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Daytime low angle landscape view of a woman walking on the sidewalk next to Aoyama Dori in Omote-sando following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
Daytime landscape view of a commercial building reflection in the windows of the TEPCO Museum in Shibuya following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
On the day the Global Goals were adopted by the United Nations, the UK, Care International, Empower Women and UN Women hold an event to boost momentum on economic empowerment of women worldwide, 25 September 2015
Picture: Ryan Brown/UN Women
On 1 March 2011 Embassy of Embassy of Canada to Poland and the Polish Institute of International Affairs organized a conference devoted to Arctic region.
“This half-day conference brought together Polish and Canadian Arctic experts and decision
makers to support and consider the emerging discussion in Poland on this important region.
Poland has been a distinguished member of the Arctic research community and a prominent
Observer State of the Arctic Council since its inception. While to Canadians the Arctic is home,
and to Polish researchers it is a challenging but familiar workplace, to much of the international
community and indeed Polish society it remains relatively unknown or misunderstood. Far from
being a ‘wild west’ frontier as it is sometimes portrayed, the Arctic is a well-governed and
thriving homeland to numerous indigenous communities with enormous development potential.
Canada’s vision for the Arctic is that of a stable region with clearly defined boundaries, dynamic
economic growth and trade, vibrant Northern communities, and healthy and productive
ecosystems. The Arctic Council is for Canada the well-established and principal forum for
international cooperation in these areas. Poland’s vision of the Arctic is similar, as an observer
in the Arctic Council, which convenes and supports sustained dialogue and cooperation.
Canada, like Poland, has made a strong commitment to Arctic science—the foundation for sound
policy- and decision-making on the environment. Canada was the single largest financial
contributor to International Polar Year research activities and has announced the construction
of a state of the art international High Arctic research facility in Cambridge Bay, and Poland
maintains a world-class scientific research base in Spitsbergen. New opportunities and
challenges are emerging across the Arctic, in part as a result of climate change and the pursuit
of resources. While this may well support social and economic development, it may also bring
new environmental threats, search and rescue incidents, civil emergencies and, potentially
even illegal activity*”.
*Quote from conference’s agenda
Evening high angle landscape view of two high rise buildings in Shinjuku following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
Evening landscape view of the Ginza commercial area following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
The Pakistan Strategy Support Program (PSSP) held the conference, “Increasing Productivity and Unleashing Growth” at the Serena Hotel in Islamabad on May 26-27th, 2012. This conference also marked the final round of the Competitive Grants Program that was launched by PSSP in January 2012 for Pakistani PhD and graduate students studying locally and abroad on economic development issues of Pakistan. The finalists presented in front of the Research Advisory Committee, donor heads, professors and students from local universities. The event also consisted of plenary sessions on Pakistan’s various economic growth issues by renowned academics from all over the world, such as Dr. Jock Anderson, Dr. Regina Birner and Dr. David Spielman.
Can we evolve a stewardship of the planet in which ecosystems are preserved, while scarce minerals are recovered and recycled at rates approaching 100%?
In other words, can the global human society be made sustainable?
Can we transform our relationship with the planet while our human population is rapidly increasing, while our expectations and demands on the planet increase even more rapidly, and while we disagree about how to get humanity on a sustainable path, or even whether such transformation is necessary?
Can we do it swiftly, before some ecological, social or economic disaster overwhelms our capacity to maintain our civilization?
Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
Aiming upward in New York City.
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Daytime landscape view of a woman walking with an umbrella under a train bridge following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
USAID and the Global Shea Alliance partner to connect West Africa village women to the global marketplace. Photo: Douglas Gritzmacher/USAID
Construction site workers in last minute preparations at the project site.
Photo credit: Alex Kamweru, USAID/Kenya
Landscape view of a "Pray For Japan" sign in a Tokyo subway station following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
Evening landscape view of the Ginza commercial area following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
The British Columbia government invested an additional $1.9B in priority programs and services in 2016-17 compared to the previous year, making record investments in areas including housing, health and education.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017FIN0021-001265
Tradition vs modernity, secularism vs Salafism, hope vs disappointment.
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Daytime aerial view of Fuji San and Tokyo Bay in the Kanto and Chubu regions following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami near Tokyo, Japan © LAN
Daytime aerial view of heavy industry on Tokyo Bay in the Kanto region following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami near Tokyo, Japan © LAN
USAID is supporting Haitian farmers through the Coca-Cola Haiti Hope Project, a public-private initiative to develop a sustainable mango industry in Haiti. The Coca-Cola Co. launched the project to create opportunities for 25,000 mango farmers and their families in March 2010 with the introduction of its Odwalla Haiti Hope Mango Lime-Aid, whose profits directly support the project.
Photo Credit: The Coca-Cola Company
Community members sing at the opening of a border information center in West Africa. In the continuing effort to facilitate West Africa inter-regional trade, USAID has supported the opening of several Border Information Centers. The Centers, located at the borders of Ghana and Togo; Ghana and Burkina Faso; and now Benin and Nigeria, bring transport information and assistance to traders, and truck drivers, and allows them to more easily transport goods and needed commodities across borders.
Underground landscape view of a "Blue Man Group" poster through the window of a Tokyo subway car following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
Emebet Shiferaw is a widow and mother of three children. Life changed after receiving Yekokeb Berhan’s training on saving, business selection, planning and management. After the training, Emebet was able to save a small amount of money and bought a machine that makes samousa. She has expanded her business and become more profitable by selling samousa together with tea and coffee.
Photo Credit: Nardos Mengesha, FHI 360
USAID is supporting Haitian farmers through the Coca-Cola Haiti Hope Project, a public-private initiative to develop a sustainable mango industry in Haiti. The Coca-Cola Co. launched the project to create opportunities for 25,000 mango farmers and their families in March 2010 with the introduction of its Odwalla Haiti Hope Mango Lime-Aid, whose profits directly support the project.
Photo Credit: The Coca-Cola Company
As in previous years, a half-day Associated Event on green infrastructure took place at the EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum. Organised by EBRD’s Economics, Policy and Governance Department and the Energy Efficiency and Climate Change team, the event focused on green infrastructure as a way to boost the EBRD region’s economic growth, while at the same promoting resource, energy, and carbon efficiency and lessening environmental degradation.
As was the case at the 2015 Annual Meeting in Tbilisi, the EBRD organised its Associated Event in partnership with the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC), a not-for-profit organisation that promotes the stability of the international financial architecture and monetary system, as well as with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the lead organisation coordinating environmental matters within the United Nations system.
Agenda:
12:30 – 13:15 Introduction and Keynote Speech by EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti
13:15 – 14:45 Session I: Building Up Supply and Demand: Frameworks for Innovative Financial Instruments and Pipelines of Green Infrastructure Projects
15:00 – 16:30 Session II: Building Roadmap for Sustainable Financing in a Country
16:30 – 17:00 Closing Remarks
DEAD SEA/JORDAN, 23OCT11 - Yasmeen Galal, Global Shaper, Cairo Hub, Egypt, Co- Chair of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World captured during the An Action Plan for 2012 session during the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World at the Dead Sea in Jordan,23 October, 2011.
Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Nader Daoud
Creative Financing to Make Small-Scale Farming Technologies Affordable for the Rural Poor
Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers.
Read the full project description: www.usaid.gov/div/portfolio/kickstart
Photo credit Esther Havens
Daytime landscape view of a woman standing in the shade with an open umbrella in the Ginza district following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
Four years ago, Sanga Moses, an accountant living in Kampala, quit his job, dug into his savings, and started looking into potential solutions to his family’s need for cooking fuel; his family lived in Western Uganda and, like 80% of Sub-Saharan Africans, depended on wood for fuel. The massive depletion of Uganda’s forests has made this fuel harder and harder to come by, and his sister was beginning to spend all day collecting it instead of staying in school. After years of research, design, and iteration, Sanga started Eco-fuel Africa with simple, manual machines that convert agricultural waste into fuel briquettes that burn longer, cleaner and are 20 percent cheaper than wood fuel. With DIV Stage 1 funding in 2013, Eco-fuel Africa has begun mass manufacturing the Eco-fuel Press Machines, leasing the machines to local unemployed women and youths in slums and villages, and training them to launch clean-energy micro-businesses. Not only will disadvantaged groups enjoy new entrepreneurial skills, but their communities will also benefit from cleaner, cheaper energy.
Learn more about Eco-Fuel Africa: tmblr.co/ZOfcaswRHDwq
The persimmon crop will lighten the family burden on her shoulders, Lusadzor community, Tavush region of Armenia.
Photo: UNDP Armenia
UNU-WIDER conference on ‘Inequality – measurement, trends, impacts, and policies’
More information available here: www1.wider.unu.edu/inequalityconf/
John Landon-Lane, Associate Professor, Rutgers University
In March 2018, a group of local youth founded an association called Fo Sarotiny amin’ny Ala. The name means ‘We Treasure our Forests’ and the acronym FOSA honors Madagascar’s largest predator, the fosa, a cat-like animal that lives primarily within the Menabe dry forest.
USAID Mikajy has been partnering with FOSA and, along with additional support from Kew Madagascar Conservation Center (KMCC) and the local group Vohary, is helping to restore dry forests surrounding the Menabe Antimena Protected Area.
FOSA brings together approximately 100 youth volunteers.
Photo credit: USAID Mikajy
Daytime aerial view of Fuji San and Tokyo Bay in the Kanto and Chubu regions following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami near Tokyo, Japan © LAN
USAID/Ghana’s Economic Growth Private Sector Advisor and Outreach Director, Pearl Ackah (far left) meets with farmers on a maize demonstration plot in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, where Feed the Future works to make the maize value chain more competitive. Photo credit: Priscilla Addison, USAID/Ghana
USAID and the Global Shea Alliance partner to connect West Africa village women to the global marketplace. Photo: Douglas Gritzmacher/USAID
USAID and the Global Shea Alliance partner to connect West Africa village women to the global marketplace. Photo: Douglas Gritzmacher/USAID
USAID is supporting Haitian farmers through the Coca-Cola Haiti Hope Project, a public-private initiative to develop a sustainable mango industry in Haiti. The Coca-Cola Co. launched the project to create opportunities for 25,000 mango farmers and their families in March 2010 with the introduction of its Odwalla Haiti Hope Mango Lime-Aid, whose profits directly support the project.
Photo Credit: The Coca-Cola Company
Landscape view of an "Amo's Style" garment store in Harajuku following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
Daytime landscape view of a woman exiting a subway exit following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
Issahaku Bagum (seated on the right) is proud of the work he does with the John Deere tractor he purchased with a loan facilitated by Feed the Future’s Financing Ghana Agricultural Project. The tractor has made it possible for Mr. Bagum to provide smallholder farmers with services. Photo credit: Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project
Through a partnership between Feed the Future and John Deere, hundreds of Ghanaian farmers are increasing their yields. Through this partnership, John Deere covers part of the interest rate on loans, offers training, and provides equipment warranties to Ghanaian agribusinesses to purchase their tractors. This has had transformative results for thousands of Ghanaians in agriculture and agribusiness. Agribusiness dealer Issahaku Bagum was able to bring tractor services to more than 40 groups of 800 farmers, helping them to increase the total acreage they cultivated by more than 65 percent.
This partnership has increased Illinois company John Deere’s Ghanaian sales by more than 20 percent, and is increasing opportunities for U.S. agricultural equipment to enter the Ghanaian market.
Expected Result: Increased food security, incomes, and agricultural productivity.
Conference: A MORE ACCESSIBLE ARCTIC: MYTHS, FACTS AND ISSUES AHEAD
On 1 March 2011 Embassy of Embassy of Canada to Poland and the Polish Institute of International Affairs organized a conference devoted to Arctic region.
“This half-day conference brought together Polish and Canadian Arctic experts and decision
makers to support and consider the emerging discussion in Poland on this important region.
Poland has been a distinguished member of the Arctic research community and a prominent
Observer State of the Arctic Council since its inception. While to Canadians the Arctic is home,
and to Polish researchers it is a challenging but familiar workplace, to much of the international
community and indeed Polish society it remains relatively unknown or misunderstood. Far from
being a ‘wild west’ frontier as it is sometimes portrayed, the Arctic is a well-governed and
thriving homeland to numerous indigenous communities with enormous development potential.
Canada’s vision for the Arctic is that of a stable region with clearly defined boundaries, dynamic
economic growth and trade, vibrant Northern communities, and healthy and productive
ecosystems. The Arctic Council is for Canada the well-established and principal forum for
international cooperation in these areas. Poland’s vision of the Arctic is similar, as an observer
in the Arctic Council, which convenes and supports sustained dialogue and cooperation.
Canada, like Poland, has made a strong commitment to Arctic science—the foundation for sound
policy- and decision-making on the environment. Canada was the single largest financial
contributor to International Polar Year research activities and has announced the construction
of a state of the art international High Arctic research facility in Cambridge Bay, and Poland
maintains a world-class scientific research base in Spitsbergen. New opportunities and
challenges are emerging across the Arctic, in part as a result of climate change and the pursuit
of resources. While this may well support social and economic development, it may also bring
new environmental threats, search and rescue incidents, civil emergencies and, potentially
even illegal activity*”.
*Quote from conference’s agenda
On 1 March 2011 Embassy of Embassy of Canada to Poland and the Polish Institute of International Affairs organized a conference devoted to Arctic region.
“This half-day conference brought together Polish and Canadian Arctic experts and decision
makers to support and consider the emerging discussion in Poland on this important region.
Poland has been a distinguished member of the Arctic research community and a prominent
Observer State of the Arctic Council since its inception. While to Canadians the Arctic is home,
and to Polish researchers it is a challenging but familiar workplace, to much of the international
community and indeed Polish society it remains relatively unknown or misunderstood. Far from
being a ‘wild west’ frontier as it is sometimes portrayed, the Arctic is a well-governed and
thriving homeland to numerous indigenous communities with enormous development potential.
Canada’s vision for the Arctic is that of a stable region with clearly defined boundaries, dynamic
economic growth and trade, vibrant Northern communities, and healthy and productive
ecosystems. The Arctic Council is for Canada the well-established and principal forum for
international cooperation in these areas. Poland’s vision of the Arctic is similar, as an observer
in the Arctic Council, which convenes and supports sustained dialogue and cooperation.
Canada, like Poland, has made a strong commitment to Arctic science—the foundation for sound
policy- and decision-making on the environment. Canada was the single largest financial
contributor to International Polar Year research activities and has announced the construction
of a state of the art international High Arctic research facility in Cambridge Bay, and Poland
maintains a world-class scientific research base in Spitsbergen. New opportunities and
challenges are emerging across the Arctic, in part as a result of climate change and the pursuit
of resources. While this may well support social and economic development, it may also bring
new environmental threats, search and rescue incidents, civil emergencies and, potentially
even illegal activity*”.
*Quote from conference’s agenda
Creative Financing to Make Small-Scale Farming Technologies Affordable for the Rural Poor
Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers.
Read the full project description: www.usaid.gov/div/portfolio/kickstart
Photo credit Esther Havens
Daytime landscape view of a woman walking in an underground passageway near Kamiyacho Eki following the 311 Tohoku Tsunami in Tokyo, Japan © LAN
Jane speaks to a customer while selling her fish products. A single mother of two, Jane is HIV positive and lives in Kibera, the largest slum in Africa located in Nairobi, Kenya. She was near death in 2006 but is now a successful entrepreneur today selling Omena - a small fresh water fish from Lake Victoria - to Kibera residents as well as Kenya's largest supermarket chain. Jane was linked to HIV treatment services as well as income-generating skills by HEART - an organization supported by USAID. Photo: USAID/Michael Gebremedhin
USAID and the Global Shea Alliance partner to connect West Africa village women to the global marketplace. Photo: Douglas Gritzmacher/USAID
Creative Financing to Make Small-Scale Farming Technologies Affordable for the Rural Poor
Small-scale farming is the principal source of livelihood for many in Kenya. Agriculture provides 71 percent of employment and accounts for over 25 percent of Kenya‘s GDP. KickStart International’s shallow water irrigation pumps can increase annual net-farm incomes for these farmers by an average of $700 per year. Despite the relatively low cost of KickStart’s pumps, however, they are still beyond the reach of many poor farmers who often have irregular incomes and find it difficult to pay the large up-front cost of the pump. With support from DIV, KickStart is testing two innovative financing mechanisms to increase access to these products and help break down critical financial barriers.
Read the full project description: www.usaid.gov/div/portfolio/kickstart
Photo credit Esther Havens
DEAD SEA/JORDAN, 23OCT11 - Naaman El Bouri, Deputy Chairman Saraya Bank, Libya ,captured during the Future of Libya session during the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World at the Dead Sea in Jordan,23 October, 2011.
Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Nader Daoud
The George W. Bush Institute sponsors a weekend of economic debates on October 20-21 of 2012, in partnership with the St. Mark’s School of Texas and the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance in Dallas Texas.
Photo Credit: Judy Nordseth
DEAD SEA/JORDAN, 22OCT11 - Klaus Schwab , founder and executive chairman, World Economic Forum, left, and King Abdullah II of Jordan, captured during the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World at the Dead Sea in Jordan,22 October, 2011.
Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Nader Daoud
A woman farmer named Gladys (right) on Kuapa’s “Farm Make-over” series learns to transplant rice seedlings, which helps to reduce the development of weeds on the farm. Photo credit: Kuapa.
Kuapa, a Feed the Future supported farm make-over reality show aired on GTV network. Kuapa, which means “good farming” in the Ghanaian language of Akan, takes viewers inside farms throughout Ghana where it helps farmers boost their yields with practical advice on improved agricultural practices. The 26-episode series is available onYouTube. Expected Development Result(s): Increased yields, food security and in Ghana. The scoop: www.youtube.com/watch?v=suEVGOKlsRQ