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This Newsletter is a Reader’s Digest of trends in economic development
in international co-operation policy. Prepared by the Economic
Development Department of AGEG Consultants eG. Feel free to circulate
it to your network.
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CONTENT

1. Helping developing countries during the financial crisis
2. Development Aid at its highest level ever in 2008
3. Bleak outlook for developing Asia, but region can cope with crisis
4. Global Employment Trends Report 2009
5. New information on Aid for Trade from the EC
6. Diaspora to Promote Job Creation and Youth Development in Africa
7. Training and Events
8. Publications
9. Websites of the Month
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Take a Deep Thought | http://weitzenegger.de/thought/

And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we
can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our
borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to
effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it. Barack
Obama
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1.	Helping developing countries during the financial crisis

Developing countries are severely hit by the global economic crisis.
The leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies, recognising that the
global financial crisis has ‘a disproportionate impact’ on vulnerable
people in poor countries, have promised to make hundreds of billions
of United States dollars available to these countries as part of a
$1.1 trillion plan to rescue the world economy. In a communiqué
released by the Group of 20’s London Summit, the leaders announced
what they called ‘a global plan for recovery on an unprecedented
scale’. They said the rescue package would include resources totalling
$850 billion, to be channelled through global financial institutions,
‘to support growth in emerging market and developing countries by
helping to finance counter-cyclical spending, bank recapitalisation,
infrastructure, trade finance, balance of payments support, debt
rollover, and social support.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/comments/2296/

The EU Commission helps with a support package. The EU has recognized
that the current recession is affecting the global system at all
levels – overturning the old notion that globalisation could only be
good. The hardest hit are those who were already the world’s poorest –
particularly those who had begun to climb out of poverty. To give EU
action a coherent framework, the Commission has issued a policy paper
- Supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis. The paper
reaffirms the two guiding principles for EU relations with developing
countries – partnership and solidarity.
http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/COM_2009_0160_4_EN.pdf

Related Publications:

UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its
Impact on Development
http://www.un-ngls.org/IMG/pdf_ngls_bulletin_1.pdf
In an effort to help keep interested stakeholders informed on the
latest developments and events leading to the UN Conference on the
World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development
taking place in New York from 1-3 June 2009, NGLS has launched a
dedicated weekly ’bulletin’ up to the Conference. This first issue
reviews the mandate and background of the Conference. It also contains
information on related meetings and reports from the UN system.

DCED has launched a new web page providing links to a selection of the
many materials now being produced on the global financial crisis and
its impact in developing countries. http://www.enterprise-development.org/page/the-global-financial-crisis

The Centre for Development Policy and Research is pleased to announce
the publication of Development Viewpoint #24, ‘‘How the Global Crisis
Is Transmitted to Developing Countries”. The author, Jan Toporowski,
Department of Economics, SOAS, expose how developing countries are
extraordinarily vulnerable to the financial crisis that is unfolding
in the U.S. because its debt deflation (its reduction of expenditures
to repay its debt) will reduce developing-country exports and, in
turn, the outflow of U.S. dollars, the international reserve currency,
which is crucial to financing international trade. He also notes that
the recent fall in commodity prices and the appreciation of the U.S.
dollar will only exacerbate developing-country problems.
http://www.soas.ac.uk/cdpr/publications/dv/49755.pdf

CDPR also announced the publication of Development Viewpoint #26,
‘‘Global Financial Crisis and Recession: What Could Happen to Major
Emerging Economies?” http://www.soas.ac.uk/cdpr/publications/dv/49965.pdf.
The authors, Terry McKinley, Director of CDPR, and Naret Khurasee, a
researcher at Alphametrics, draw on the results of a 2010-2015 global
scenario, generated by the State of the World Economy macroeconomic
model, to assess the projected impact on the major emerging economies
of Brazil, China, India and South Africa. They find that as the global
economy is projected to recover after 2010, all four economies should
resume credible rates of economic growth. But China is expected to
perform the best during 2010-2015. The other three economies are
projected to grow more slowly and confront problems of current-account
deficits or government debt. For related material on the State of the
World Economy model, see: http://www.soas.ac.uk/cdpr/researchareas/worldmodel.

The Centre for Development Policy and Research is pleased to announce
the publication of Development Viewpoint #28, ‘‘The Roots of the
Global Financial Crisis”, http://www.soas.ac.uk/cdpr/publications/dv/50940.pdf.
The author, Costas Lapavitsas, Department of Economics, SOAS, and
Research on Finance and Money, identifies several factors that he
believes are at the root of the current crisis: loose US
macroeconomics policies in the early 2000, the extraction of financial
profits by commercial banks directly out of personal incomes (such as
through subprime mortgages) and the adoption by banks of highly risky
investment banking functions (such as securitisation of mortgages).

Labor Market in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its
Adjustment to Global Financial Crisis
http://www.adbi.org/email.notification/url.php?id=2711&url=%2Fevent%2F2941.labor.market.prc.global.financial.crisis
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2. Development Aid at its highest level ever in 2008

In 2008, total net official development assistance (ODA) from members
of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rose by 10.2% in
real terms to USD 119.8 billion. This is the highest dollar figure
ever recorded. It represents 0.30% of members’ combined gross national
income. Bilateral development projects and programmes have been on a
rising trend in recent years; however, they rose significantly by
12.5% in real terms in 2008 compared to 2007, indicating that donors
are substantially scaling up their core aid programmes.

Fears remain however that the unfolding economic crisis will have a
negative impact on the 2009 aid levels putting agreed 2010 targets in
jeopardy. The current global financial crisis is having a serious
impact on low income countries. World trade is experiencing its
largest decline since 1929 and commodity prices, particularly for the
exports of low income countries, are falling.

Only a special crisis-related effort can ensure that the 2010 targets
for aid are met, which is even more important now that the economic
crisis is reducing developing countries’ growth prospects and their
ability to make progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. The
European Commission urges Member States to stick to their aid
commitments as aid plays a vital countercyclical role in poor
countries severely hit by the economic crisis.
http://tinyurl.com/d4g8vm http://tinyurl.com/c5whar
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3. Bleak outlook for developing Asia, but region can cope with crisis,
says ADB

Developing Asia's economic growth will slow in 2009 to its most
sluggish pace since the 1997/1998 Asian financial crisis, the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) says in a new major report. The Asian
Development Outlook 2009 forecasts economic growth in developing Asia
will slide to just 3.4% in 2009, down from 6.3% last year and 9.5% in
2007. If the global economy experiences a mild recovery next year, the
outlook for the region will improve to 6% in 2010. Deteriorating
economic prospects will hinder the efforts to reduce poverty. With the
slow growth, more than 60 million people in 2009, and close to 100
million people in 2010, will remain trapped in poverty – living on
less than US$1.25 a day - than would have been if growth had continued
at its earlier pace. Despite the dismal outlook, the report says that
the region is in a much better position to cope with this crisis than
it was in 1997/98. http://www.adb.org/projects/project.asp?id=39264
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4. Global Employment Trends Report 2009

Based on new developments in the labour market and depending on the
timeliness and effectiveness of recovery efforts, the ILO report says
global unemployment in 2009 could increase over 2007 by a range of 18
million to 30 million workers, and more than 50 million if the
situation continues to deteriorate. The ILO report also said that in
this last scenario some 200 million workers, mostly in developing
economies, could be pushed into extreme poverty. http://tinyurl.com/bbx2so
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5. New information on Aid for Trade from the EC

The European Commission has published a new document on Aid for Trade.
This publication provides a clearer picture of this development
assistance strategy. It examines the broad scope of Aid for Trade,
explains the key types of Aid for Trade under the themes of ‘‘narrow”
Aid for Trade (Trade Related Assistance) and ‘‘Wider” Aid for Trade,
emphasizes EU’s strong commitment to Aid for Trade agenda and provides
information on EU’s Aid for Trade activities in Africa.
http://europafrica.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/memo-09-150_en.pdf
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6. Diaspora to Promote Job Creation and Youth Development in Africa

More than 50 Washington D.C.-based members of the African Diaspora
participated in the launch of the 2008/2009 Africa Development
Indicators (ADI) report . As this year’s ADI focuses on ‘‘Youth and
Employment in Africa – The Potential, The Problem, The Promise”, the
launch targeted Diaspora with an interest in youth development and
promoting job creation in Africa. ‘‘The ADI launch in D.C. targets
people who can really make a difference to Africa – the Diaspora,”
said Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Africa
Region, in his opening remarks. He further explained that data can be
a good tool for accountability to help citizens hold leadership
responsible for measurable results. http://tinyurl.com/d4s24k
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7. Training and Events

Want your say on the fight against global poverty?
http://consultation.dfid.gov.uk
DFID (UK Department for International Development) is working on a new
White Paper that will be published in July 2009. You can join regional
consultation events to share your ideas. You’ll have the chance to ask
questions and debate a focus topic. There are 12 events being held
around the UK between now and 18 May. Source: DFID

Call for papers: Promoting Global Value Chains: The Role of Governance
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=1120
EADI Working Group on Industrialisation Strategies in co-operation
with Maastricht School of Management. Deadline: 15 May.

How are you doing – SMEs in a larger Europe
http://www.businesseurope.eu/Content/Default.asp?PageID=548
Brussels, Belgium, 7 May 2009
Without strong SMEs, the economic recovery is unthinkable! But how are
they really doing in the midst of the financial and economic storm?
BUSINESSEUROPE addresses this crucial question on at the conference.

Exploring the Links Between Economic Growth and Democratic Governance:
Developing Programs That Work
http://tinyurl.com/cef3te
Washington, DC, USA, May 11, 2009, 2 - 4 p.m., Knight Center,555
Pennsylvania Ave, NW
International donors and development practitioners often promote the
benefits of linking economic growth and democratic governance
strategies and funding. But is this really happening on the ground?
CIPE and RTI experts will introduce a new framework illustrated with
case studies to help donors and development practitioners design
effective strategies and aid delivery mechanisms that more
deliberately blend ‘‘EG and DG’‘. Register: Gayle Schwartz, phone
202-974-7852.

Strategies for Local Economic Development
http://www.ledknowledge.org/?mod=doc&act=detail&id=149&idC=3,73&idA=0
Turin, Italy, 18-29 May 2009, International Training Centre of the ILO
This year the course will focus on ‘‘Policies and strategies for
employment in the rural sector’‘ and will challenge its participants
with many case studies, best practices, tools and methodologies
presented by high level experts and practitioners.

Stimulating Business Development: Another role for microfinance?
http://microfinance.global-connections.nl
Zeist, the Netherlands, 19 May, Triodos Bank
In order to stimulate enterprise development, microfinance
institutions should also offer business advisory services to their
entrepreneurial clients. True or False?

Peace Through Commerce eConference
http://businessfightspoverty.ning.com/group/peacethroughcommerce
March 23 - May 22, 2009, online
The free online conference focuses on the contribution responsible
business and economic development can make towards building peace.
Hosted by The World Bank Institute and the Institute for Corporate
Responsibility.

Third SME Congress of the Americas on International Trade
http://www.smecongress.net
Cali, Colombia, May 28 - 29, 2009.
The central theme will be ‘‘SME Trade Capacity Building in Challenging
Times’‘

Structural Change: Analyses, Experiences and Methodologies
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=1115
Pavia, Italy, 3 – 16 June 2009
EADI International Summer School. Registration deadline: 8 May 2009

International Course on Gender and Entrepreneurship
http://tinyurl.com/crswyj
Silang, Cavite, Philippines, 08-27 June 2009
The course is aimed in understanding gender concerns and issues which
will enable to apply analytical framework, tools and strategies in
ensuring gender equality and equity in their organizational culture,
programs and community enterprise project.

Knowledge Transfer in Donor Organization Programs with the Private
Sector
http://www.enterprise-development.org/page/event?id=135
Vienna, Austria, 8-9 June 2009
The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development and the Austrian
Development Agency (ADA) will hold this Network Meeting.

Agribusiness Forum
http://www.emrc.be
Cape Town, South Africa, 14-17 June
Empowering the Private Sector to Boost Productivity & Growth in Africa
is the concept of AgriBusiness 2009 and the forum will seek to
emphasise the private sector's contribution to development. A tailor
made business to business match-making programme will be organised
throughout the duration of the conference, allowing delegates to
maximise networking opportunities.

ILO Summer Academy on Sustainable Enterprise Development
http://enterpriseacademy.itcilo.org/en/home
Turin, Italy, 22 June to 3 July 2009

International Conference on Knowledge Management
http://tinyurl.com/bteewg
Kampala, Uganda, 24 - 26 June 2009

Micro Banking Summer Academy 2009
http://tinyurl.com/c5gs6k
Frankfurt, Germany, 03-17 July 2009
Micro Banking Summer Academy at Frankfurt School of Finance &
Management is interactive and hands-on. Trainers mix banking
excellence with microfinance experience, experience with innovation,
and scientific input with practical tools. The Trainers are
experienced practitioners and senior advisors, with banking and
microfinance backgrounds.

International Master of Advanced Studies in Development Studies
http://www.graduateinstitute.ch/executive/masters/development-studies_en.html
Geneva, 3 August 2009 – 1 April 2010Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies (IHEID), Development and
Globalisation: between Growth and Exclusion.

Devtrain online. The EADI Training Database
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=871
The EADI Training Database allows you to search for post- and
undergraduate programmes and training courses with a focus on
development issues from 28 European countries. Details are provided on
the programme's objectives and themes, its location and costs, plus
full contact details and links to the associated organisation.
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8. Publications

African Regional Integration and the Role of the European Union, ZEI
Discussion Paper
http://aei.pitt.edu/9046/01/dp_c184_Kuehnhardt.pdf
African regional integration has had a remarkable new beginning since
the formal beginning of the African Union (AU) in 2002. Following the
Treaty of Abuja, in force since 2004 and envisaging an African
Economic Community in six stages by 2028, and following the New
Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), since 2002 a mandated
initiative of the African Union including NEPAD’s unique African Peer
Review Mechanism for the measuring of good governance, the African
Union has become the frame for a new African regionalism.

BICC brief 38 ‘‘Digging for Peace –
Private Companies and Emerging Economies in Zones of Conflict”
http://www.bicc.de/uploads/pdf/publications/briefs/brief38/brief38.pdf
BICC, in association with the European Fatal Transactions network,
held the international conference ‘‘DIGGING FOR PEACE - Private
Companies and Emerging Economies in Zones of Conflict’‘ at the
Deutsche Welle in Bonn in November 2008.

Business Associations, Business Climate, and Economic Growth: Evidence
from Transition Economies
http://www.cipe.org/publications/papers/pdf/IP%2008-07%20ISNIE.pdf
Link between business associations and economic growth in the
transitional economies of Central and Eastern Europe is re-examined
through the prism of new institutional economics. By promoting a
better business climate, market-enhancing business associations can
help to build the foundation for economic growth.

Eldis OnDisc CD-ROM
http://community.eldis.org/.59933323/Blog/
This CD-ROM was produced in February 2009 by Eldis, at the Institute
of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK. It contains a
selection of over 400 full text documents of manuals, toolkits and
handbooks featured on Eldis from 1994 to mid-2008. The work of over
150 development organisations is presented, covering a wide range of
subjects. Contact eldisondisc@ids.ac.uk if you would like us to send
you more copies of this disc to share with your network or with
colleagues and associates at meetings, conferences and training
events.

Guide to responsible sourcing
http://tinyurl.com/dfqfjf
To help companies develop their own approaches to responsible
sourcing, this guide provides a series of practical steps from a
global and multisectoral perspective. These steps are based on real-
life experiences from around the world, and can be used by companies
of all sizes, sectors and regions.

How the Most Successful Reformers Organized Themselves
http://rru.worldbank.org/documents/publicpolicyjournal/318Ciscuolo_Palmade.pdf
Only a small number of developing economies have managed to grow out
of poverty in one generation, sustaining GDP per capita growth at
rates averaging more than 4 percent a year. Achieving this economic
performance required deep microeconomic reforms spanning many policy
areas and industries.

Improving impact evaluation production and use, ODI Working Paper 300
http://tinyurl.com/cbmdq3
The past five years have seen a proliferation of impact evaluations
(IEs) by development agencies across the globe. This report was
commissioned by the UK Department for International Development’s
(DFID’s) Evaluation Department to inform discussions on impact
evaluation production and use within the Network of Networks Impact
Evaluation Initiative (NONIE). The paper concludes with policy
implications regarding: strategic coordination, funding, knowledge
management, capacity strengthening mechanisms and improving impact
evaluation communication and uptake.

Is Informal Normal? Towards more and better jobs in developing
countries
http://tinyurl.com/de9umr
An OECD Development Centre Perspective edited by Johannes P. Jütting
and Juan R. de Laiglesia. Employment has a key role to play in
reducing poverty and improving well-being. In the context of the OECD
Development Centre’s Programme of Work 2007-2008, this study sheds new
light on an old topic: how can we deal better with the reality of
labour markets in developing countries with a view to achieving the
Millennium Development Goals?

Making value chains work better for the poor: a toolbook for
practitioners of value chain analysis
http://tinyurl.com/exqys
Organized in two sections, the manual provides theoretical background
on value chains as well as the pro-poor entry points for value chain
analysis. It also outlines a set of eight value chain analysis tools,
four of which are ‘core’ tools and four of which are ‘advanced’ tools,
for undertaking pro-poor value chain analysis.

Microfinance and Climate Change: Threats and Opportunities
http://www.cgap.org/p/site/c/template.rc/1.26.10508/
In this focus note, CGAP offers MFIs practical guidance for enlisting
microfinance clients in the fight against climate change. Microfinance
institutions can have an exponential impact by empowering millions of
clients with the knowledge and financing to effect positive change in
their own communities.

Microfinance and the real economy: impacts and outcomes of the global
economic crisis
http://tinyurl.com/djoy68
The current economic and social crisis provides an opportunity to re-
think values and business models in finance. ILO Online spoke with
Bernd Balkenhol, chief of the ILO's Social Finance Programme.

Microfinance Managers Consider Online Funding: Is It Finance,
Marketing or Something Else Entirely? CGAP Focus Note
http://www.cgap.org/p/site/c/template.rc/1.26.5301
Online lending platforms like Kiva.org and MicroPlace.com have become
wildly successful in raising funds for microentrepreneurs from
individual online lenders and investors. But what are the pros and
cons for microfinance institutions (MFIs)? These platforms use
different business models, have varying legal issues, and have widely
divergent business and social objectives.

Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008
http://tinyurl.com/5o6ct5
This World Bank factbook provides a snapshot of migration and
remittances for all countries, regions and income groups of the world,
compiled from available data from various sources. For the latest
remittances data, please see Remittances data.

No Growth without Equity?
http://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9780821377673
The World Bank book analyzes this at two levels: first, exploring the
links between inequality, interests, and economic growth; second,
providing specific examples as to how rent-seeking behavior in key
sectors of Mexico’s economy produce inefficiencies that are a source
of low growth and income concentration. Mexico’s growth problem is
unlikely to be solved if these underlying inequalities are not
tackled; this has large implications for policy design. Edited by
Michael Walton and Santiago Levy.

Opportunity and exploitation in urban labour markets:
better economic opportunity does not always mean better work
http://tinyurl.com/exqys
A new briefing paper brought out by the Overseas Development Institute
(ODI) examines urbanisation and urban poverty from a labour market
perspective and proposes ways in which urban development can be better
managed.

Outlook for Remittance Flows 2008-2010: Growth expected to moderate
significantly, but flows to remain resilient
http://tinyurl.com/7pb4cd

After several years of strong growth, remittance flows to developing
countries began to slow down in the third quarter of 2008. This
slowdown is expected to deepen further in 2009 in response to the
global financial crisis, although the exact magnitude of the growth
moderation (or outright decline in some cases) is hard to predict
given the uncertainties about global growth, commodity prices, and
exchange rates.

Peace Economies - a new frontier for sustainable enterprise
http://www.impact-dtg.com/articles/Page-3.html
Impact International have published a paper which explores the role
the private sector can play in bringing fresh opportunities to regions
mired in conflict.

Peacebuilding at a Crossroads? Dilemmas and Paths for Another
Generation
http://www.frient.de/materialien/detaildoc.asp?id=976
Berghof Handbook Dialogue-Series by Beatrix Schmelzle and Martina
Fischer (Eds.)

Supporting Regional Economic Integration and Cooperation
http://tinyurl.com/cm3hps
Regional integration can be seen as a multidimensional process where
constituent states interact in different policy areas, including not
only economic cooperation, but also foreign policy and security
issues, social sectors and a cultural dimension. Nevertheless, trade
and the economy remain central aspects of most ongoing integration
schemes and the number of regional economic integration agreements is
steadily increasing.

Sustainability - the Unfinished Business. Challenges in International
Cooperation.
http://tinyurl.com/ddfp54
Edited by GTZ and Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (RNE), the essays
are intentended to show how the quest for sustainable development can
provide orientation to all international cooperation.

The business of product innovation : international empirical evidence
http://tinyurl.com/dgt76w
It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic
growth that it is cliché to say so. This World Bank article studies
product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more
than 25,000 firms in eight manufacturing sectors. The author assesses
the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms.
The econometric evidence suggests that globalization and local
knowledge increase the likelihood that firms will introduce new
products. By contrast, domestic regulatory impediments to competition
are not robustly correlated with product innovation.

The New Moneylenders: Are the Poor Being Exploited by High Microcredit
Interest Rates.
http://www.cgap.org/p/site/c/template.rc/1.9.9534/
The CGAP report finds that while there are a few institutions charging
rates that seem unreasonably high, most interest rates seem to be in
line with MFIs costs. The report also finds that microcredit rates
have been dropping by 2.3 percentage points each year since 2003, much
more steeply than the decline of bank loan rates. Administrative costs
are also declining along with lenders' profits- the savings are being
passed to borrowers.

The private sector in security sector reform:
Essential but not yet Optimized
http://www.frient.de/materialien/detaildoc.asp?id=963
United States Institute of Peace Briefing by Robert Perito

The rural finance landscape. A practitioner's guide
http://www.networklearning.org/library/task,doc_download/gid,112/
This practitioner’s guide covers different financial services,
products and methodologies. It takes you through different types of
financial service providers and discusses good practices.

Why Aid Does Not Increase Savings Rates in Sub-Saharan Africa
http://www.soas.ac.uk/cdpr/publications/dv/49682.pdf
John Serieux of the University of Manitoba, and Terry McKinley,
Director of CDPR, examine the debate on whether ODA has had a negative
impact on savings rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on panel data
for 29 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1965-2006, they
maintain that standard analyses of this question have failed to
recognize that a significant proportion of ODA has become a reverse
capital outflow, with no impact on either domestic consumption or
savings. This proportion becomes larger, they also note, when ODA is
being continuously scaled up.
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9. Websites of the Month

100 Useful Tools for Searching the Deep Web
http://www.weitzenegger.de/en/deepweb.html
Ever heard of the Deep Web? It's a term for the part of the Internet
that doesn't get indexed by the major search engines like Google and
Yahoo. Some experts estimate that only one percent of the information
on the Internet is picked up by these search engines. The rest of it
is contained in specialized search engines, and there are lots of
them. In fact, you can see a comprehensive list of them at 100 Useful
Tips And Tools To Research The Deep Web. Here you'll find links to
search engines, databases, tutorials, networks, and tips that will
help you find that elusive information you've been seeking.

AiDA launches an Interactive Map
http://aida.developmentgateway.org/aida/viewMap.do
AiDA is one of Development Gateway's aid management tools, which
supports the aid effectiveness agenda by publishing information on
development activities to help donors coordinate and harmonize their
development efforts. With the use of an interactive map generated with
technology from Google, development practitioners now have access to a
geographical interface for information normally available through the
AiDA Web site. Users can click on any country in the world and view a
summary of the development activities that are taking place there.

Development and Civilizations - Lebret-Irfed
http://www.lebret-irfed.org
International network of development actors coming from various
cultural and spiritual roots and sharing common convictions. The
Centre aims, through listening and dialogue, at contributing to the
emergence of a more just and a more democratic society.

DIIS Migration Seminars launch new website
Get an overview of seminars, papers, links to resources, and media
coverage online
http://www.diis.dk/sw74910.asp

EADI Research Monitor
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=1112
EADI offers a new information service focusing on research results
produced by EADI
members. The March edition focuses on the financial crisis. Subscribe
at http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=1065

ExpatExchange
http://www.expatexchange.com
Are you an expatriate? Future expatriate? Recruiting agent? Take a
look at one of the largest online communities for English-speaking
individuals living outside of their countries. ExpatExchange’s network
is a combination message board with discussions about being an expat
in most countries and a directory of goods and services useful for
expats. Source: FITA.

Focus on the Global South
http://focusweb.org
Focus combines policy research, advocacy, activism and grassroots
capacity building in order to generate critical analysis and encourage
debates on national and international policies related to corporate-
led globalisation, neo-liberalism and militarisation.

Gateway Guide on Inclusive Growth
http://www.gsdrc.org/go/gateway-guides/inclusive-growth
The Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC) has
launched its
gateway guide on inclusive growth.

Genderindex.org: A New Way of Assessing on Gender Equality in
Developing Countries
http://genderindex.org
The OECD Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a new tool to
measure these
hidden instances of gender discrimination.

ILO’s Synergies site
http://p31.itcilo.org/entdev/synergies/en
The Synergies project site is intended as a platform on current
applied research and practical implementation of linking financial
services to business services that contribute to pro poor enterprise
development, income and job creation.

MicroPlace
http://www.microplace.com
MicroPlace is a social business owned by eBay. We want to alleviate
global poverty by offering investments that enable loans to
hardworking poor people. You can invest as little as $20.

Migration seminars, Danish Institute for International Studies DIIS
http://www.diis.dk/sw73169.asp
This website presents an overview of the seminars, links to migration
research resources, PowerPoint presentations and papers from previous
events as well as suggested literature on seminar topics.

Nationmaster
http://www.nationmaster.com
Do you want to rank and compare the countries of the world and don't
have the time to collect the data? This website will help you save
time! Select a category, browse the incredible list of available data
and make your choice. In one click, you will get your country ranking.
The website uses official sources such as the IMF, World Bank, CIA,
UNICEF and UNCTAD. Source: FITA.

networklearning
http://www.networklearning.org
The purpose of this site is to make resources available, free, to NGOs
working in the development or humanitarian fields. We make or find
manuals that can help NGOs build skills, and suggest other websites
with good resources.

Remittance Prices Worldwide
http://remittanceprices.worldbank.org
This World Bank Website provides data on the cost of sending and
receiving small amounts of money from one country to another. Called
remittances, these international transfers are often initiated by
migrant workers.

Scientists Without Borders
http://www.scientistswithoutborders.org
The New York Academy of Sciences and the United Nations Millennium
Project conceived of founding Scientists Without Borders, and the
organization is now supported by a number of volunteers and partners.
The organization 'aims to mobilize and coordinate science-based
activities that improve quality of life in the developing world.'

Search for Trade Financing with FINDATA
http://www.intracen.org/dbms/CL_Search/CL_Search.Asp?DS=DATAFIN
A searchable database of financial institutions (major banks, credit
insurance agencies, export credit agencies, etc.) in developing and
transition countries that support international trade. You just select
a country, financial product, and type of institution, and FINDATA
will give you a list of institutions that fit your criteria. Source:
FITA.

The Development Marketplace for African Diaspora in Europe (D-MADE)
http://www.dmade.org
D-MADE is a new and exciting opportunity to access grants financing
entrepreneurial projects that are designed by Africans, to support the
development of Africa. Based on the very succesful global Development
Marketplace, for the first time such a programme will target Sub-
Saharan Africa-wide members of the Diaspora living in Europe.

The Kwintessential Business Etiquette Guide
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/country-profiles.html
If you do business internationally you know that cultural etiquette is
at least as important as price, inventory, and other factors in
business deals. Every culture has different beliefs, ideals, and ways
of doing things. You need to be aware of them if you're going to work
closely with people from that culture. Kwintessential Country Profiles
is a site that's been around for years, and it has great advice about
how to handle cultural differences. There is also a page with useful
phrases for some of the world's main languages. Source: FITA.

Transnational Institute (TNI)
http://www.tni.org
International network of activist-scholars committed to critical
analyses of the global problems of today and tomorrow, with a view to
providing intellectual support to those movements concerned to steer
the world in a democratic, equitable and environmentally sustainable
direction.

Trustive world-wide WiFi access
http://tinyurl.com/trustive
The reality of WiFi is usually a fragmented service with different
hotspot operators having their own log in methods, billing systems and
coverage restricted to certain countries or even cities. The Dutch
provider Trustive decided to overcome these challenges in order to
improve this reality for the whole Trustive community. Following 5
years of heavy investment and the conclusion of strong roaming
agreements with 70+ hotspot operators in 65+ countries, Trustive is
now able to offer a seamless service that is both reliable and
competitively priced across a unified and ever expanding network of
65,000 WiFi hotspots in 65+ countries, including 350+ airports.

Women in Global Business
http://www.wgba-business.com
The Women's Global Business Alliance - Peer Counsel is developing a
collaborative network that provides opportunities for executive women
to work and learn together. Created for senior-level executive women
worldwide, WGBA promotes contacts and interaction between global
business leaders that allows them to share their knowledge and
expertise. Source: FITA.

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