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Bypass NGOs for funding, says academic - 30-01-2008
Overseas aid charities have dismissed an academic's suggestion that donors should be able to bypass third sector groups and give money directly to the Department for International Development.
Meg Russell, a political researcher at UCL, made...
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Davos 2008: What can we expect? - 23-01-2008
Over the next five days, the tiny Swiss ski resort of Davos will host its annual invasion of the powerful, rich and famous, filling the rarefied atmosphere with opinion, policy and not a little of their own hot air.
This year, more than 2,50...
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New wave of development institutions needed - 16-01-2008
Because universities in developing countries have failed to address the growth of environmental degradation and poverty, new institutions are needed, say Kamaljit S. Bawa, Ganesan Balachander and Peter Raven.
Writing in Science, they say un...
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Wal-Mart Wood Threat to Siberian Tiger Habitat - 09-01-2008
"Global retail giant Wal-Mart is selling products made from illegally logged timber – in turn threatening the habitat of the highly endangered Siberian tiger, new EIA evidence has found.
The report and undercover video evidence show that the...
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