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31.03.2006 La Defensoría de los Habitantes advirtió esta mañana que, si Costa Rica no revisa y cambia su actual modelo de desarrollo, el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Centroamérica y República Dominicana con los Estados Unidos (TLC) vendría a agudizar los problemas nacionales, en particular, en el campo social.

Publica: Defensoría de los Habitantes

31.03.2006 After the IITs and IIMs, it is now the turn of foreign educational institutions in India to create a quota for the socially and educationally underprivileged.Indian branches of foreign universities may have to reserve seats for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes (OBCs) in keeping with the 93rd Constitutional Amendment Act.

31.03.2006 Pas tri vjetëve të punës së suksesshme në rajon, që nga fillimi vitit 2006, OneWorld Evropa Juglindore u regjistrua si fondacion jofitimprurës i emërtuar “oneworld – platforma për evropën juglindore” (owpsee), i bazuar në Sarajevë, Bosnje dhe Hercegovinë. Fillimi i kësaj ngjarjeje, do të mbahet në Sarajevë më 3 dhe 4 prill (e hënë - e martë)

31.03.2006 The Centre mulls creating a new cadre of bureaucrats, proposed to be called the District Panchayat Administrative Service (DPAS), for effective implementation of developmental programmes at the village level.

31.03.2006 There’s no harm as long as the needs of the higher education in general and the universities in particular are properly assessed, and the decision is taken in consultation with the UGC.

31.03.2006 key component of e-governance is to provide governments with a citizen-friendly face. Naturally, G2C (government-to-citizens) is an important element of all e-governance projects.e-Seva is, perhaps, the best example and one of the earliest attempts to take the benefits of e-governance to citizens.

31.03.2006 United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) director general Kandeh K Yumkella, in his discussions with commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath, decided to set up a South-South Cooperation Centre in India for dissemination of technological know-how and best practices among developing countries.

31.03.2006 In 1990, Amartya Sen observed that the world was short of 100 million women because of excess female mortality in India, China and South Korea. The next year, Ansley Coale put the figure at around 60 million for China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and West Asia and Egypt.

31.03.2006 Tanti volti e tante esperienze diverse per dare voce alla sostenibilità. Si è aperta oggi "Terra Futura" la mostra-convegno internazionale delle buone pratiche di sostenibilità (Firenze Fortezza Da Basso, venerdì 31 marzo – domenica 2 aprile). Alla sua terza edizione, l’evento si propone come veicolo di sensibilizzazione anche politica sui temi della sostenibilità. «Alla Fortezza - sostiene Ugo Biggeri, presidente della Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica Onlus - si darà visibilità ad argomenti di cui non si sta parlando in questa campagna elettorale; “materia” su cui non si fa “politica”, né politiche. Terra Futura rappresenta, in questo senso, un’occasione per costruire un’agenda di riflessione e di impegni per il futuro governo». Terra Futura 2006 è promossa e organizzata dalla Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica Onlus per conto del sistema Banca Etica (Banca Etica, Consorzio Etimos, Etica SGR, Rivista “Valori”) e da ADESCOOP - oltre che da numerose e importanti realtà e network.

30.03.2006 Hundreds of journalists marched in the streets of Kathmandu calling for full press freedom in the country. Media personnel, rights activists and professionals joined a rally organised by the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the establishment of FNJ.

30.03.2006 The Head of Microsoft's Rural Computing, Mr Tarun Malik, said Softrack would be part of the company's IT initiative — SAKSHAM (self-sustaining), under which the company plans to roll out 50,000 kiosks over the next three years.

30.03.2006 In a bid to take computers to the rural communities in India, global chip major Intel unveiled a new Ruggedised Personal Computer platform designed to withstand adverse weather conditions including heat, dust and humidity and run on alternate power sources, including the car battery.

30.03.2006 ADB is undertaking an innovative project that will help the most disadvantaged households in Nepal to effectively participate in and benefit from rural development projects through a US$685,000 technical assistance grant.

30.03.2006 The debate is still on. To reduce poverty, should we use redistributive policies like taxation or accelerate growth so that the trickle down effect does the job? It is now clear that neither, by itself, is sufficient to eliminate poverty whether we look at the issue at the international level or at the level of a particular country or region.

30.03.2006 The Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapakse, called upon the members of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) to "develop structures" to face the "social and economic challenges collectively and regionally."

30.03.2006 Despite being the most populous developing country and in the middle of an enormous urbanization process, China contributed very little to the forum billed as the counterbalance to those of the economic elites.

29.03.2006 Opstinata Gjakovica i UNDP na Kosovo zapocnaa nov proekt koj ke gi vkluci Mileniumskite celi vo strategijata za razvoj na opstinata.

29.03.2006 Contrary to popular perception, information technology has a far greater impact in rural areas than urban centres. A recent survey of 37 e-governance projects, spread across 11 states accorded an overall rating of 8.67 to rural e-governance projects against 8.03 to urban projects

29.03.2006 The harvest may be bountiful, but rural labourers at the country’s backyard are fighting a grim battle for survival. The benefits of reforms seem to have bypassed them this time too. Surely, it should not have been that way. Government’s professed ideology apart, the country has recorded dramatic rise in gross domestic product (GDP) in the new millennium.

29.03.2006 Though Bihar is cited as an example of bad governance and corruption, these things are not confined to Bihar alone. It is an all-India phenomenon.The Primary Health Care Centres of Bihar are in a pathetic condition. But the average life span of a Bihari is almost on par with the national average.