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Esquire runs business innovation competition for students
February 17, 2015 4:57
As an extension of its vision to enhance economic development, Philippine-based Esquire Financing Inc. has launched “Fueling the Dream: A Business Competition”. The competition aims to gather university and college students who would like to contribute to sustainable development through planning socially and environmentally relevant ventures. It also aims to foster a culture of learning... ...Stakeholder meeting- COPE Helvetas Laos project on tea in Phongsaly
February 16, 2015 12:54Stakeholder meeting- COPE Helvetas Laos project on tea in Phongsaly
Part 1- watch carefully and guess whats the video is about. watch part 2 and you…
February 16, 2015 10:27Part 1- watch carefully and guess whats the video is about. watch part 2 and you will know the answer
ADFIAP lectures at Asian Eximbanks Forum’s training program
February 16, 2015 3:27
ADFIAP, represented by its Secretary General, Mr. Octavio B. Peralta, made a presentation on ADFIAP members’ work on infrastructure finance before 35 participants from 17 Asian countries during the 29th Asian Exim Banks Forum (AEBF) training program on “Delivering Infrastructure Projects using the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Model” held on February 11, 2015 in Tagaytay City,... ...ADFIAP invited to ADB-APAN climate risk management workshop
February 14, 2015 13:07
On invitation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), ADFIAP represented by its Secretary General, Mr. Octavio B. Peralta, participated and moderated a session in the one-and-a-half day workshop on “Climate Risk Management Workshop in Planning and Investment Projects” held at the ADB Headquarters on February 9-10, 2015 with 40... ...$5 Million for Co-op Development in Madison, largest allocation by a U.S. municipality
February 13, 2015 18:23The city of Madison (Wisconsin, US) approved in November 2014 a plan, “Co-operative Enterprises for Job Creation & Business Development”, authorizing the municipality to spend $1 million each of five years starting in 2016 to fund “cooperative/worker-owned business formation for the purposes of job creation and general economic development in the city.” This allocation is... ...
CCEDNet Member Marty Donkervoort Named One of “50 Most Talented Social Innovators”
February 13, 2015 0:23
Marty Donkervoort has been honoured by the World Corporate Social Responsibility Congress by being listed as one of the “50 Most Talented Social Innovators.” Marty is a member of the Canadian CED Network, UWinnipeg teacher in the Faculty of Business and Economics (a course on social enterprise) and in the Urban and Inner-Book: Ghana’s Adjustment Experience: The Paradox of Reform
February 13, 2015 0:00Ghana has been widely quoted as an example of successful adjustment in Africa. This has been followed more recently by a successful transition to democracy. This book offers analysis of what factors have impelled these changes and how they can be interpreted.
Journal article: “Oil boom, human capital and economic development: Some recent evidence” in The Economic and Labour Relations Review
February 12, 2015 0:00This article highlights and assesses orthodox responses to three crucial questions in political economy, namely: the role of human capital in the process of economic development, how this role transforms during a period of resource abundance and what is the place of education in empowering labour to reclaim or transform surplus value.
Are you a young venture (under 2 years old) using technology to create positive…
February 11, 2015 20:07Are you a young venture (under 2 years old) using technology to create positive impact?The Hello Tomorrow Challenge might be for you, check it out!Hello Tomorrow Challengehello-tomorrow.orgA global start-up competition covering all major fields of technology
Study tour heads to India
February 11, 2015 13:27
This year Oikocredit’s annual study tour will head to India. Groups of volunteers, members and investors will travel across southern and eastern India to visit Oikocredit partners. The tour will begin in Hyderabad and then split into groups that will travel for seven days from 15 to 21 February. The annual tours give Oikocredit investors,... ...Wonder…. What FTL staff doing at Namchang Village. After coaching on accountin…
February 11, 2015 7:49Wonder…. What FTL staff doing at Namchang Village. After coaching on accounting in the morning- our Fiance manager is going to harvest cassava with villagers for dinner tonight or probably for breakfast ( tomorrow). Before meeting with the group again this evening.
Arrived Namchang village, Bokeo- they are making plate mat- ordered by Ma Te Sai
February 11, 2015 7:46Arrived Namchang village, Bokeo- they are making plate mat- ordered by Ma Te Sai
