This article argues that although the Paris Declaration is an important step in establishing an international consensus on aid, its ability to make aid work in the long term is questionable without the availability of publically available, reliable, qualitative and quantitative information on civil society organisations (CSOs). This type of transparency and accountability it is argued will serve to increase democratic ownership and accountability as well as provide a useful tool for donors, gov more...

El Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones (PPD) de ICAA es un esfuerzo orientado a financiar el desarrollo de capacidades de los pueblos indígenas y el fortalecimiento de sus organizaciones, mediante concurso público. Se espera así contribuir a un mejor manejo y conservación de sus territorios, los cuales constituyen cerca del 20 % de la extensión total de bosques amazónicos. El PPD fomentará también la consolidación de alianzas entre los diversos actores involucrados en la conservación y ma more...

This report documents the impact of corruption in the water sector, with case studies from all around the world offering practical suggestions for reform.

It provides a snapshot of corruption-related developments in thirty-five countries from all world regions.

It also presents summaries of corruption-related research and highlighting innovative methodologies. It reveals that there are several encouraging initiatives from all over the world that demonstrate success in tackling water corrup more...

The IASC guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings offer essential advice on how to facilitate an integrated approach to address the most urgent mental health and psychosocial issues in emergency situations. It includes sections on:

- Coordination
- Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Protection and Human Rights Standards
- Human Resources
- Community Mobilisation and Support
- Health Services
- Education
- Dissemination of Information
- Food Secur more...

Anastasia Ndanu is the proprietor of the Kuwait Fuel Station in the township of Mbumbuni, in Kenya. In addition to fuel, Ndanu also sells kerosene for domestic use. Mbumbuni township has no electricity so most of the area residents depend on kerosene for lighting and cooking.
Ndanu, a holder of a diploma in Applied Biology from the Kenya Polytechnic in Nairobi, attributes her success in the business to sheer drive. She graduated in 1997 and, seeing no jobs forthcoming, started devising her own more...

The extent of the poverty in many developing and transformation countries does not reduce the need of people who are unemployed in the industrialised countries, for instance in Germany, who only find precarious employment, or who must survive as poor people in a rich country. One thing should however not be set off against the other. At the same time, there is a narrowing of the viewpoint in many debates in Germany and in other industrialised countries where heated debates are going on regarding more...

In this month' issue, the following topis are covered:
 Community starts Indigenous tourism plan
 Tourism Boom Threatens Antarctica
 Andaman Island: tourism yes or no?
 Accessible Tourism gains attention in Europe and Asia
 Human Rights violations for tourism development in Latin America continue
 Insight Chiang Mai
 Announcements

Since the dawn of the new Millennium, several promises have been made by Africa’s development partners as part of an overall effort to scale up resources for development in the region. The Monterrey Consensus, the World Summit Outcome, the Paris Declaration and the G8 Gleneagles Declaration capture the main commitments in this area. These commitments were driven by the need to accelerate progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We are now at the midway point between th more...

Despite the enormity of the commitments and declarations that have been made since the Monterrey Consensus was adopted, there is concern that very limited progress has been made in honouring the commitments and hence meeting the key goals of the Consensus in the six core areas. G-8 leaders acknowledged these concerns in their 2006 Summit in St Petersburg as well as in the Heiligendamn Summit held in 2007. It was also the main reason for their decision to launch the Africa Progress Panel (APP) in more...

Le paysage de l'ensemble du continent africain se transforme. Les cimes enneigées des monts Kilimandjaro, Kenya et Elgon fondent. Les rivages des lacs Tchad, Tanganyika et Victoria reculent; la superficie du lac Tchad est actuellement le vingtième de celle d'il y a 35 ans. Les changements climatiques, qu'on présume être la cause du problème, sont un phénomène bien concret pour la population africaine. Ces changements et bien d'autres encore ont déréglé les saisons de culture et réduit more...