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5.1 Case Study 1: Enterprise solutions to poverty
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| Sustainable solutions to Indoor Air
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2.3 Social Development I: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| While growth has recovered on the continent, the gains in terms of social development
and poverty reduction are still limited. This sub-section reviews the evidence
on social development through the lenses of the MDGs. Following a discussion
of progress and challenges for the various goals, the sub-section provides a more
detailed discussion of the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS. More details on progress
towards the MDGs in Africa is provided in various ECA documents, including a
forthcoming report (UNECA 2007), as well as reports by other United Nations
publications (e.g. UNDP and UNICEF 2002). |
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A participatory learning system for microfinance
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| A key objective for impact assessment of microfinance programmes is 'internal learning' by field staff and programme managers about what is working, what is not working and why, in order to improve programme operations. |
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Creating Effective Capacity Building Relationships
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| MicroStart's use of TSPs is an experiment in creating a new framework for capacity building. The original design sprang from the recognition that the standard CTA model in use throughout UNDP projects was not the best way to support the development of microfinance institutions. |
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Micro-finance Policy and Development Framework: Ethiopia
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| Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in sub-Saharan Africa with approximately 63 million
people and almost 44% of the population being in the age of 15 years and below. Ethiopia ranks
158 out of 162 countries in the Human Development Index (UNDP, 2001a). |
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Preface: HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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| The main theme for the programme of work 2001-2002 at the Development Centre
was Globalisation and Governance. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are a key actor of
globalisation and also raise numerous governance issues. Accordingly, their role in poor
countries has always interested the development community |
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From Rhetoric to Action: The African Investment Climate Facility
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| The Investment Climate Facility (ICF) for Africa, an innovative public private partnership aimed at making Africa a better place in which to do business, was launched. The Commission for Africa, convened by the United Kingdom government, had proposed the initiative, which was endorsed at last year's World Economic Forum Africa Economic Summit and by the leaders of the G 8 industrialized nations at their summit in Scotland. According to ICF Co Chair and session Chair Niall FitzGerald, Chairman, Reuters, United Kingdom; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, the facility had already received US$ 90 million in commitments. Additional unspecified pledges made by the European Union and the African Development Bank during the session were likely to push the total above US$ 100 million. |
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Training and the Poor: Learning to change
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| This paper explores the role of training in assisting individuals who are economically vulnerable and socially excluded (EVSE) in developing countries. Roughly speaking, almost one in four of the population in the developing world lives in absolute poverty and this number continues to increase rather than decrease. Poverty reduction is now at the top of the policy agendas of most bilateral donor agencies and international development organisations within and outside the United Nations system as well as a growing number of governments. Ambitious targets to halve poverty by 2015 have been set by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD (see UNDP, 1998; OECD, 1997).
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Sustainable Business Development - Benefiting your Community
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| Sustainable Business Development was popularized just over 22 years ago by a report put out by the Brundtland Commission. The world economy was growing and throughout the late 60’s and into the 80’s world development advanced rapidly with little regard to the environment and the Brundtland Commission, which came out of the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, characterized ‘sustainable development’ as: “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
As a business leader and entrepreneur, we can benefit from the agenda established as a result of these United Nation Conferences in order to combat Poverty, Change Unsustainable Patterns of Consumption and Protect Bio-Diversity and Natural Resources. |
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Company Set Up Procedures in Hong Kong - How to Set Up Your Business in Hong Kong
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| Hong Kong is the world’s seventh largest Foreign Direct Investment recipient, as stated by the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2008. This article affirms why Hong Kong is an attractive
location to set up a new company or offshore business, and the procedures involved in doing so. Tax benefits,
economic freedom, government stability and reputation are a few of the many reasons why company
incorporation in Hong Kong is a prevalent decision. |
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SME - MILLENNIUM REGION IN THE GABONESE REPUBLIC
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| WUSME recommends to add supplementary series to the UN Millennium Villages Project by Regions of Economic-, Social-, and Enviromental Excellence. The UN Millennium Villages in African Countries under the auspices of the United Nations and the Earth Institute are a positive example for efficient actions to reach the Millennium Development Goals - MDGs. WUSME WORÉD UNION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES’s proposal aims at amending the Millennium Village Project by Regions of Economic Excellence based on a favorable environment for the development of Micro- Small and Medium Enterprises. The basic features of such Regions will briefly be outlined in this article. |
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