Report of the Secretary-General

Substantive session of 2012. New York, 2-27 July 2012. Item 2 (b) of the provisional agenda*

High-level segment: Development Cooperation Forum

 

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

(Full text: Book_brazilian_cooperation%20WEB.pdf

The universal character of Brazil’s international insertion consolidated the country’s presence in debates on a wide range of issues and the sharing of best practices. In this context, the perceived need to…

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Organizada por el Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación de la  Universidad Complutense de Madrid (IUDC-UCM) y la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)

http://www.aecid.es/es/agenda/2011/11-noviembre/2011-11-29jornadassursur.html…

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Agencia Brasileira de Cooperação (website)

 

Brasil e Fundação Gates se unem para melhorar a segurança alimentar

http://www.abc.gov.br/lerNoticia.asp?id_Noticia=610

 

Brasília, 01º de novembro de 2011 – Hoje, o Governo brasileiro, por meio da Agência Brasileira de Cooperação (ABC), assinou Memorando de Entendimento com a Fundação Bill & Melinda Gates que tem…

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 Economic and Social Council

2011 Substantive Session

Coordination segment

Item 6 (a): Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

PANEL DISCUSSION

“Building on Istanbul: Financial support for development efforts of LDCs,including through…

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Better vision for Africa - with help of India



By Devirupa Mitra



New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Forty-three-year-old Keerti Pradhan, a health management specialist, went to Africa for the first time in 2000. Since then, he has become passionate about applying India's success in the eye care sector to Africa.



He has been helping Africans improve their vision through low-cost Indian technology. And with Indian private companies now flocking to Africa, Pradhan hopes one of… Continue

In partnership with the Ideas for Development blog, the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) is launching an online debate that will contribute with inputs for the forthcoming IBSA Academic Forum, which will be hosted by IPC-IG on 12-13 April in Brasilia, Brazil.



We invite you to participate in this discussion and reflect about the following issues:





- What is the role of the emerging countries in shaping world politics?… Continue

By Han Fraeters, Manager, Knowledge Exchange, The World Bank Institute



This article originally appeared in the UNDP's South-South In Action Winter 2009 newsletter; the newsletter has yet not been published online.



Developing country policymakers have gained a great deal of experience and insight on how to formulate and implement policy on the ground. But an invaluable asset base of wisdom and good practice has remained largely untapped.



The Accra… Continue