July 2006
This monthly Newsletter brings you news for international co-operation professionals on economic and social development. Free of charge if you recommend it to other colleagues. Edited by Karsten Weitzenegger, Karsten Weitzenegger Consulting, http://www.weitzenegger.de
CONTENT
- The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006
- Global Development Finance 2006
- One year after Gleneagles: BMZ sees fight against poverty picking up speed
- Reform of German Development institutions
- 2005 Annual Report by KfW Entwicklungsbank and DEG released
- Online discussion at World Bank: Technology and the African entrepreneur
- Towards an EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership
- New reading list: Market institutions and economic growth
- Good Governance - KfW Topic of the Year
- Training and Events
- Publications
- Websites of the Month
1. The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006
The United Nation Report on progress towards the MDGs was released on 3 July 2006. The report presents the latest assessment on how far we have come, and how far we have to go in reaching the goals, in each of the world's regions. With less than a decade left to meet the MDG targets, the United Nations said that there were ''staggering'' obstacles to succeeding and conditions in many poor countries were actually worsening. The report found that while global incidence of extreme poverty has declined, some 140 million more people have entered that category in sub-Saharan Africa. More people are also going hungry in the region, which has seen only modest improvements in child mortality and maternity rates in the past six years. The report noted some improvement in access to primary education and other areas. Source: John Daly.
http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/Progress2006/MDGReport2006.pdf
2. Global Development Finance 2006
A World Bank report says 2005 was a landmark year in globaldevelopment finance. The Global Development Finance 2006 report says net private capital flows to developing countries reached a record high of US$491 billion in 2005. The report shows capital flows between developing countries are now growing more rapidly than those between developed and developing countries particularly in foreign direct investment.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20935894~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
3. One year after Gleneagles: BMZ sees fight against poverty picking up speed
One year after the Gleneagles G8-Summit the German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul strikes a balance which is basically positive: ''2005 has been a key year for the international fight against poverty. The EU adopted a Plan for achieving the international 0.7 % target and a multilateral debt remission was granted for the poorest highly indebted developing countries. The great commitment also of civil society and many artists - such as Bono and Bob Geldof - around the Live-8-concerts has borne fruit.
http://www.bmz.de/en/press/aktuelleMeldungen/20060630_gleneagles/index.html
4. Reform of German Development institutions
German Development Cooperation Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul wants to streamline the country's institutional structure in order to make cooperation more efficient, flexible, and manageable. The Minister now published a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers on models for joining the technical cooperation agency GTZ with the Development Bank KfW. A decision on the merger will be taken later this year.
http://www.bmz.de/de/presse/aktuelleMeldungen/20060707_pwc1/index.html
5. 2005 Annual Report by KfW Entwicklungsbank and DEG released
The Report, which is entitled ''Good governance means fair play'', shows what good governance means to people in development cooperation and how it is actually implemented.
http://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/EN_Home/KfW_Entwicklungsbank/News/Annual_Report.jsp
6. Online discussion at World Bank: Technology and the African entrepreneur
The upswing in African cell phone usage is impressive. Yet for Africa to fully reap the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT), investment in broadband Internet and other robust technology is also necessary. Should African governments focus on expanding low-cost technologies that are easily adopted in both rural and urban areas, such as mobile phones? Or should they target more robust ICT services, such as Broadband and fiber-optic cable, that require heavy infrastructure investment? Are ICT-specific development projects required to enable infrastructure build-out or can ICT needs be met through mainstream financing programs for businesses? How should ICT investment be prioritized in relation to other pressing development needs in Africa?
http://rru.worldbank.org/Discussions/topics/topic74.aspx
7. Towards an EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership
South Africa : On 28 June 2006, the European Commission published a communication entitled ''Towards an EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership''; this proposes a long-term framework for political cooperation between South Africa and the EU
http://ec.europa.eu/comm/development/body/tmp_docs/com_2006_347_en.pdf#zoom=100
8. New reading list: Market institutions and economic growth
Countries need appropriate institutions to sustain and consolidate the move to market-led growth. But which specific institutions will contribute to economic growth? What are the channels through which these institutions positively influence economic development?
The empirical literature on economic growth has developed substantially over the past two decades, drawing on larger and richer databases and utilizing better econometric tools to explain how institutions relate to cross-country differences in growth performance. This reading list highlights some of this research and focuses on the concepts of New Institutional Economics, the link between pro-market institutions and growth, the effects of governance on economic development, and the relationship between democracy and growth.
http://rru.worldbank.org/PapersLinks/Institutions-and-Growth/
9. Good Governance - KfW Topic of the Year
The principle of good governance implies a good political framework, the rule of law and the responsible use of political power and public resources by the state. These are the most important factors to support a sustainable development and successfully combat poverty. Given the huge importance and topicality of the subject KfW Entwicklungsbank has put its focus for the year 2006 on ''good governance'' and wants to give impetus to the discussion.
http://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/EN_Home/Topics/Good_Governance/Events36/index.jsp
10. Training and Events
7th Annual Seminar on Business Services: Private Sector Development - what's next?
http://learning.itcilo.org/entdev/BDSSEMINAR/pub/home.aspx?l=Eng&IdSezione=0
Chiang Mai (Thailand), 18 to 22 September 2006
The Annual Seminar has become an opportunity for field-based practitioners to catch up, quickly and enjoyably, with the latest thinking at the global level, in many areas that touch on their work. As in previous years, the agenda is being put together by Jim Tanburn and Aly Miehlbradt; themes to be covered in the 2006 Seminar include:
- Opportunities at the ''Base of the Pyramid''
- Developing post-crisis economies and markets in pro-poor ways
- Current thinking in developing financial markets
- Learning from service markets in OECD economies
- Stimulating services in very weak and rural markets
- Selecting market interventions for maximum leverage
- Reforming the business environment to enhance competitiveness
- Assessing impacts on small businesses and poverty
- Current thinking in value chain development
- Financial service markets - and BDS
Private Sector Development and Peacebuilding: Exploring Local and International Perspectives
http://www2.gtz.de/wbf/doc/PSDPeace_Berlin_draftagenda.pdf
Berlin, Germany, Sep 13 - Sep 15, 2006
Objectives
- Highlighting the domestic private sector's contributions to peacebuilding in conflict-affected countries
- Exchanging international experiences on private sector development and economic growth in conflict and post-conflict countries
- Facilitating cross-learning between peacebuilding and Private Sector Development (PSD) practitioners
- Promoting international recognition of this new area of development policy and practice
Hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), together with International Alert.
Registration Form: http://www2.gtz.de/wbf/doc/Registration_PSDPeace.doc
Building Financial Systems for the Poor: How Donors Can Make a Difference
http://cgap.org/direct/docs/MaliDonorCourseBrochure_2006_fr.pdf
Bamako, Mali, Oct 30 -Nov 2, 2006 / Training course by CGAP and UNCDF
The training is specifically designed for development professionals, policy makers, and staff who work for international NGOs and investors who would benefit from a deeper understanding of microfinance. The course targets development and government specialists who focus on areas such as pro-poor policies, poverty reduction, economic development, private sector and business development, livelihoods, employment promotion, and gender. It is equally useful for specialists in crisis prevention and recovery, environment, and health who seek a better understanding of how financial services are related to their spheres of work. The training will be held in French. Info: Natasa Goronja, ngoronja @ worldbank.org, Gretel Guzma, gguzman @ worldbank.org
Value Chain Program Design: Promoting Market Solutions for MSMEs
http://www.actionforenterprise.org/training.htm
Thailand , Sep 11 - Sep 15, 2006 / Action for Enterprise (AFE)
Action for Enterprise (AFE) is offering a five-day training workshop that presents the latest methodologies and practice for designing subsector and value-chain programs that incorporate strategies for sustainable impact. Participants will learn how to design programs that result in market solutions to MSME constraints such as market access, input supply, technology/product development, management training, policy reform, and access to finance. Examples will be used from enterprise development programs and practitioners worldwide. The training targets those who wish to improve their facilitation skills and design programs that respect the latest thinking in value chain and market development principles.
Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Course
http://www.oxbiz.org/Oxford%20Events/Social%20Entrepreneruship2.pdf
This course, for practitioners only, will teach the practice of developing social enterprises. Using the Socratic method (questions only), participants will marketing, operations, and the finance of their socially welfare-improving ideas.
Annual Anti-Corruption Program
http://www.icgg.org
University of Passau; October 7-14 2006
The Economics of Corruption - A University Lecture on Good Governance and Reform
Bangkok Conference on Reform of the Business Environment - Call for Papers
http://www.sedonors.org/about/story.asp?newsid=142
Bangkok, 28 November to 1 December
The linked document provides some background on the conference and describes its main objectives and topics of interest. This document also invites donor agencies, governments, private sector representatives, non-government organizations, consultants and academics to submit a brief proposal for any papers they wish to present at this conference.
FIDIC Annual Conference in Budapest
http://www1.fidic.org/news/
The 2006 International Consulting Engineering Conference in Budapest on 24-27 September is designed around three complementary themes that tackle the new challenges in an era of accelerated change.
GTZ Seminar: Strategies and Practices Toward a More Enabling Business and Investment Climate in Africa - Making Reforms Work
http://www2.gtz.de/wbf/doc/Seminar_Report_BEE_SA.zip
On 22-25 May 2005, GTZ hosted a seminar entitled 'Strategies and Practices Toward a More Enabling Business and Investment Climate in Africa - Making Reforms Work'. This seminar followed a similar GTZ-seminar held in Manila in 2005, but was this first of its kind for GTZ in Africa.The objective of the seminar was to provide participants - who were mainly GTZ-funded projects operating in Africa - with practical approaches, tools and methods they can apply in their work which help them better understand, assess and improve the business and investment climate (BIC) for private sector development. The focus of the seminar was on 'making reforms work' - sharing experiences and practices that improve the effectiveness of GTZ-support for BIC reform in Africa.
10th Africa Forum on Rural Development: Programme-based Approaches in Productive Sectors
http://www.africaforum.info
Swakopmund, South Africa, Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2006 /
The forum looks at the particular challenges of the PBA concept when applied to a sector where most of the necessary investment and initiative comes not from public but from private sources. Hosts of this 10 th Anniversary Forum are the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry and the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement of Namibia. Overall coordination is by GTZ. Registration: Witta Kroll, registration @ africaforum.info
Local and Regional Economic Development to Overcome Poverty in Asia
http://www2.gtz.de/wbf/doc/Programme_LRED_Conference_03_May_2006.doc
Vientiane, Lao PDR Nov 22 - Nov 24, 2006 / BMZ, SDC, GTZ, IFAD, ILO, InWent and Cities Alliance
The conference will bring together development practitioners to discuss the experiences, opportunities and challenges for LRED to overcome poverty in Asia. Conference Secretariat: Iris Richter iris.evelin.richter @ web.de
SID International Programme 2006-7
http://www.sidint.org
The Netherlands, 22 -23 October 2006, Society for International Development
International Conference on 'One Year After the UN Millennium Summit' ''Global Security and Sustainable Human Development: Delivering on Our Promises''
The second major SID event leading to the SID 50th anniversary celebrations will bring together leaders of the international development community and the SID network to look at issues such as global security and the respect for freedoms, human rights and national sovereignty. This meeting will feature a critical look at development cooperation, social and economic justice, poverty and security, one year after the World Summit. The two-day Conference will be followed by 'The Day of the UN' celebrations on 24 October and third annual Night of the UN organized by NCDO.
Microfinance Training of Trainers: 3rd Blended Distance Learning Course
http://www.adbi.org/event/1840.microfinance.blended.learning/
Distance Learning 03 August 2006 - 30 November 2006
ADBI, the Tokyo Development Learning Center of the World Bank, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) launched the Microfinance Training of Trainers (MFTOT) Course in 2005. The main goal of the MFTOT is to increase the number of accredited microfinance trainers in the Asia Pacific Region.
Practical Skills and Tools for Microfinance Managers and Consultants
http://www.samtraining.org
Short Course 11 September 2006 - 22 September 2006
The course is designed to provide MFIs with applicable and actionable skills using CGAP and Microsave toolkits as the core curriculum.
11. Publications
The implementation and metamorphosis of the BDS concept,
''From Idea into Action'', GTZ, 2006
http://www.bdsknowledge.org/dyn/bds/bdssearch.details?p_phase_id=525&p_lang=en&p_phase_type_id=6
This publication is a product of a Task Force of GTZ's network. It traces the metamorphosis of thinking in the enterprise development community and more specifically within GTZ over the last 10 years. It shows how an organization that embraces change is able to significantly contribute to the emergence of a new agenda based on market development approaches to increasing the access of the private sector to better and more effective services from public and private organizations. We hope that you will appreciate this candid and analytical reflection of our learning process.
Colonialism, Socialism and Democratization in São Tomé and Príncipe
http://seibert.gulli.to
This secon edition of Comrades, Clients and Cousins by Gerhard Seibert analyses the course of political and economic changes in postcolonial São Tomé and Príncipe. The central issue of the book is towhich extent institutional changes based on externalmodels altered local patterns of political culture and of doing politics. In addition, it examines theoutcome of the consecutive economic policies and development approaches patterned on theses models. This second edition has been completely revised and updated for the period of 1998-2005, including the recent developments in the country's emerging oil sector.
Formalisation of Informal Enterprises: Economic Growth and Poverty
http://www2.gtz.de/wbf/doc/SV-PSD_Formalisation_Informal_Enterprises.pdf
Authors: Esther Ishengoma, Robert Kappel, GTZ 2006
Several studies have reported on factors that impede the formalisation of the IS emphasising the high costs of formalisation and the lack of incentives for operating in the formal sector. Various approaches have been adopted by stakeholders in order to overcome these problems and this paper aims to assess these approaches and the factors related to informality-formality trade-off as well as the matter of formalisation as a solution for firms' growth. By deliberating over the problems faced by informal enterprises and the literature addressing the options for accelerating the formalisation of informal enterprises, the paper will briefly summarise the weaknesses of these approaches. From this point the paper is organised into six sections: Section 2 conceptualises the informality of a firm and highlights factors hindering the growth of informal enterprises. Section 3 addresses barriers to entry into the formal sector with a special focus on the costs of formalisation and the opportunity costs of informality. Section 4 tries to associate informality with poverty and economic growth. Based on the views of scholars and donor and governmental initiatives, section 5 describes measures taken to accelerate the formalisation process. Section 6 is a conclusion and offers recommendations.
Little Book of External Debt 2006
http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=5625826
This first edition of The Little Book on External Debt provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, key debt ratios, and the currency composition of long-term debt for all countries reporting through the Debtor Reporting system. A pocket edition of the Global Development Finance 2006, Volume II: Summary and Country Tables, it contains statistical tables for 135 countries as well as summary tables for regional and income groups.
The Utstein Group - Fiscal Decentralisation and Corruption
http://www.u4.no/themes/pfm/u4issue3_06kolstad.pdf
In the 1990s, decentralisation became a development fad. While the long-term impacts of decentralisation remain to be seen, executive redesign can have significant effects on corruption.
A Participatory and Area-based Approach to Rural Agroenterprise Development
http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/agroempresas/ingles/
This publication provides an overview of CIAT's approach to rural agroenterprise development. The participatory and area-based or ''territorial'' approach is derived from a number of methods and tools that have been developed by the Rural Agroenterprise Development project team and its partners through project work in Latin America, Africa and Asia over the past 10 years. The aim of this set of methods and tools is to meet the entrepreneurial development needs of service providers.
Globalisation, liberalisation, and protectionism: The global framework affecting rural producers in developing countries
http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC22077
This Third World Network (TWN) paper provides an overview of the phenomenon of globalisation and its effects on the conditions of rural producers in developing countries. It begins by outlining the features of globalisation. It argues that globalisation's most important aspect is the ''globalisation of policy making'', and that global rules are a strange combination of liberalisation and protectionism. The paper the discusses recent developments in the WTO, including the proposals in the negotiations on agriculture that have been put forward by leading developed and developing countries. It examines the issue of low and declining commodity prices and their effects on developing countries, using coffee as an example.
Institutions and Economic Performance in Africa:
A Comparative Analysis of Mauritius, Botswana and Uganda
http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/rps/rps2006/rp2006-73.pdf
WIDER Research Paper 2006/73 by Julius Kiiza
This paper examines the relationship between institution building and economic performance in Mauritius, Botswana and Uganda. The rationale for comparing these cases is simple: while the three have been super-economic stars in their own right, they have achieved substantially different outcomes. Mauritius has achieved Asia-type rapid growth, backed by the structural transformation of the economy from colonial commodity production (sugar) to postcolonial higher value-added industrial and information outcomes. Botswana has delivered rapid and sustained growth with no structural economic transformation. Uganda has attained rapid growth for a shorter postcolonial period (since 1992) and with no structural transformation. This paper contends that these cross-national differences largely arise from the presence of developmental nationalism 'plus' Weberian bureaucracies in Mauritius and Botswana, and their absence in Uganda. Contributor: Adam Swallow
Macroeconomic Challenges of Scaling Up Aid to Africa
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/afr/aid/2006/eng/aid.pdf
This International Monetary Fund handbook provides a checklist of the macroeconomic challenges that low-income countries are likely to face if they begin to receive significantly higher official development assistance (ODA) than in the recent past. The checklist, which is derived from a survey of the economic literature, is a tool for developing illustrative macroeconomic scenarios for individual countries in response to a scaling up of aid flows.
Small Enterprise Development - June edition
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/itpub/sedv/2006/00000017/00000002
ITDG Publishing, Volume 17, Number 2, June 2006 / 7/4/2006
Most recent issue of the International journal of microfinance and business development on value chain development.
Is small still relevant? Author: Vandenberg, Paul
Mapping the market: participatory market-chain development in practice. Authors: Albu, Mike; Griffith, Alison
Value chain programmes to integrate competitiveness, economic growth and poverty reduction. Authors: Kula, Olaf; Downing, Jeanne; Field, Michael
Shea kernels from Mali: a value chain case study. Authors: Lusby, Frank; Derks, Eric
From behind the veil: industry-level methodologies for disadvantaged communities in Pakistan. Authors: Jones, Linda; Snelgrove, Alexandra
A retrospective assessment of the Kenya Voucher Training Programme. Author: Hallberg, Kris
Knowledge for Development Program Newsletter, July 2006
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/knowledgefordevelopment
A quarterly publication for professionals interested in the knowledge economy issues, including economic and institutional regime, education, innovation and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). World Bank Institute.
Bringing Pro-Consumer Ideals to the Clien:t A Consumer Protection Guide for Financial Institutions Serving the Poor
http://www.accion.org/pubs/
This ACCION Monograph No. 14. guides institutions through the process of incorporating consumer protection principles into their organizational philosophies and operations. This monograph is part of the pro-consumer initiatives of ACCION International and the MicroFinance Network. The first stage of this initiative was to develop and adopt a Pro-Consumer Pledge in 2004 among network members. The Pledge defines principles to equip microfinance customers with rights - and knowledge of these rights - while minimizing the operating costs so that MFIs can remain sustainable in the long-term. This report outlines tangible ways in which MFIs are currently integrating the ideals of the Pro-Consumer Pledge into their operations.
A business guide to development actors
http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=Nzc5&doOpen=1&ClickMenu=LeftMenu
This resource tool aims to introduce the business managers to potential partners in the development community. It is a first port of call for managers interested in working with a development organization, but unsure of how to begin. The database contains profiles of not-for-profit organizations working in the field of sustainable development.
Actualités des services aux entreprises
http://snipurl.com/t5xb
Ce premier numéro de l'année 2006 inaugure une formule un peu différente, que nous avons pu découvrir au cours de ces six premiers mois, privilégiant davantage l'actualité. Ce numéro multithématique comprend les textes les plus récents sur quelques sujets phares et expériences concrètes des services aux petites entreprises dans les pays en développement. Des tendances en matière de développement du secteur privé au rôle du facilitateur, en passant par l'évolution de l'industrie agroalimentaire mondiale et ses répercussions sur les filières internationales, les différents textes de réflexion proposés permettent d'appréhender les dernières évolutions et les débats actuels dans ce domaine du développement en mutation.
The Private Sector & the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/businessenvironment/rc/filedownload.do?itemId=1066807
Countries lack the incentives and resources to fulfill the implication of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Transparency International has indicated in a recent study that the majority of OECD member-states have not implemented their obligations under the Convention. Private companies that have lost major tenders as a result of corruption may have the resources and incentives to achieve the goals of the Convention. The attached presentation was given at the the National Law School of the University of India (Bangalore).. Contributor: Ethan Burger
Corporate Governance, Innovative Enterprise, and Economic Development
http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/rps/rps2006/rp2006-71.pdf
WIDER Research Paper 2006/71 by William Lazonick
The notion that good corporate governance means maximizing shareholder value derives from the neoclassical theory of the market economy. I explain why this perspective is highly problematic for understanding the operation and performance of the business corporation and hence the institutions that, for the sake of economic development, should govern it. The main problem is that the market-economy perspective cannot comprehend the process of innovation, including the role of the business corporation. I construct a theory of the innovating firm that, when embedded in comparative-historical analysis, provides a basis for analyzing the relation between corporate governance institutions and economic development. Contributor: Adam Swallow.
DFID Development Works
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/development-works.pdf
Every day, every week, every year, DFID, is fighting poverty on behalf of the UK public. This little book of successes highlights 52 case studies, one a week for a year, to show the range of work that DFID supports and the real impact that it is making on the lives of real people around the world.
12. Websites of the Month
ReConnect Africa
http://www.reconnectafrica.com
ReConnect Africa is a publication of Interims for Development, an award-winning Human Resources and Training company providing innovative people solutions for companies operating in Africa. ReConnect Africa is a unique online publication and portal that provides readily accessible information and essential services for employers who recruit, manage and develop African human resources and for graduates and professionals in Africa and the Diaspora seeking opportunities in employment, business and investment in Africa.
acp-eu-trade.org online Database of Experts
http://www.acp-eu-trade.org
To coincide with the beginning of the negotiations of new trading arrangements between the EU and ACP countries, in the form of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), ECDPM's ACP-EU Trade and Economic Cooperation programme has developed and launched a non-partisan website, www.acp-eu-trade.org, offering policy-makers, negotiators and other ACP-EU trade and development stakeholders reliable, comprehensive and up-to-date information resources pertaining to ACP-EU trade matters. This website allows interested parties to access EPA and other ACP-EU trade-related information resources. For more information, contact the ACP-EU-Trade Website team at acpeutrade @ ecdpm.org, to download the registration form, please visit the following link: http://acp-eu-trade.org/expert_database/files/registration_form_experts_database_EN.doc
Trade Matters
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/tradematters/
DFID's Trade Matters explains how trade could help the world's poorest people get out of poverty. Our new on-line guide to Trade Matters features short stories about smarter farming and the dangers of protectionism, but also has a range of suggestions about what you can do to make a difference. external link, opens in new window.
AIDA Online Global Directory of Development Projects
http://aida.developmentgateway.org/AidaHome.do
AiDA online directory of development projects offers the largest available repository of aid-funded projects and programs from around the world. Use it to learn who is doing what, where, and with what funds. It includes 100,000 current projects funded by 200 agencies, plus over 400,000 archived projects.
New Business Development Portal in West Africa
http://www.ghanabusiness.org
Information on a Directory of Ghanaian Business Consultants, Business Registration and Import-Export procedures in Ghana as well as information on Business Planning (3 new business plan templates for start-ups, micro/small and medium enterprises), Trade Fairs, Basic Bookkeeping, Cost Calculation, Marketing, Financing your Business, Taxation, Capacity Building of Business Associations, Supply Markets and Standards and Quality. Source: bds-ethiopia.net
Localdevelopment: Tools and stories for local communities
http://www.localdevelopment.net
The purpose of local economic development is to build up the economic capacity of a local area to improve its economic future and the quality of life for all. It is a process by which public, business and non-governmental sector partners work collectively to create better conditions for economic growth and employment generation
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service
http://www.un-ngls.org
NGLS's new website is more user friendly, features simple navigation for complex searches, and loads quickly. It also provides easier access to reports and other types of information and includes a working site-level search engine.
Association of Guinean Consultants and Evaluators ''Association Guinéene des Evaluateurs (AGEVAL)''
http://www.ageval.org
The AGEVAL Website is specialised on Monitoring and Evaluation (M+E). About 20 Manuals for M+E on Poverty Reduction, M+E on Gender equality, participatory M+E methods and Impact Monitoring Guides from ILO, Worldbank, GTZ, Asian Development Bank, GRET, OECD and EU are in the bibliography and available for download for paying members. A Directory of Consultants gives information on the Guinean Evaluators community. Source: bds-ethiopia.net
Internet portal on Intellectual Property Rights
http://www.iprsonline.org
IPRsonline.org is an Internet portal on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Sustainable Development. It contains a selection of relevant online documents and resources related to IPRs and sustainable development including a guide to IPRs, proposals submitted to the WTO, discussion papers classified by topics, a calendar of IPRs related events, latest news on IPRs, and links to listservs and relevant institutions working on IPRs. Contributor: John Daly
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