http://www.ideas4development.org Blog about the development Fri, 16 May 2008 14:46:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last month, I spoke to a group of British parliamentarians who sit on something called the International Development Committee.  Their role is to scrutinise the work of the Department for International Development. ”DFID” – as it is known - is the arm of the British government concerned with promoting development, ... http://www.ideas4development.org/food-for-the-hungry-the-case-for-buying-locally/en/ These few lines came to my mind after one of our Board of Directors’ meetings devoted, among other things, to a new participation in an important microfinance institution in Morocco - a country famous for its involvement in the sector. I have, for a long time, been an avid supporter ... http://www.ideas4development.org/microfinance-micro-impacts/en/ Having just returned from Senegal, I want to share my thoughts with you on an issue that became strikingly clear to me: the favorable perspectives shaping up for Africa’s agriculture and their complex implications for future energy choices. While traveling through the irrigated rice production area in the Senegal River Valley, ... http://www.ideas4development.org/agriculture-and-energy-in-africa/en/   STATEMENT BY Donald Kaberuka At the Welcome Dinner in Honor of Ministers and Guests of the First African Water Week, 26-28 March 2008 statement-donald-kaberuka.pdf http://www.ideas4development.org/126/en/ The fourth conference of francophone ministers of justice has just been held in Paris.  One of the two themes was “justice and development” and notably economic law and control in French-speaking states.  Discussion focused on the increase in new IT and financial crimes as well as on regional integration via organisations ... http://www.ideas4development.org/justice-and-development/en/ Is it fair to ask developing countries companies to follow the rules of Corporate Social Responsibility considering that our countries have developed themselves without such constraints? Would you consider CSR as a form of protectionism? http://www.ideas4development.org/should-we-impose-social-and-environmental-standards-to-developing-countries/en/ http://www.ideas4development.org/interview-of-jean-michel-severino-on-france-24-tv/en/ Sorry that it has taken me a bit of a while to get back to you on the issue of Aid for Trade. I have just been able to sit down after a busy week discussing with WTO members and Heads of International Organisations on this topic. It was never going ... http://www.ideas4development.org/aid-for-trade-global-review/en/ It is clear from the first interactions on this blog, that development is still above all considered from an economic point of view. Whether the discussions touch on the Millenium Goals, aid for trade, integration or the involvement of new players, the same implicit concerns prevail: http://www.ideas4development.org/development-models-and-cultural-diversity/en/ I come back from Kenya.  AFD and other donors including the World Bank and EIB are financing a large-scale public geothermal investment program that will supply most of Kenya’s future power generating capacity. The power generation mix that will fuel Kenya’s rapidly growing economy over the next decade will be carbon-poor. ... http://www.ideas4development.org/on-development-and-the-global-environmental-crisis/en/