Development Policy

This topic deals with general and transversal development policy issues such as the Agenda for Change, the MDGS and the Post-2015 global framework, or research for development.

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Millennium Development Goals - Policy coherence for development - Policy making - South-South cooperation - Sustainable development - Sustainable Development Goals - Triangular cooperation

Delhi energy conference participants back UN global energy access strategy

UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Organization updated the Information | 11 January 2011

NEW DELHI, 29 October 2010 – Participants at the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC 2010) voiced support for a UN campaign that aims for universal access to modern energy services and called on the international community to give this goal the highest priority. This was...

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Group: UNIDO Brussels - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Chevron gives USD 1 million for UNIDO project on entrepreneurship curriculum in Angola schools

UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Organization posted Information | 11 January 2011

LUANDA, 29 October 2010 – Chevron will contribute USD 1 million towards a project by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) that will help introduce entrepreneurship as a subject in secondary schools of Angola. The project will complement the national programme of the...

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Group: UNIDO Brussels - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Delhi energy conference participants back UN global energy access strategy

UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Organization posted Information | 7 January 2011

NEW DELHI, 29 October 2010 – Participants at the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC 2010) voiced support for a UN campaign that aims for universal access to modern energy services and called on the international community to give this goal the highest priority. This was...

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Group: UNIDO Brussels - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIDO Director-General receives TERI University honours

UNIDO Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development Organization posted Information | 7 January 2011

NEW DELHI, 28 October 2010 – Kandeh K. Yumkella, the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), today received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the TERI University in New Delhi. Yumkella was honoured for promoting sustainable industrial development in...

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Group: UNIDO Brussels - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
The Millennium Development Goals: Achievements and Challenges

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 11 October 2010

A new e-brochure from the European Commission showcasing its efforts to speed up the progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) illustrates how millions of the world’s neediest people are already benefiting from EU help.

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International community tackles energy poverty for MDGs

Irene Pinedo Pascua posted Information | 1 October 2010

New York ― UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on countries to work together to provide reliable sources of energy to the one fifth of the world’s population currently beyond the reach of the electricity grid. At an event to launch a groundbreaking publication focusing on the billions of...

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Group: African Renewable Energy Technology Platform - AFRETEP
Energy Poverty: How to make modern energy access universal?

Irene Pinedo Pascua uploaded a new Document | 1 October 2010

Energy_Poverty_Excerpt_WEO2010.pdf 2.14 MB

This joint report on energy poverty published by IEA, UNDP, and UNIDO is an early excerpt of the IEA's 2010 World Energy Outlook (WEO). It quantifies the number of people that lack access to modern energy services, the investment costs required to meet this gap and potential technology options...

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Group: African Renewable Energy Technology Platform - AFRETEP
Scaling up Renewable Energy in Developing Countries

Zaira Girbau Garcia uploaded a new Document | 30 June 2010

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Accessing greater finance and investment will be decisive to achieve higher levels of renewable energy (RE) uptake in developing countries. The scale of capital flows required are very significant indicating that private finance from outside national boundaries is likely to be required, alongside...

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Group: African Renewable Energy Technology Platform - AFRETEP
Energy Facility Call for Proposals – Outcome of Concept Notes Evaluation Stage

Zaira Girbau Garcia posted Information | 25 June 2010

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Group: African Renewable Energy Technology Platform - AFRETEP
Liberia to Double Electricity Generation within Next Year

Zaira Girbau Garcia posted Information | 25 June 2010

Liberia’s electricity generation capacity will be more than double within the next year from 10 megawatts to 23 megawatts, the Cabinet was told on last Friday. Asked to address the Cabinet on the state of the Liberian power sector, Joseph T. Mayah, Acting Managing Director of the Liberia...

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Group: African Renewable Energy Technology Platform - AFRETEP

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