Originally posted on CDS-WBI discussion :
Donor governments, international NGOs and agencies have witnessed an increasing flurry of activity in departments that are dealing with programme delivery in recent years. The search is on for finding the most effective programmes that will reduce poverty within a…
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The solitude of an academic in the world of Italian politics
Prof. Mario Monti was nominated senator for life in late 2011 by the Italian president Giorgio Napolitano. This move allowed our president to assign to Prof. Monti the task to establish a new government after the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi at the time when Italy… Read More
2012 in review for Tambobo Bay 1210 and Imagines
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,400 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 6… Read More
Six years of jail to scientists for L’Aquila earthquake. Trial against science?
Six Italian scientists have been found guilty for having given insufficient warning to residents of L’Aquila about the seismic risks they faced ahead of earthquake that hit the city in the night of 6 of April 2009. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3 and… Read More
New AusAID research strategy 2012016 is now online
The new research strategy of AusAID for the period 2012-16 is now online. AusAID funds research to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development. Good research leads to greater development effectiveness and AusAID has been a strong supporter of practical, policy-relevant social science research into development… Read More