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Millennium
Development Goal Review - Call for Participants. The UN International
School and UN is hosting the third annual Design Science Lab June 22-29,
2007 in New York. Participants will be briefed by
UN staff, work on developing strategies for reaching the Millennium Development
Goal and then present their work ...by Medard Gabel le 25 Avril, 2007
The
World Bank - Extreme Poverty Drops Below a Billion - According
to the World Bank, the number of people living on less than US$1 a day
has fallen below 1 billionj. New estimates from the Bank show a continuous
decline in world poverty rates during the first four years of this century.
According to the annual World Development by Anuradha Bhattacharjee le
23 Avril,2007.
US$4
billion Brain Drain - Africa: Brain Drain Costs Continent $4bn Annually
- UNDP. United Nations Development Programme has said brain
drain has cost the African continent over $4 billion in the employment
of 150,000 expatriate professionals annually.
Co-operative
reform in Tanzania - African co-operatives are recreating themselves
through member empowerment and increased commercial viability. British
journalist Andrew Bibby reports from the United Republic of Tanzania where
co-operatives are adopting a
new approach to sustainability.
Poverty reduction strategies through co-operativesAbstract
of paper by Vrajlal K. Sapovadia: The word poverty itself is subjective
and refers to some sort of deficiency of resources. It is a relative word,
however it has been defined by many experts and institutes differently.
Every society is fighting against poverty by using various means. Co-operative
organisations is one of the institutional means which can help reducing
poverty of the members of society. This
small piece of paper written here was published in "PAC"
community concerned with poverty on the platform of World Bank, was published
on its PAC site in 2003.
Co-operatives to eradicate poverty -
The Metropolitan Trading Company (MTC) in partnership with the Department
of Economic Development (DED), held a workshop on 21 February 2007 at
the Braamfontein Recreation Centre. The purpose of the workshop was to
assist co-operatives in the inner city that is already operational to
improve their businesses. The workshop participants share a common belief
that co-ops are a practical solution in addressing the issue of unemployment
and in achieving the goals of growth and development within the City of
Johannesburg. Some of the outcomes of this workshop are the following.
- A common understanding developed amongst participants of a co-operative,
its founding and establishment well as how a co-operative works.
- Access to government opportunities through the Department of Trade
and Industry Co-operatives Unit that will provide further training and
funding through the Co-operatives Incentive Scheme (CIS) for the development
of co-operatives.
- DED and MTC to give ongoing support to the co-operatives through further
training, mentorship and market linkage to opportunities within the
City of Johannesburg.
Further
information.
International
Forum on eradication of Poverty, New York, UNDESA, 15-16 November
2006, by Stefania Marcone, Director of International Relations of
Legacoop (Italy)
Farmers Fighting
Poverty is the slogan that unites the
agri-agencies of the AgriCord Alliance with the farmers unions gathered
in the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP).
International
Forum on eradication of Poverty, New York, UNDESA, 15-16 November
2006, by Stefania Marcone, Director of International Relations of
Legacoop (Italy)
Global White Band Day - October 17, 2007. GCAP will
come together for a day of global action - White Band Day, 2007. For more
information on GCAP activities see www.whiteband.org
Can Co-ops save the world? This was
the question asked and the theme embraced for the 4th Annual Building
Co-operative Futures Conference organised by the Co-operative College
and held in Manchester and Rochdale in May 2006 http://www.co-op.ac.uk/bcf2006.htm
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