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  1. Shaping Capacity Development Messages for South Korea and Beyond

    Capacity Development issues are set to top the agenda for many development professionals in 2011. A recently published Issues Brief from the OECD/DAC is just the latest contribution to a debate set to climax with a High Level Forum scheduled for the year’s end.
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    28 January 2011

  2. Education After the Disaster: Lessons from Haiti

    How can long-term development programmes survive the instant turmoil of a crisis situation? Alain Calosci, Technical Assistant at the European Union delegation to Haiti, tells us about his experience working on an education programme in the quake-struck Caribbean nation.
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    26 January 2011

  4. African Welfare States are Possible Says European Report

    Seniors receive a state pension at the age of 70 in Lesotho, Southern Africa. But in a country with an average life expectancy of 44, is this a social protection scheme worth applauding? Yes, says Giorgia Giovannetti, Scientific Director of the 2010/2011 European Report on Development.
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    14 January 2011

  5. Haiti Quake Recovery: A Task for a Generation

    One year after a devastating earthquake hit the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, homes, cities and lives still need to be rebuilt. While the European Union maintains that helping Haiti is a top priority, EU representatives concede the journey to recovery will occupy a generation.
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    13 January 2011

  6. Political Economy Assessment Tools: A New Approach?

    Who holds power? How do they exercise it? And what are the implications? These are just some of the practical questions political economy assessment tools seek to answer, according to Heather Marquette of the UK’s University of Birmingham.
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    11 January 2011