged period of dependency.
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thediplomat – It was past midnight and Ngo Thi Mong Linh had already gone to sleep when her cellphone suddenly rang. Linh knew all too well what to anticipate from the other end.
“A sex worker was urging me to come to rescue her,” Linh recalled in an interview. “Her client robbed her of all her money after severely beating her up. When I was there, all she could do was embrace me and burst into tears.”
Đọt Chuối Non 