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SOMALIA: Benefits - and risks - of Puntland oil

3/18/2012

NAIROBI, 8 March 2012 (IRIN) - The recent discovery of oil deposits in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, could improve its population's livelihoods as long as it is handled properly, officials and locals told IRIN.

SOMALIA: Diaspora for development

3/18/2012

LONDON, 9 March 2012 (IRIN) - Somalis living abroad send home more than US$1 billion - perhaps even as much as $2 billion - every year, and they have kept on doing so, despite bureaucratic obstacles.

Gender is just one of many inequalities that generate poverty and exclusion

3/18/2012

Much of the talk at these events is about inequality. It's widely recognised that the MDGs, by focusing on targets that are about average attainment, have done little to tackle all kinds of social inequalities. If your aim is just to halve the percentage of the population who live on less than $1 a day, for example, you can do that and exclude whole communities who face discrimination based on ethnicity, race or gender .

Security Fears Lead Groups to Rethink Work in Afghanistan

3/18/2012

WASHINGTON — The management at a company that does aid and development work for the American government knows that some of its employees in Afghanistan are keeping weapons in their rooms — and is choosing to look the other way. At another company in the same business, lawyers are examining whether the company can sue the United States Agency for International Development for material breach of contract, citing the deteriorating security in Afghanistan.

UN, OECD reports call for 'reforms' in water policies, management

3/18/2012

The United Nations estimates the world’s population will reach 9 billion by 2050. This means, there will be increased demand for basic necessities, such as food and water — which are now in limited supply.

Rajiv Shah continues foreign aid budget fight in second annual letter

3/18/2012

The United States’ top aid official is wasting no time in his attempt to spur support for a robust foreign aid budget. Rajiv Shah released March 9 a letter to the U.S. public about the U.S. Agency for International Development ’s progress and contributions to protecting American interests around the world.

Russia Plans Moon Base, Mars Network by 2030

3/15/2012

Russia plans to send probes to Jupiter and Venus, land a network of unmanned stations on Mars and ferry Russian cosmonauts to the surface of the Moon — all by 2030. That’s according to a leaked document from the country’s space agency.

A World Bank for a new world

3/6/2012

New York, NY - The world is at a crossroads. Either the global community will join together to fight poverty, resource depletion and climate change, or it will face a generation of resource wars, political instability and environmental ruin.

Global development podcast: Tunisia, Egypt and the global jobs crisis

3/6/2012

A global jobs crisis threatens social cohesion around the world. Focusing on Tunisia and Egypt a year on from the uprisings that toppled Ben Ali and Mubarak, we ask: what can be done?

Egypt to provide electricity to struggling Gaza

3/6/2012

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt is to provide 22MW of electricity to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, where the sole power plant has shut down after running out of fuel, the electricity minister said on Tuesday.

Chinese Minister of Health to Hold U.S. Meeting to Improve Research Collaboration and Accelerate Cancer Research

3/5/2012

NEW YORK, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Chinese Minister of Health, Dr. Zhu Chen, will hold talks tomorrow, March 6, with leading cancer researchers from across the U.S. and China with the goal of developing a stronger platform for broader Sino-U.S. research collaboration and creating deeper ties to fast-track cancer research...

Sudan vice-president inaugurates Kuwaiti hospital in Khartoum

3/3/2012

KHARTOUM, March 3 (KUNA) -- Sudanese Vice-President Al-Haj Adam inaugurated Saturday a new Kuwait hospital funded by Kuwait's Popular Committee for Fundraising and set up by the Kuwaiti Patients Helping Fund.

Roads to Nowhere: Program to Win Over Afghans Fails

3/3/2012

KABUL—U.S. taxpayers paid Afghan entrepreneur Ajmal Hasas millions of dollars as part of a plan to win over villages in the country's insurgent heartlands.

African leaders launch 'super port' project

3/2/2012

Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia have launched a controversial development project to build a port, oil refinery and rail network near the UN heritage-site island of Lamu. Political leaders from the three countries gathered in Kenya's mainland Lamu district on Friday to launch the $25bn project that is expected to become a vital transport and economic development corridor for the region.

Guest commentary: Let's build roads and bridges that won't get blown up

3/1/2012

Right now, America has a backlog of about $2 trillion in road and bridge projects, and we have millions of folks looking for work. Meanwhile, the government is spending billions on infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, many of which cannot be secured or sustained by the Afghan government.

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