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Top International Development Engineering Firms: A Primer

By: Tarra Quismundo

Engineering firms are increasingly involved in international development, opening up a host of new partnership and job opportunities. Devex profiles some of the major engineering firms....

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  • Lancet: Aid and Development Policy Friction Compromises UK’s International Position

      Continuing tension stemming from the divide between the British government’s development and foreign policy “weakens the UK’s influence internationally,” the Lancet said in an editorial this week, as reported by Physorg.com.   While noting successes of the U.K. Department for International Development, the Lancet said such internal friction could prove averse to Britain’s overall development agenda, especially in the area of health.   &ldquo...

    By Tarra Quismundo on 19 March 2010

  • Petrou: Governance not Part of CIDA Mandate

      Though democracy and good governance are not part of CIDA’s mandate, the agency allocates external aid financing for democractic governance, Michael Petrou writes in a blog posted on Macleans. Petrou deems that CIDA’s purpose is “muddled.”  He asked: “Is CIDA about feeding the hungry and building schools, or promoting democracy and human rights? If its mandate is to include all of the above, shouldn’t the agency say so explicitly?” Petr...

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon on 19 March 2010

  • IDB Begins Information Disclosure Consultation

      The Inter-American Development Bank has commenced a public consultation to review its information disclosure policy. The first phase of the public consultation will run for 30 days from March 18. The comments will be used to help draft a new access to information policy, which will be the focus of the second phase of public consultations that will take place in the second quarter of 2010.

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon on 19 March 2010

  • World Vision: Aid Fails to Target Child and Maternal Health

      International charity World Vision said March 18 that global aid distribution has largely missed the mark in curbing malnutrition and sanitation, leading to more child and maternal deaths in developing countries.   The Times of India reports that the World Vision study said aid was “”insufficiently focused on child and maternal health: in recent years aid for child and maternal health has accounted for only around 3% of overall developmental assistance.”  

    By Tarra Quismundo on 19 March 2010

  • UN Economic Agency to Tackle Aid to Haiti in April Meeting

      The United Nations Economic and Social Council will hold a meeting in April to discuss how the U.N. could further help Haiti, now that the quake-hit nation has drafted its national plan for reconstruction. “The Government of Haiti formulated the national plan for reconstruction, so we will see how ECOSOC and its bodies fit into the plan,” said Hamidon Ali, ECOSOC president for 2010. “The Council is also an important forum where Member States and humanitarian organiz...

    By Ma. Rizza Leonzon on 19 March 2010

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