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In the picture: Prof. Sir John Beddington, Chair of the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT). Please credit appropriately.
In connection to the UNFCC COP 17 conference in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, CCAFS and several other partners organized an Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD). It was a major one-day event that brought together several hundred policy makers, farmers, scientists and development experts to discuss the urgent need for rural people in developing countries to play a greater role and receive stronger support in climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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The demolishon and rebuilding and simaltaneous construction of the Mas'aa Corridors of the Holy Mosque in Makkah.
The ground and first floors of the current Mas'aa are sealed, the windows, doorways and exits are concreted. If I had seen what was going on on the outside, I would have had second thoughts about going inside this section of the Holy Mosque. I saw the massive construction work upon leaving the Holy Mosque.
Under Crown Point Bridge, Leeds UK
"With the rapid development of the city in the 1820's, and increasing traffic using Leeds Bridge, there was a need for another crossing over the River Aire at the eastern end of the town. In 1840 an Act of Parliament was obtained which allowed the building of a bridge at Crown Point. The architects were George Leather & Son. Of Leeds, who designed a single span bridge, 120ft wide, made of cast iron, with an ornate fretted iron parapet. The iron castings were made by Booth & Co. at the Park iron works in Sheffield, and the stonework was by James Bray of Leeds. The bridge was opened in 1842, and cost £36,000 to build. Crown Point Bridge was originally a toll bridge, but the toll was abolished in 1868."
I rather liked the grainy effect after processing....
Can technology help prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV), particularly in low- and middle-income countries? Increasingly, cell phones, cameras, crowd-sourcing, and mobile apps are being used in innovative ways to address GBV, but questions surrounding ethics, effectiveness, and practicality remain. The Interagency Gender Working Group, U. S. Agency for International Development, Woodrow Wilson Center, CARE, and Population Reference Bureau will host a panel discussion exploring the ethics around new technologies to combat GBV; how effective they are; and what some of the more practical and actionable ways forward might be.
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Habitat for Humanity assists the worlds most vulnerable people. The Orphan and Vulnerable Children programme operates across several areas of Sub-Sahara Africa. Working with children impacted by the continuing AIDs pandemic.
Academic and vocational studies on Sustainable Human Development for a new development thinking.
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Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU, delivering a keynote speech in the Ministerial Programme at Mobile World Congress #MWC23,
Barcelona, Spain.
1 March 2023.
© ITU/ M. Jacobson-Gonzalez
Work from www.thirlwell.org.uk and Behance
This is a personal project to experiment with rebranding a global company.
Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. has been the world's largest information technology company by revenues since 2009. They have long been a major manufacturer of electronic components such as lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, chips, flash memory and hard drive devices for clients such as Apple, Sony, HTC and Nokia. In recent years, the company has diversified into consumer electronics and is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones.
I have deigned Samsung's new logo to move their branding into the new 'wireless' age of technology. Many branches of their traditional product portfolio rely on internet/WiFi connections (i.e. computers and smart phones). However, as we move forward, other household goods are becoming more intelligent and reliant on WiFi technology. This results in the strengthening human's relationship with the wireless world.
The new logo softens the typeface and a symbol has been added to increase branding versatility. The symbol can be used with typography or autonomously. The merged 'U' and 'N' introduces a unique appearance to formal sans serif type
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US is becoming a 'developing country' on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.
In its global rankings, the United Nations Office of Sustainable Development dropped the U.S. to 41st worldwide, down from its previous ranking of 32nd. Under this methodology – an expansive model of 17 categories, or “goals,” many of them focused on the environment and equity – the U.S. ranks between Cuba and Bulgaria. Both are widely regarded as developing countries.
The U.S. is also now considered a “flawed democracy,” according to The Economist’s democracy index.
As a political historian who studies U.S. institutional development, I recognize these dismal ratings as the inevitable result of two problems. Racism has cheated many Americans out of the health care, education, economic security and environment they deserve. At the same time, as threats to democracy become more serious, a devotion to “American exceptionalism” keeps the country from candid appraisals and course corrections.
‘The other America’
The Office of Sustainable Development’s rankings differ from more traditional development measures in that they are more focused on the experiences of ordinary people, including their ability to enjoy clean air and water, than the creation of wealth.
So while the gigantic size of the American economy counts in its scoring, so too does unequal access to the wealth it produces. When judged by accepted measures like the Gini coefficient, income inequality in the U.S. has risen markedly over the past 30 years. By the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s measurement, the U.S. has the biggest wealth gap among G-7 nations.
These results reflect structural disparities in the United States, which are most pronounced for African Americans. Such differences have persisted well beyond the demise of chattel slavery and the repeal of Jim Crow laws.
Scholar W.E.B. Du Bois first exposed this kind of structural inequality in his 1899 analysis of Black life in the urban north, “The Philadelphia Negro.” Though he noted distinctions of affluence and status within Black society, Du Bois found the lives of African Americans to be a world apart from white residents: a “city within a city.” Du Bois traced the high rates of poverty, crime and illiteracy prevalent in Philadelphia’s Black community to discrimination, divestment and residential segregation – not to Black people’s degree of ambition or talent.
More than a half-century later, with characteristic eloquence, Martin Luther King Jr. similarly decried the persistence of the “other America,” one where “the buoyancy of hope” was transformed into “the fatigue of despair.”
To illustrate his point, King referred to many of the same factors studied by Du Bois: the condition of housing and household wealth, education, social mobility and literacy rates, health outcomes and employment. On all of these metrics, Black Americans fared worse than whites. But as King noted, “Many people of various backgrounds live in this other America.”
The benchmarks of development invoked by these men also featured prominently in the 1962 book “The Other America,” by political scientist Michael Harrington, founder of a group that eventually became the Democratic Socialists of America. Harrington’s work so unsettled President John F. Kennedy that it reportedly galvanized him into formulating a “war on poverty.”
Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon Johnson, waged this metaphorical war. But poverty bound to discrete places. Rural areas and segregated neighborhoods stayed poor well beyond mid-20th-century federal efforts.
In large part that is because federal efforts during that critical time accommodated rather than confronted the forces of racism, according to my research.
Across a number of policy domains, the sustained efforts of segregationist Democrats in Congress resulted in an incomplete and patchwork system of social policy. Democrats from the South cooperated with Republicans to doom to failure efforts to achieve universal health care or unionized workforces. Rejecting proposals for strong federal intervention, they left a checkered legacy of local funding for education and public health.
Today, many years later, the effects of a welfare state tailored to racism is evident — though perhaps less visibly so — in the inadequate health policies driving a shocking decline in average American life expectancy.
Declining democracy
There are other ways to measure a country’s level of development, and on some of them the U.S. fares better.
The U.S. currently ranks 21st on the United Nations Development Program’s index, which measures fewer factors than the sustainable development index. Good results in average income per person – $64,765 – and an average 13.7 years of schooling situate the United States squarely in the developed world.
Its ranking suffers, however, on appraisals that place greater weight on political systems.
The Economist’s democracy index now groups the U.S. among “flawed democracies,” with an overall score that ranks between Estonia and Chile. It falls short of being a top-rated “full democracy” in large part because of a fractured political culture. This growing divide is most apparent in the divergent paths between “red” and “blue” states.
Although the analysts from The Economist applaud the peaceful transfer of power in the face of an insurrection intended to disrupt it, their report laments that, according to a January 2022 poll, “only 55% of Americans believe that Mr. Biden legitimately won the 2020 election, despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud.”
Election denialism carries with it the threat that election officials in Republican-controlled jurisdictions will reject or alter vote tallies that do not favor the Republican Party in upcoming elections, further jeopardizing the score of the U.S. on the democracy index.
Red and blue America also differ on access to modern reproductive care for women. This hurts the U.S. gender equality rating, one aspect of the United Nations’ sustainable development index.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republican-controlled states have enacted or proposed grossly restrictive abortion laws, to the point of endangering a woman’s health.
I believe that, when paired with structural inequalities and fractured social policy, the dwindling Republican commitment to democracy lends weight to the classification of the U.S. as a developing country.
American exceptionalism
To address the poor showing of the United States on a variety of global surveys, one must also contend with the idea of American exceptionalism, a belief in American superiority over the rest of the world.
Both political parties have long promoted this belief, at home and abroad, but “exceptionalism” receives a more formal treatment from Republicans. It was the first line of the Republican Party’s national platform of 2016 and 2020 (“we believe in American exceptionalism”). And it served as the organizing principle behind Donald Trump’s vow to restore “patriotic education” to America’s schools.
In Florida, after lobbying by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state board of education in July 2022 approved standards rooted in American exceptionalism while barring instruction in critical race theory, an academic framework teaching the kind of structural racism Du Bois exposed long ago.
With a tendency to proclaim excellence rather than pursue it, the peddling of American exceptionalism encourages Americans to maintain a robust sense of national achievement – despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
Alison Kadlec (center) recently spoke with PCC faculty and staff, including Title III Grant Director Tabitha Miller (left) and President G. Dennis Massey, about creating a healthy culture for data use and engagement. Her four presentations, which took place Nov. 15-16, were sponsored by PCC's Title III Grant and Office of Teaching and Learning. They focused on what builds and kills morale when it comes to sustained, large-scale student success work. A former faculty member, Kadlec and her team at Sova Solutions work with the U.S. Department of Education, state policymakers, and educational system leaders in more than 25 states to help improve the quality of policy development and implementation with regard to higher education and workforce development.
1961-01-Pilot Farm Channel circa January 1961
Ric Roberts OAM - KHS Digital Collection
KHS Digital Archive No. KHS-2009-4-FC3-PD-10
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Stiftelsen Idébanken - vil medvirke til samfunnsendringer der sosiale mål, miljø- og ressursansvar er prioritert framfor økonomisk og materielt nivå. En bærekraftig utvikling innebærer både å ta vare på miljøet, å utjevne forskjellene mellom det rike Nord og det fattige Sør og å styrke alle menneskers mulighet til å delta i utformingen av framtida.
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"Ideas Bank Foundation" - a forum for social change which gives priority to social objectives, environmental concerns and resources management over economic gain and maintaining the status quo. Sustainable development means preserving the environment, working to diminsh the North-South divide and empowering all people so they can participate in shaping the future.
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www.idebanken.no/Omidebanken/hoved.html - Stiftelsen Idébanken
www.balanceakten.dk/index.php?lang=no - Education For Sustainable Development
Photography recorded in my sketchbook.
Final piece: www.flickr.com/photos/55109135@N02/5111468419/in/set-7215...
Casa Al Mare is an on-going freehold development project in Singapore. It is a development involving two blocks, each with 5 storeys. There will be a total of 49 residential apartments in this project. The location of Casa Al Mare is by the sea at Jalan Loyang Besar.
All sorts of necessary as well as luxury facilities are provided in these apartments. Car parking is made in the basement for every apartment unit along with one accessible car park lot. Residents have access to a swimming pool. Residents can visit the roof terrace where they can sit and enjoy the view or utilize the grill pavilion. The swimming pool and water lounge are located on the roof terrace hence why a changing room is also provided there. There is an exercise corner for fitness freaks. You will also find an indoor gym, a Jacuzzi, sun deck, outdoor shower area as well as head and shoulders spa jets. For the kids, the development has provided a splash zone and a fun land. The residents of Casa Al Mare can also enjoy the entrance courtyard for outdoor activities. A barbeque pavilion is provided as well.
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A followup to my photo during the interesting loading of these vessels destined for scrap. The Development Way is a semi-submersible -- the floating cargo is nudged into position, then she lifts back out of the water and everything is welded and secured in place for the trip to China.
2022-02-03: Dr. Donal Brown, Associate Vice President of the Program Management Department, IFAD and Hassatou Diop N’Sele, Acting Vice President for Finance and Chief Finance Officer sharing a panel during the AfDB-IFAD Signing Ceremony. In frame, (L-R) Ms. Anna Turninayo, Country Manager of Burkina Faso; Mr. Santa F. Jatta, Regional Director for West and Central Africa; Mr. Eklou Attiogbew Somado, Manager AHAI -W, AfDB Group; Mr. Mamadou Barry, Chief Investment Officer, FIST, AfDB; Marwan Ladki, Expert in Water Management, Irrigation, Agriculture and Climate Change, AfDB and Ms. Dorcas Zogbo, Complex Assistant, FISA, AfDB Group.
Leadership Development Programme (LDP), Pillar 2: People and Organization Management - Opening Event held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 27 June 2023
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
GSR-18 Roundtable Discussion: AI for Development
9-12 July 2018 International Conference Centre (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland
©ITU/D.Woldu
Another batch in my reflections in office buildings series (although some of these are residential building in part also).
The Quarter Mile Development in Edinburgh.
Had to get permission to show you these images but quite pleased with some of them. Not my final edit but close enough for now. I will post these a few at a time. Please comment if you like or not. Constructive criticism is always welcomed.
The five winners of Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini's annual 'Honor Our Veterans' essay contest along with their teachers and families toured the Joint Training and Training Development Center at Joint Military Base: McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst took part in a day of military-themed activities, where they gained hands-on experience utilizing technology that is used to train our soldiers. The students wrote essays that demonstrated a respect and an understanding for what our veterans sacrifice for our country.
In front of the Knauf Insulation factory, the infsmous South Sebastopol Development, spreading out from Bevan’s Lane like a monstrous amoeba. The group of houses on the far left of shot are the southern tip of the huge housing estate Panteg Park, built on the site of the former RTB Panteg Steel Works. Photographed from the the track leading from the wuarry above the reservoir to Troed y Rhiw.