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Grid supply in many developing countries is struggling to keep up with demand, resulting in unreliable and inadequate electricity service. Innovative solutions like decentralized renewable energy and energy efficiency can be integrated into traditional grid services to help solve the problem. Open, granular, and credible data on the quality of supply are key to catalyzing discussion about what actions can be taken, who will benefit from them, and how results of investments can be monitored.
The goal of this session is to share experiences with collecting data on the quality of supply and improving access to electricity along multiple dimensions.
Speakers:
Shantanu Dixit, Prayas Energy Group
Fabby Tumiwa, Institute for Essential Services Reform
Eco Matser, Energy Change Lab
Davida Wood, Senior Associate, Energy Access and Governance, World Resources Institute (chair)
Sunita Dubey, World Bank (discussant)
Learn more: www.wri.org/events/2017/04/wri-sustainable-energy-all-for...
Elderly passenger waiting for the bus to leave the bus terminal in Beni, Myagdi District, Nepal.
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Greetings my dearest one,my name is Issatta Justin YAK am 25 years old Girl from Southern sudan.I want to have a common relationship with you, I need to tell you more things, but first I need your help to Stand for me as a trustee.
My father Dr. Justin YAK Arop was the former Minister for SPLA Affairs and Special Adviser to President Salva Kiir of South Sudan for Decentralization. My father Dr. Justin YAK, my mother including other top Military officers and top government officials where on board when the plane crashed on Friday May 02, 2008. You can read more about the
crash through the below site: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7380412.stm
Some months after the burial of my father, my uncle conspired with my step mother and sold my father's properties to a Chinese Expatriate. On a faithful morning I opened my father's briefcase and found out document which my beloved late father used and deposit money in a Bankin Burkina Faso , with my name as the next of kin. I travelled to Burkina Faso to
withdraw the money so that I can start a better life and take care of myself. The Branch manager of the Bank whom I met in person told me that my present status does not permit me by the local law to clear money or make a transfer of money into an account, he advice me to provide a trustee who will help me and invest the money or I should wait till
when I will get married it demand by their Authority.........
I have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust. But rather take me as your own blood sister and help me. Though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well, I will say that my mind convinced me that you are the true person to help me. More so, I will like to disclose much to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my uncle has threatened to assassinate me. The amount is $5.6Million and I have confirmed from the bank in Burkina Faso . You will also help me to place the money in a more profitable business venture in your Country.
However, you will help by recommending a nice University in your country so that I can complete my studies. It is my intention to compensate you with 10% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment As soon as I receive your interest in helping me, I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Please do keep this only to your self. I beg you not to disclose it till i come over because I am afraid of my wicked uncle who has threatened to kill me.
my email addres issatta_justinyak@yahoo.com
Sincerely yours
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In 2000, Peru’s government formalised Brazil nut harvesting under a system of concessions, where each producer, or castañero, has the right to collect nuts in a particular patch of forest. They can also remove a certain amount of wood per year, but some extract more than their quota.
A handful of shelled Brazil nuts, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru.
For more on the lives of Brazil nut harvesters, see this video: www.blog.cifor.org/16627/snakes-thieves-and-falling-nuts-...
Photo by Marco Simola/CIFOR
For more information on CIFOR's research on Brazil nuts in Peru, please contact Manuel Guariguata (mailto:m.guariguata@cgiar.org)
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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.
You can buy my postcards in here or buy me a coffee!
Photo by Girl Travel Factor
Aerial view of the landscape around Halimun Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia.
Photo by Kate Evans/CIFOR
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A mother and her child living near the Baglung-Bartibang road.
Project Result:
Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) - Loan 2092 (2010)
Helping Women and Building Infrastructure in Nepal
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Landscapes of Gunung Halimun Salak National Park.
Photo by Terry Sunderland/CIFOR
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Women learning computer skills at the vocational training and rehabilitation Center in Haret Hreik. UNDP supported its establishment in partnership with the Swedish government in 2011 together with the Municipality of Haret Hreik. The primary objective of the training center is to alleviate unemployment and generate better income for the population of Beirut Southern Suburbs, a densely populated region comprising nearly 30% of the entire Lebanese population and confronting major socioeconomic challenges , the most adverse being unemployment and lack of job opportunities.
“Some 1,484 beneficiaries have received training since the centre was opened, of whom the majority are women,” said the center’s director Ali Mustafa. The center holds classes for women in agro-food processing, cooking, IT skills, crafts, and beauty, among other subjects, and there are other courses on electric installations and mobile maintenance that are tailored specifically for men. Each of these sixty-hour courses lasts for nearly three months.
Photo by Adam Rogers /UNDP
Children carrying dried straw on the Baglung-Bartibang road.
Project Result:
Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) - Loan 2092 (2010)
Helping Women and Building Infrastructure in Nepal
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Ambulance crossing the bridge in Beni, Myagdi District, Nepal.
Project Result:
Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) - Loan 2092 (2010)
Helping Women and Building Infrastructure in Nepal
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A man working at a palm oil mill on the outskirts of town Doaula, Cameroon.
Photo by Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR
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Two people working at a palm oil processing facility. This place was right next to the highway, to facilitate the passing buyer.
Photo by Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR
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Porter rests along the trek. Despite abundant water resources, access to water supply remains difficult with Nepal’s mountainous terrain especially for people living in remote rural areas and irrigation on farms can be extremely difficult.
Project Result:
Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) - Loan 2092 (2010)
Helping Women and Building Infrastructure in Nepal
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Hellenic Air Force F-16 Demo Team “Zeus” during its flying demonstration in Athens Flying Week 2018.
The Aircraft is an F-16C Blk 52+ from 340 Squadron “Fox”, stationed in 115 Combat Wing in Souda Air Force Base.
Demo Pilot: Major (Air Force) Dimitrios Volakakis.
Locals riding a bus passing by the rural road in Nepal.
Project Result:
Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) - Loan 2092 (2010)
Helping Women and Building Infrastructure in Nepal
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Standing Up, Speaking Out: Local Power and Women's Rights
(Jason Taylor, Rajasthan)
It was a policy born of a shining promise-that decentralized governments would help empower tens of millions of women in developing countries. But has shifting more power and resources to the local level really improved women’s lives? Has it resulted in more girls going to school, more pregnant women receiving a doctor’s care, more women owning the land they till, and more women playing their rightful role in all levels of government?
Promoted by many donor organizations, decentralization is intended to make government more effective and accountable by bringing it closer to the people. For women who have been excluded from political decision-making, decentralization theoretically allows them to challenge how resources are allocated in their communities, including services like basic health care, access to water and education.
For more information: www.idrc.ca/en/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Défendre ses droits ! Prendre la parole ! Les pouvoirs locaux et les droits des femmes
(Jason Taylor, Rajasthan)
On avait fondé beaucoup d’espoirs dans la décentralisation. En effet, on pensait qu’elle contribuerait à l’autonomisation de dizaines de millions de femmes dans les pays en développement. Mais le transfert de pouvoirs et de ressources à l’échelon local s’est-il réellement traduit par une amélioration de la condition des femmes ? Par un plus grand nombre de fillettes sur les bancs d’école, de femmes enceintes ayant accès à un suivi médical, de femmes possédant les terres qu’elles cultivent, de femmes qui jouent le rôle qui leur revient au sein des divers ordres de gouvernement ?
De nombreux bailleurs de fonds promeuvent la décentralisation, car elle est censée rendre le gouvernement plus efficace et plus responsable en le rapprochant de la population. Les femmes ayant été exclues de la prise de décision politique, la décentralisation devrait en théorie les aider à s’élever contre la façon dont la répartition des ressources se fait dans leur collectivité, notamment en ce qui concerne les besoins fondamentaux que sont l’accès à des services de santé de base, à l’eau et à l’éducation.
Pour plus de renseignements : www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
The Unity Ingot Coin
The World of Finance and Investments is varying into a Decentralized Society
People are looking for extra places to stock their hard-earned grant and go to it through investments as they don't trust the status quo.
Taking a look at the relatively new world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies we look many similarities to that of customary investment platforms such as stocks, bonds, funds, insurance and more
But they are completely different, heres why
Most cryptocurrencies are developed from blockchain technology.
The blockchain is a peer-to-peer database that maintains a list of history called
Blocks. These blocks are similar by cryptography securing the data. The first block chain was conceptualized by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 as a key component of the digital currency Bitcoin where it serves as the public ledger for all transactions that individuals complete with Bitcoin
the opening of blockchain for Bitcoin inspired entrepreneurs and tech savvy people all
over the world to design crypto currencies and tokens for additional decentralized applications
we see these pioneering days of using cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology as a different nice of opportunity.
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Local jeep carrying passengers in Nepal.
Project Result:
Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) - Loan 2092 (2010)
Helping Women and Building Infrastructure in Nepal
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Tractor on the Kusum Sera road in Nepal.
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A smallholder processing palm oil in the Southwest region of Cameroon.
Photo by Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR
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a couple thousand people showed up at civic center in downtown san francisco friday night, and these guys Tom and Gary from canada (who are on a global mission to one day have a global dance party) brought an FM transmitter, 50 or so boom boxes, and broadcasted music to the boomboxes which were all tuned to 87.5. madness ensued as we took over downtown SF. the cops shut it down after 400 noise complaints. it was fucking awesome and I pray Tom and Gary decide to return to san fran for another epic party
From 1954 until 1974, many American cities were ringed by a decentralized network of guided missiles intended to destroy incoming enemy aircraft and ICBMs. Named for the Greek goddess of victory, Nike missiles were equipped with either high explosive or "small" nuclear warheads (with up to a 40 kiloton yield). At the peak of the program there were over 200 Nike "batteries" in the Continental US (plus over a hundred more protecting strategic locations outside the US). Advances in ICBM technology, coupled with the ABM treaty, eventually put an end to the domestic Nike program, with most of the sites de-commissioned and quickly consumed by suburban sprawl. A few sites have been preserved, however, and I recently visited "SF88L" in Ft. Barry, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco in the Marin headlands.
SF88L is now under the control of the National Park Service (so don't mess with them), and, thanks to a team of volunteers (many of whom are Nike veterans), is open for guided tours for a few hours each month (as of this writing, the first Sunday of the month, 12:30-3:30pm, but check the web sites below before heading out). See www.nikemissile.net/, www.nikemissile.org/, ed-thelen.org/, and www.atomictourist.com/nike.htm for details on the site and the history of the Nike program generally. Considering its proximity to San Francisco the area is surprisingly remote and rural. (To get there from the highway you go through a neat little single lane tunnel that alternates direction every five minutes.)
The site is a must-see for the Bay-area hacker tourist -- a visit richly repays the advance planning needed to accomodate its somewhat out-of-the-way location and limited schedule. It is remarkably well-preserved, with at least four full, JATO-equipped Nike missiles (un-fueled and sans warheads, we're repeatedly assured), two underground "magazines" with launch platforms, launch and radar control trailers, a radar station (originally a few miles away, line of site), and display cases with assorted artifacts.
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04 June 2020 Rome Italy - Second Virtual Town Hall meeting: Dialogue with employees in Decentralized Offices.
Businesses along the Baglung-Bartibang road has benefited from the increased traffic.
Project Result:
Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) - Loan 2092 (2010)
Helping Women and Building Infrastructure in Nepal
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Badri Bahadur KC sells conveniences to a hillside community of more than 500 people. The Baglung-Bartibang road has improved his business.
Project Result:
Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) - Loan 2092 (2010)
Helping Women and Building Infrastructure in Nepal
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A 3D mapping on the monument to Princess Olga in Kyiv, which marked the beginning of the HeForShe Arts Week 2021. The key image of the installation is the stars, which symbolize the inner flame of all artistic leaders.
For the fourth time, Ukraine hosted the HeForShe Arts Week – an art marathon that brings together museums, galleries, cinemas and other creative institutions around the themes of gender equality and human rights. Women's leadership and outstanding Ukrainian women artists became the focus of the HeForShe Arts Week 2021, and the slogan was: Inner fire to inspire.
Photo: UN Women Ukraine
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Aerial view of growing oil palm plantation in near Douala, Cameroon.
Photo by Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR
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Santorini is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. It was devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 16th century BC, forever shaping its rugged landscape. The whitewashed, cubiform houses of its 2 principal towns, Fira and Oia, cling to cliffs above an underwater caldera (crater). They overlook the sea, small islands to the west and beaches made up of black, red and white lava pebbles.
Akrotiri, a Bronze Age settlement preserved under ash from the eruption, provides a frozen-in-time glimpse into Minoan life. The ruins of Ancient Thera lie on a dramatic bluff that drops to the sea on 3 sides. Fira, the island's commercial heart, has the Archaeological Museum of Thera and boutique shops. It also has a lively bar scene and tavernas serving local grilled seafood and dry white wine, made from the Assyrtiko grape. Oia is famous for sunsets over its old fortress [Santorini Google Travel]
Construction machines smooth the way for the ADB-supported Baglung-Bartibang road.
Project Result:
Nepal: Decentralized Rural Infrastructure and Livelihood Project (DRILP) - Loan 2092 (2010)
Helping Women and Building Infrastructure in Nepal
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