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The European Perspective And Experience In Promoting Regional Development, Robert C. Shelburne Nov 2008

The European Perspective And Experience In Promoting Regional Development, Robert C. Shelburne

Robert C. Shelburne

A presentation in Doha, Qatar at the UN Follow-up Conference on Financing for Development which provides a European perspective on the Doha and Monterrey documents regarding financing for development. The European approach to cooperation and integration is based upon a similar set of principles. New developmental issues that need more attention include remittances, climate change, and the implications of the financial crisis for the European development model and the design of the international monetary system.


Corruption And Development In Nigeria: A Multidisciplanary Journal, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp Nov 2008

Corruption And Development In Nigeria: A Multidisciplanary Journal, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp

Dr Ozy B.Orluwene,JP

Abstract This paper offers a detail commentary on the state of corruption in Nigeria. It examined the phenomenon in its various dimensions. It posits that because of monstrous proportion it has assumed in Nigeria, it has hampered growth and development.


Chapter 16: Applied Anthropology Of Law, Postscript - Update Apr09-Jan10, Wolfgang Fikentscher Jan 2008

Chapter 16: Applied Anthropology Of Law, Postscript - Update Apr09-Jan10, Wolfgang Fikentscher

Wolfgang Fikentscher

Inclusive online updates jan10. Chapter 16 focuses on applied anthropology and contains a renewed appeal, directed to the younger generation, to become engaged in culture-pertinent legal work. Currently much debated issues are ethnocentrism, modes of thought, identity, inalienable rights, problems related to the US, Europe, and Islam, as well as multicultural, ecumenical, foreign aid, and comparative issues. Applied anthropology is the use of anthropology in a prescriptive sense. Anthropologists are sometimes asked to prepare economic or political steps to be taken by international organizations, national governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), foreign aid groups, military planners, environmental expert teams, trade unions, etc. …


Of Reverie And Emplacement: Spatial Imaginings And Tourism Encounters In Nepal Himalaya, Francis Khek Gee Lim Jan 2008

Of Reverie And Emplacement: Spatial Imaginings And Tourism Encounters In Nepal Himalaya, Francis Khek Gee Lim

Francis Khek Gee Lim

No abstract provided.


Development And Its Discontents: The Case Of The Pak Mun Dam In Northeastern Thailand, Erik Martinez Kuhonta Jan 2008

Development And Its Discontents: The Case Of The Pak Mun Dam In Northeastern Thailand, Erik Martinez Kuhonta

Erik Kuhonta

No abstract provided.


Strengthening Livelihoods In Sahelian West Africa: The Geography Of Development And Underdevelopment In A Peripheral Region, William G. Moseley Jan 2008

Strengthening Livelihoods In Sahelian West Africa: The Geography Of Development And Underdevelopment In A Peripheral Region, William G. Moseley

William G Moseley

No abstract provided.