*PRGA Newsletter issue No. 14 October 2006
UN envoy to Liberia praises the role of women at all levels of Government
Speaking at a high-level forum in Liberia, which is run by Africa’s only female president, the top United Nations envoy to the country praised the role of women at all levels of Government, saying they bring a “different perspective” to development and stressing the benefits of their involvement, particularly in the health and education sectors.
Andhra's rural women impress Bank MD with their enterprise
he women of rural Andhra Pradesh proved once again today that they can be a most potent force for change in poor and marginalized rural communities.
Africa: Congress host in 2006
Africa will host the next World Congress of Rural Women in four years.
The announcement met with excited response by a large contingency of African representatives during the closing ceremony of the three day, third international conference of rural women in Madrid.
Thousands of girls go to school
The Girls’ Education Programme of the FDC (Community Development Foundation) has for eight years benefited more than 10,000 girls, through incentives for schooling and professional training. Since it was created eight years ago, the programme has granted almost 150 scholarships in Mozambique and abroad.
Rural Poverty and Environment
UPDATE: CALL WILL CLOSE NOVEMBER 30, 2006.
IDRC’s Rural Poverty and Environment (RPE) program invites concept notes for research projects that will enhance good governance, equitable access to and sustainable management of common pool resources
When Do Rural Roads Benefit the Poor and How?
This publication explores the ways in which rural roads impact poverty and what the determinants of these impacts are. It uses in-depth information from six case study villages through which Asian Development Bank-financed rural roads traversed. This is one of the few empirical research studies in this subject area containing in-depth quantitative and qualitative information on the process by which rural roads benefit the poor.
Programa Latinoamericano de Doctorado en Desarrollo Sustentable
Universidad Bolivariana de Chile - Instituto de Estudios del Desarrollo UB – CLADES
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