Create your own free Devex profile now

Join the world’s largest community of international development, global health and humanitarian aid professionals

192,812 people have already posted their profiles.

• U.S. Assistance in Jordan

  Posted by Celeste Estrella on 24 December 2009

  The U.S. assistance program to Jordan is among the largest in the world. Key players are the U.S. Agency for International Development and Millennium Challenge Corp.  Devex Early Intelligence learned that the USAID resident mission in Amman has requested a total of US$693 million for fiscal 2010. About half of the funds are expected to go to ongoing peace and security efforts. A big chunk will also be allotted to the provision of basic services.  According to Kathryn Stevens, USAID ...

  Full Story

  • Tags: USAID, MCC, Millennium Challenge Corporation, MCA, Millennium Challenge Account, Jordan, peace and security, basic services, health, education, youth, water sector, good governance, human rights
  • Posted:12/24/2009 08:33:30 AM | Email | Permalink
  • Comments:1 | Post Comment

• Possibilities and Prospects in the Greater Mekong Subregion

  Posted by Celeste Estrella on 08 December 2009

  The Greater Mekong Subregion is home to more than 300 million people, and its vast wealth of human and natural resources makes it a new frontier for economic growth in Asia. Economic gains over the past decade, however, have also brought about environmental degradation.  As such, the Asian Development Bank, Swedish International Development Agency and Dutch and Finnish governments initiated the Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation Corridor Initiative in 2006.  Deve...

  Full Story

  • Tags: ADB, Greater Mekong Subregion, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Viet Nam, biodiversity conservation, consultancy, environment, natural resource management
  • Posted:12/08/2009 06:12:06 AM | Email | Permalink
  • Comments:0 | Post Comment

• New Program, New Approach for UNICEF in Lebanon

  Posted by Chiara Ma. Francesca de Castro on 03 December 2009

  The last four years of prevailing political insecurity and conflict have not deterred UNICEF from pursuing efforts to improve the rights and condition of children in Lebanon. The draft country program document for 2010-2014 was finally presented to the United Nations executive board during the last annual session in June 2009.  This is the first five-year country program document for Lebanon since the 2002-2006 program. In line with the joint United Nations transitional recovery strategy...

  Full Story

  • Tags: UNICEF, Lebanon, capacity building, policy development, skills development, education, child protection
  • Posted:12/03/2009 03:35:50 AM | Email | Permalink
  • Comments:0 | Post Comment

• UNDP Pushes for Democratic Governance in Turkmenistan

  Posted by Kristine Jade Tinio on 26 November 2009

  How to run a democratic governance program in an autocratic country? This is a crucial question for the United Nations Development Program. It could be an ultimately productive initiative or an exercise in futility.  Turkmenistan is a one-party republic with an authoritarian presidential rule. Political and civil rights are limited, press freedom is virtually non-existent, and the president maintains control over the parliament and the judiciary.  With the new country program for 20...

  Full Story

  • Tags: UNDP, Turkmenistan, democratic governance, human rights, local governance, capacity building, justice, good governance, economic growth, human development, and peace and security
  • Posted:11/26/2009 11:19:59 AM | Email | Permalink
  • Comments:0 | Post Comment

• MENA Countries Shopping for Electricity Providers

  Posted by Sharon Kim on 18 November 2009

   Countries in the Middle East and North Africa are seeking partners to improve their growing energy demand. Several projects are in the works, and the Obama administration is taking steps to help U.S. companies win contracts in the region.  MENA countries will need to diversify their energy sources, upgrade transmission and distribution systems, and build new power plants, U.S. Trade and Development Agency officials said at a Washington briefing on Monday (Nov. 16). The event s...

  Full Story

  • Tags: MENA, Middle East, Africa, electricity, power, smart grid, Barack Obama, international trade, development business, procurement, contracting, funding
  • Posted:11/18/2009 04:18:45 PM | Email | Permalink
  • Comments:0 | Post Comment