UNDP's International Poverty Centre (IPC) has created a new section in their website where all their publications are easily accessible, listed by country and region.
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The World Malaria Day raises awareness about this devastating disease which:
The World Development Indicators (WDI 08) publication was launched last Friday. This is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2008 WDI includes more than 900 indicators organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. Watch the Press Conference This one-week Internet course is targeted specifically at trade practitioners in small or medium South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka, Pakistan, and Maldives). Its goal is to provide useful insights and better understanding of trade facilitation, transit, and logistics constraints preventing optimal export diversification in those countries. Apply on-line. Deadline to apply is April 18th.
The April Issue of the World Bank Institute's magazine Development Outreach is out. It features a special report on Climate Change. You can access it on-line. For more information on Climate Change, check also the World Bank's website.
Economic studies and theories on discounting and uncertainty hope to determine the relative costs and benefits of climate change in the future. Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow shared his views on discounting for projects that have payoffs in the deep and uncertain future, at a presentation at the World Bank last week. Also Nobel Prize winner Thomas Schelling provided critical commentary. The World Bank Institute's Trade Program is organizing an E-learning course on Export Development and Diversification. 9 modules concentrated in 5 weeks, starting on may 5th, 2008. Apply on-line. Deadline to apply is April 18th. April issue of the International Poverty Centre's Poverty in Focus is dedicated to Poverty and Social Impact Analysis. PSIA: Gauging Poverty Impacts. If you want to learn more about PSIA, check also the World Bank's PSIA website. The World Bank Institute (WBI) has created WBI alumni, a web page for alumni from our courses (face to face, via video conference or E-learning). You can sign up to receive their quarterly newsletter, to stay informed about WBI initiatives, events, publications, and other resources. Stay tuned for the announcement here of an Internet "Export Development and Diversification" course. Coming soon. The World Bank organized today a discussion on the linkages between migration, remittances and development, on the occasion of the launching of the Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008.
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