New for 2009: Chiang Kai-shek revisionism. Granite Studio lays out, without endorsing, the case: For example, today’s CCP, like the KMT of the 1930s, emphasizes modernization, a strong military, and urban development often at the expense of rural areas. Like...
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BloodAndTreasure on 3rd May 2009 (via bloodandtreasure.typepad.com)
So this is what Owen is up to now….check out the Development Drum. A series of podcasts from the depths of East Africa.On, um, development, as you might imagine.
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TimWorstall on 20th Sep 2008 (via timworstall.com)
The EU can greatly contribute to the success of a UN platform on sport for development thanks to its experience in carving out sport policy, Wilfried Lemke, special adviser to the UN secretary-general on sport for development and peace, told EurActiv in an interview.
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EurActiv on 3rd May 2010 (via euractiv.com)
contribution byJohn Hilary Aid is not development. Whatever the relationship between the two, development is determined by historical forces and political choices at a far higher level than aid. When you vote and want to help alleviate poverty across the world - don't just ask how much money the parties want to offer as aid.
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LiberalConspiracy on 18th Apr 2010 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
When agonising about how to make poverty history, nothing is sacred - not even the millennium development goals (MDGs).
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PoliticsCoUk on 14th Jul 2008 (via politics.co.uk)
International Development - Official UK expenditure on international development by recipient, type of aid and sector for 2007/08.
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UKStatistics on 2nd Oct 2008 (via dfid.gov.uk)
A government-owned overseas development company which was criticised for "excessive" salaries is to be overhauled.
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BBCPolitics on 31st May 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
In reality, there is not one single part of government – or the whole of the public sector, for that matter – anywhere in the UK where sustainable development has as yet been properly mainstreamed. And by properly mainstreamed, I suggest DEFRA continues to use the old Sustainable Development Commission
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TimWorstall on 16th Aug 2010 (via timworstall.com)
A long time ago I wrote a report about development at Aston Down near Minch - see it here - it looked at the site to see if it was a sustainable development opportunity or an unsuitable site for development in 55 hectares (136 acres) of an Area Of Natural Beauty(AONB) - it was an eye-opener for me - and I learnt a lot about how Council's work - well that was 4 years ago - the issue has now come
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RuscombeGreen on 29th Jan 2009 (via ruscombegreen.blogspot.com)
BASF, the German chemical group, is to relocate its genetically modified plant development to the US
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FT on 16th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
Via Julia, this: Less than a week after becoming international development secretary, Andrew Mitchell began fulfilling his pledge to ensure value for money on aid by cutting development education projects. As part of "a drive to re-focus aid spending", Mitchell today announced an immediate funding freeze on five development "awareness projects", a move expected to save the department more than £5...
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MrEugenides on 19th May 2010 (via mreugenides.blogspot.com)
