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 6 Oct 2011 @ 22:42
Genetic engineering with its state of the art R&D has been developing in the Philippines since the 1960s yet. The birth of the International Rice Research Institute in 1964, which its international sponsors decided to base in Laguna, Philippines, provided a huge impetus to the birth and growth of the life sciences using genetic engineering methodologies. More >
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6 Oct 2011 @ 22:41
One may wonder whether countryside dengue patterns would differ much from urban dengue in the ‘emerging markets’. As studies in Vietnam have shown, dengue incidences in both rural and urban areas hardly differ in the country. More >
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5 Oct 2011 @ 06:48
Algeria gained independence from France way back in 1962 yet, and many 3rd world countries showered Algeria with accolades for the audacity shown in expunging a Western power. Such an independence hasn’t been translated though into waging audacious initiatives aimed at producing scientists & science professors, building research capital expenditures, broadening research journal publications, and linking science & technology directly to market and enthused end-users. More >
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4 Oct 2011 @ 22:23
There is a good news coming from the stakeholders of the G20 nations: the enthusiasm on food security research. This is a most welcome move, and let’s hope for sustained action on funding, launching and disseminating food security research & development results. More >
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4 Oct 2011 @ 07:28
Uganda is seemingly cold about tapping World Bank funding for its latest development initiatives. Among all sectors that will be hit by the decision is science & technology. Accordingly, the backlash of the lackadaisical attitude is apathy towards science by the broad public. More >
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4 Oct 2011 @ 07:26
Unbridled free market capitalism, the last stage of ‘late’ capitalism, has finally experienced a meltdown. The meltdown of 2007 through 2008 has shown that the system is unsustainable in the long run, and the search for a way out is too tough a task. More >
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3 Oct 2011 @ 22:24
Attaining development in the ‘sustainable’ criterion is a truly daunting task. Two development paths were traversed in the 20th century, with the USSR and USA serving as polarity of exemplars: socialism (statist) and capitalism (unbridled market). Extreme in their approaches to development, both models are now seen as unsustainable in the long run. More >
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3 Oct 2011 @ 22:22
INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY DAY HIGHLIGHTS
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
Warm greetings to fellow global citizens!
September 15 was marked as the celebration of the International Democracy Day. In Latin America, this was correspondingly met with a summit on regional security by Latin American countries. Just about couples of weeks before that, the ASEAN convened for its annual consensus-building with the extra highlight of dialogue between the ASEAN and China.
International democracy is not just about forging stronger democratic governance for each state across the globe. Such a pattern has in fact seemed to be the compass of governance, as former tyrannies disheveled while Arab dictatorships are facing militant regime-change rebels in the MENA.
International democracy also refers to the conduct of nation-states in their day-to-day interaction with each other. The world lacks a global government to serve as central institutional administrative hub, so we have to contend with an ‘anarchy of nation-states’ now and in the foreseeable future. In the absence of global government, we all have to do with treaties and covenants, from binding to non-binding ones, and observe civility in our conduct across the borders.
New power arrangements are now being crafted, as the shift from unilateral power hegemon to multi-polar arrangement is taking place. That is truly a difficult road to traverse, though a viable one at the least. For as long as we are all talking with each other across borders, we can forge international democracy in its widest latitude possible.
Below are some highlights of the latest celebration as reported by the UNDP.
[Philippines, 01 October 2011]
Source: [link]
International Day of Democracy
15 September 2011
Democratic governance is a cornerstone of the United Nations Development Programme’s work, instrumental to empowering nations and communities in 177 countries and territories around the world and advancing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Our results
Fostering inclusive participation
For the January 2011 Southern Sudan Referendum, UNDP worked through the UN Integrated Referendum and Electoral Division to:
• manage donor funds of more than US$56 million in international assistance;
• procure 3,160 registration kits, 7.5 million ballots and 8,500 polling booths;
• deliver polling materials via commercial trucks, helicopters and air drops.
UNDP also supported voter education and media training, and deployed more than 500 electoral observers to 62 counties during the voter registration period. More results >
Promoting responsive governing institutions
In Georgia, UNDP supported the Legal Aid Service in opening 11 offices and three consultation centres across the country, near populations most in need of legal services. In 2010, the service received more than 20,000 applications for assistance. UNDP also supported training of lawyers and the public on civil rights. More results >
Mainstreaming international principles
In Afghanistan, women won 27 percent of parliamentary seats, exceeding a 25 percent quota reserved for them at September 2010 elections, following a programme of UNDP electoral assistance that included awareness raising and training on gender-related issues. More results >
Our stories
Record number of voters ready
A record number of more than 7.3 million Guatemalans registered to vote ahead of Guatemala's presidential elections on 11 September. More
More than 30 million Congolese register to vote
UNDP trained some 31,000 Electoral Commission and temporary staff to conduct various functions for the upcoming presidential and assembly vote, including registration and updates to the existing register. More
TV production to boost youth civic participation
A mass media campaign in Cambodia empowers young adults aged 15-24, targeting three million of voting age ahead of local elections next year and a national election in 2013. More
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2 Oct 2011 @ 22:25
The West/North is on the decline, even as their governance institutions are getting to be more dysfunctional by the day. It seems all so suddenly that the exemplars for democratic governance of the yesteryears left a huge vacuum in the world community, thus challenging the planet to expand on the key stakeholder base that can serve as pillars of global democratic governance. More >
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2 Oct 2011 @ 22:24
The previous note covered the speech of Helen Clark of the UNDP who graced the occasion of the regional security meet of Latin Americans held in Mexico. As per assessment of the UNDP experts, crime is the greatest source of regional security threats in the whole Latin Americas. More >
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