Download the second Tanzania Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative reconciliation report (in PDF).
It covers the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 and was carried out from 6 October 2011 to 15 April 2012 by BDO East Africa, Tanzania in association with Paulsam Geo-Engineering Limited in accordance with terms of reference as established in the Request for Proposal referenced ME/008/TEITI/C/06.
Local Economic Development (LED), focusing on the unique characteristics and resources of a territory and the inclusion of a variety of local actors, is a winning approach for self-empowered, long-term development of even remote rural areas.
Young people in rural areas are the future of agriculture and other rural industries, but often lack the guidance and support necessary to fully contribute to the development of their communities, thereby fuelling the vicious cycle of rural underdevelopment and poverty. Acknowledging and addressing their needs and aspirations is vital for local and national growth.
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_182750.pdf
Addressing the Youth Challenge, Perspectives on Youth Employment in the Arab World in 2012 is a collection of essays by members of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Arab World. The report is published to provide a direct response to the Arab world’s uniquely high level of youth unemployment in order to help sustain the early economic gains in terms of political stability and economic promise that have followed in the wake of the Arab Spring.
These cover the following topics: social innovation and new approaches to the employment challenge, determinants and challenges of the current youth unemployment situation, female economic empowerment, building Arab civil society to promote economic growth, access to credit, the economic agendas of Arab Islamist parties, education for employment, and a paradigm shift in government – from creating jobs to enabling job creation
Turning Big Data - call logs, mobile-banking transactions, online user-generated content such as blog posts and Tweets, online searches, satellite images, etc. - into actionable information requires using computational techniques to unveil trends and patterns within and between these extremely large socioeconomic datasets. New insights gleaned from such data mining should complement official statistics, survey data, and information generated by Early Warning Systems, adding depth and nuances on human behaviours and experiences - and doing so in real time, thereby narrowing both information and time gaps.
This paper does not offer a grand theory of technology-driven social change in the Big Data era. Rather it aims to delineate the main concerns and challenges raised by “Big Data for Development” as concretely and openly as possible, and to suggest ways to address at least a few aspects of each.
This publication examines some of the key threats posed by hyperconnectivity and what should be done about them. Produced in collaboration with Deloitte, the report provides a multistakeholder perspective on ways to deal with increasing cyber attacks and to improve corporate governance.
Aimed at executives, non-specialists and experienced practitioners alike, the report discusses key aspects of cyber resilience such as information sharing, trust and the economics of cyber security. It offers a number of recommendations for the private and public sector, urging both to engage in a structured discussion on corporate responsibility and balanced policy to strengthen global cyber resilience.
This document addresses the wide range of physical effects—with serious implications for investors and businesses—that climate change has already started to cause. It is designed as a guide to help chart a course for companies to disclose and manage risks, acknowledging that companies are already experiencing business impacts from weather-related phenomena that climate change is expected to make more common and/or intense.
The document provides: (i) publicly-traded companies with detailed and specific guidance on physical climate risk disclosure and risk management steps; and (ii) investors with guidance on the types of information they should expect of companies to manage portfolio risks related to physical climate change impacts. It is also aimed to be used by the public and policymakers seeking to better understand the critical issues concerning physical climate risks and strategies to adapt to, prepare for, and become more resilient to climate impacts.
The Amnesty International Report 2012 documents the state of human rights during 2011. In five regional overviews and a country-by-country survey of 155 individual countries and territories, the report shows how the demand for human rights continued to resound in every corner of the globe.
http://files.amnesty.org/air12/air_2012_full_en.pdf
This policy brief summarizes the central themes arising from an e-discussion among members of the AfricaAdapt network. The participants considered the following question: What are the impacts of climate change on smallholder farming and how are farmers coping with or adapting to these impacts?
Representatives from grassroots community groups, academia, and extension organizations shared their experiences of how climate change is affecting smallscale farming. The group suggested four major policy recommendations.
It is one of the terrible ironies that some of the world’s poorest countries are the most resource rich. It is very easy to blame corrupt authoritarian regimes in these countries but we need to remind ourselves that the ownership of many of these companies is often European or North American. Indeed, the role of extractive companies is particularly controversial. We all know of oil or logging companies that have made vast profits from countries whose people remained poor. At the moment, unscrupulous companies are able to profit from a veil of secrecy. Nobody knows who they are paying and how they are doing it. As a result, there is often unfair competition, corruption and, indirectly, poverty.
Although it is important for EU countries to meet their investment and aid commitments, the truth is that the value of the Third World’s natural resources greatly outweighs foreign aid. According to the Publish What You Pay campaign, at $393 billion, exports of oil, gas and minerals from Africa in 2008 were worth nine times the $44 billion provided in international aid and over 10 times the $37 billion of exported agricultural produce.
This book reviews the experience with one specific though widely introduced approach to funding general education, namely per capita financing (PCF), in six countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region in an effort to learn which outcomes were achieved and how. Per capita financing is a type of formula funding of schools-funding characterized by a set of agreed objective criteria for allocating resources to schools, that provides schools fixed amounts of financing based on the numbers of students enrolled. Five of the six case study countries, Armenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and the Russian Federation, were chosen primarily since they represent ECA countries with relatively long experience in implementing PCF schemes. The hope is that, as a result, the likelihood of observing the outcomes of per capita financing is higher. Since per capita financing replaced a school budget allocation process (input-based or normative budgeting) that was non-transparent and conducive to inefficient use and inequitable allocation of resources, the main expected outcomes of the per student finance reform were improved efficiency, equity, and transparency and accountability of public education expenditures.
The German government-owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (giz.de) has recently published a Manual and an accompanying Toolbox on 'IT Sector Promotion in Developing and Emerging Countries'. These publications address the challenge of maximising the contribution of the IT industry in such countries towards growth and income generation. Both the Manual and the Toolbox are based on German development cooperation experience in promoting IT sectors in several regions (like the Balkans region, Latin America, Subsaharan Africa and Southeast Asia). Moreover, they contain a methodology and a set of practical tools to promote the IT industry in developing and emerging countries. Last, but not least, a strategic roadmap for IT sector promotion is provided, which can be flexibly adapted to possible changes in resources, global markets and technologies.
http://star-www.inwent.org/fetch/5iNg5X001j00g8Yw0Q/giz2011-0475en-it-sector-promotion-manual.pdf
World Health Statistics 2012 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets.
This year, it also includes highlight summaries on the topics of noncommunicable diseases, universal health coverage and civil registration coverage.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of hunger in the world. Until this situation improves, the human development prospects of millions of Africans will remain at risk. UNDP’s first Africa Human Development Report shows that food security and human development reinforce each other.
If African countries are to realize their long-term potential, the report says, they must boost agricultural productivity to both improve the availability of food and reduce poverty. Policies to enhance nutrition are central to ensuring that access to food translates into human development. The report argues further that local populations must have the resources and decision-making power to produce and consume nutritious food throughout the year, overcoming the risks represented by continuing conflict, climate change and variations in food prices.
These drivers of change, by ending the ravages of hunger and malnourishment, will nurture capabilities and conditions for human development. A well-nourished and empowered population, in turn, is more likely to seek education, participate in society and expand its productive and human potential. With the right policies and institutions Africa can sustain this virtuous cycle of higher human development and enhanced food security.
