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New Partnership for Africa’s Development
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| The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) was adopted as the continent’s main development framework at a July 2001 summit meeting of African heads of state. According to NEPAD, attainment of Africa’s long-term development goals is anchored in the determination of African peoples “to extricate themselves and the continent from the malaise of underdevelopment and exclusion in a globalizing world.” |
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5.7 The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper process: Working Out of Poverty
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| The ILO experience |
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1.15 Building an employment agenda: Working Out of Poverty
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| Employment, and the promotion of enterprise that creates it, remains
the most effective route to poverty eradication. The objective of full employment
is essential – an issue on which the European Union has given political
leadership. Most policy prescriptions, however, do not view job creation as
an explicit objective of economic and social policies, but rather as a hopedfor
result of sound macroeconomic policies. At the ILO, we believe that
sound macroeconomic policies are essential for desired growth, but such
growth must be employment-intensive to effectively reduce poverty. While
the main challenge remains at the national level, development cooperation
has a role to play. Donor countries and institutions, especially international
financial institutions, should build this in as an integral part of their vision. |
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Wanted: jobs for Africa’s youth - Job Plans
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| However, most countries have not yet incorporated job creation plans into their national development frameworks. The national strategies include anti-poverty programmes, commonly based on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). These are documents developed with assistance from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to set national priorities, direct spending of debt-relief funds and coordinate donor programmes.
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9.0 Conclusions: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Enterprise Growth in Uganda
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| As the world turns global, many countries are emerging out of the abject poverty into wealth. South Korea and Singapore are classical examples. In the 1960's, South Korea's per capital GDP was similar to that of Uganda. South Korea is now among the developed countries. Uganda is still characterised by massive poverty. The only way to transform Uganda and many African countries is to fuel growth through business development. Given the global competition, Africa may not be able to position herself competitively as a world class competition but must foster the growth of businesses through micro and small enterprises. Many donor funding agencies have identified this and have focused their attention to this sector. |
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1.15 Building an employment agenda: Working Out of Poverty
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| Employment, and the promotion of enterprise that creates it, remains
the most effective route to poverty eradication. The objective of full employment
is essential – an issue on which the European Union has given political
leadership. Most policy prescriptions, however, do not view job creation as
an explicit objective of economic and social policies, but rather as a hopedfor
result of sound macroeconomic policies. At the ILO, we believe that
sound macroeconomic policies are essential for desired growth, but such
growth must be employment-intensive to effectively reduce poverty. While
the main challenge remains at the national level, development cooperation
has a role to play. Donor countries and institutions, especially international
financial institutions, should build this in as an integral part of their vision. |
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Market access: Provisions of Agreement on Agriculture
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| An often-mentioned problem of developing countries’ agricultural export has been the lack
of access to developed countries' markets, due to the institution of a myriad of import
controls and other restrictions. This has largely undermined the growth prospects of
developing countries whose development strategy relied on agricultural exports. |
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Export Subsidies by Developed Countries: Barriers to African External Trade
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| While advocates of liberalization in the economies of the developing countries have
called for reduction in subsidies, the high levels of subsidies in developed countries have
increased significantly especially in the OECD countries. |
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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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7.4.4 Donors
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| In poor, aid-dependent countries, the likelihood of pro-poor training strategies being introduced will depend very heavily on the policies and practices of their main donor partners. Unless, therefore, donors are prepared to concentrate the bulk of their assistance on poverty reduction as well as change their policies on VET, the prospects for the implementation of pro-poor training strategies are seriously reduced in most of these countries.
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Keeping Your Chin up in the Emergency Room
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| I got labelled urgent, which isn’t as fast as it sounds. I sat there so long that someone asked me if I was an organ donor.
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Credit Card Processing Options for your Non-profit
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| The non-profit can open a merchant account with a bank or a credit card company. The advantage of this account is that when a donor makes a payment through credit card, the money goes directly into the non-profit’s bank account. The advantage here is that when the donor receives the credit card statement, the name of the non-profit will be mentioned on it. This account helps to enhance the image of the non-profit. |
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Preparing for the Pinch in 2011
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| Great Britain was once of the lowest VAT charging countries in Europe, but thanks to the emergency Budget it will soon rise to 20%. But what exactly is VAT, what is it charged on and how does it compare to other countries? |
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