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On June 2, four Nobel Laureates in economics, Eric Maskin,
James
Mirrlees, and Robert Solow, will debate the question "What are
the
Development Challenges in a Post-Crisis World?" at the Annual
Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) in Stockholm,
Sweden. The
debate will be moderated by Stephanie Flanders, an
award-winning British broadcast journalist, currently the BBC economics
editor. If you have specific questions for the Nobel Laureates participating
in the
June 2 debate, please post them on an online interactive platform before May
30,
2010. You will also find background papers, video clips, and
other
resource materials on this platform. You can watch the debate LIVE on June 2, from 11.30 a.m. to
12.45
p.m. Swedish time. Please calculate what time it will be in
your
country here: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. The debate will be recorded and posted online at: www.developmentdebates.org | |
| | Working to help reduce
the
burden of disability on Vietnamese families, local
NGO VietHealth has recently
partnered with the Phu Tho Department of Health (DoH), and the Finnish
Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM), to undertake a training needs
assessment of
village and commune health workers in Phu Tho province, aiming to better
enable
local health workers to identify and prevent early childhood
disabilities. The findings of the study
are to be presented at a workshop hosted by VietHealth in Viet Tri City,
Phu Tho on May
21. | |
| | The Human Rights Grants Scheme (HRGS) is now calling for Expressions
of Interest for the 2010–11 funding round. The HRGS provides grant
funding to non-government organisations and human rights institutions
based or operating in developing countries to promote and protect human
rights in direct and tangible ways. | |
| | As
the World Bank Group (WBG) asks an $86
billion general capital increase from its major shareholders, it
appears
this lending and knowledge institution is not committed to direct public
resources to measures that support
sustainable development, poverty reduction and clean energy. Instead,
the Bank
looks set to mobilize public money to subsidize fossil fuel industry and
orient
funds for large-scale thermal, hydropower projects and energy-related
policy
reforms, says joint NGO report. | |
| | Available
in print and CD-ROM,
and now for
free
online, WDI
presents critical
data on over 800 indicators for 155 economies and 14 country groups—in the
format that
suits your needs. And, on CD-ROM and online, you get time series data
going back
to 1960 for over 200 |
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