Politics of the African Union mini The NewPartnership for Africa s Development NEPAD is an economic development program of the African Union . NEPAD was adopted at the 37th session of the Assembly of Heads ... on the NewPartnership for Africa s Development , edited by Patrick Bond, Africa World Press, 2002 The NewPartnership for Africa s Development Challenges and Developments , Centre for Democracy and Development ... Partnership for Africa s Development on 23 October 2001. NEPAD is now a program of the African ... Partnership for Africa s Development NEPAD An Initial Commentary by Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University ... on Nepad by an academic institution. Category African Union Category NewPartnership for Africa ..., promote sustainable growth and development, integrate Africa in the world economy, and accelerate ... owned framework for development as the foundation for partnership at regional and international ... initiatives on economic reform and development programs. Partners UN Economic Commission for Africa UNECA African Development Bank Development Bank of Southern Africa DBSA Investment Climate Facility ... on Africa IDC The Industrial Development Corporation Sponsor of NEPAD Programs The eight priority ... Africa Agriculture Development Programme CAADP , aimed at assisting the launching of a green revolution in Africa, based on a belief in the key role of agriculture in development. The NEPAD ... in Africa as playing into the Washington Consensus model of economic development. In July 2002, members ... intellectuals in the 2002 Accra Declaration on Africa s Development Challenges. ref http codesria.org Archives Past events declaration on africa.htm Accra Declaration Declaration on Africa s Development Challenges . Adopted at end of Joint CODESRIA TWN AFRICA Conference on Africa s Development ... 983 1027 Economic Policy and Conflict in Africa in Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Vol.2 .... Origins and function NEPAD is a merger of two plans for the economic regeneration of Africa ... more details
The NewPartnership for Africa s Development E School Programme run by NEPAD aims to provide computers and internet access to all schools in Africa within 10 years, and also to set up health points to tie in with Nepad s E Health program. The project was launched in 2003 at the African Economic Summit in Durban . The aim is to cover all high schools within 5 years of the start of implementation and all primary schools within 10 years, a total of some 600,000 schools. In June, 2005, at the World Economic Forum World Economic Forum Africa Summit in Cape Town , it was announced that the first school to benefit from the program would be Bugulumbya Secondary School in the village of Busobya , Uganda . A consortium of companies led by Hewlett Packard is to equip the school in collaboration with the Ugandan government. A demonstration project involving various private companies is planned to take place over 12 18 months in 16 countries including Algeria , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Egypt , Gabon , Ghana , Kenya , Lesotho , Mali , Mauritius , Mozambique , Nigeria , Rwanda , Senegal , South Africa and Uganda. External links http www.nepad.org 2005 news wmview.php?ArtID 30 nepad.org report http www.itweb.co.za sections business 2005 0506011101.asp?S All 20Africa 20News&A AFN&O SLF itweb.co.za report http www.miningweekly.co.za min essentials careers ?show 68321 mininweekly.co.za Category African Union Category Education in Africa Category NewPartnership for Africa s Development AfricanUnion stub ... more details
Refimprove date July 2009 The Global Partnership Initiative on Urban Youth Development in Africa GPI is an initiative started by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme to address challenges faced by the youth of African cities. It operates the One Stop Youth Resource Center in Nairobi, a combination space including meeting areas, computer labs, and a resource center. External links http www.unhabitat.org categories.asp?catid 531 UN HABITAT s youth website DEFAULTSORT Global Partnership Initiative On Urban Youth Development In Africa Category Youth development organizations org stub ... more details
Infobox Journal title Africadevelopment Afrique et d veloppement cover discipline Africa language English French website http www.codesria.org Links Publications ad contents africadevelopment contents.htm link1 link1 name publisher CODESRIA country Senegal abbreviation AD history 1976 Present frequency Quarterly ISSN 0850 3907 eISSN Jstor OCLC LCCN AfricaDevelopment is the quarterly bilingual journal of CODESRIA published since 1976. It is a social science journal whose major focus is on issues which are central to the development of society. Its principal objective is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among African scholars from a variety of intellectual persuasions and various disciplines. The journal also encourages other contributors working on Africa or those undertaking comparative analysis of developing world issues. Indexing information The journal is indexed in International Bibliography of Social Sciences , International African Bibliography , African Studies Abstracts , and Abstracts on Rural Development in the Tropics . References reflist http ezb.uni regensburg.de detail.phtml?bibid AAAAA&colors 7&lang en&jour id 66903 Electronic Journals Library EZB http atoz.ebsco.com titles.asp?Id 2749&sid 167573239&TabID 2 AtoZ electronic journals focused on Africa NAI http opc4 ascl.pica.nl DB 3 SET 7 TTL 50 CMD?ACT SRCHA&IKT 1016&SRT YOP&TRM ppn 308203070 Catalogue ASC Leiden http ajol.info index.php ad African Journals OnLine AJOL External links http www.codesria.org Links Publications ad contents africadevelopment contents.htm Category African studies Category Publications established in 1976 ... more details
The Partnership for Child Development PCD seeks to improve health and nutrition in school age children and youth in low income countries, and thereby improve their education. It was formed in 1992 to bridge gaps between academia, funding bodies and the education and health sectors in low income countries. It utilises the academic expertise of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology , in St Mary s Hospital, London at Imperial College London where it is based, and is funded by international development organisations. The organization s activities are demand led PCD helps low income countries meet their school health needs using the findings of evidence based research and international funds. PCD is a knowledge institution which creates and shares information. It conducts operational research showing how interventions can be implemented and evaluated at the country level, for example enabling mass treatment of children for common infections such as hookworms and bilharzia described in chapter 58 of Jamison et al., 2006 . PCD also facilitates the sharing of knowledge between academia, governments and agencies at both national and international level, through web sites, mail lists and a global network of partners. In recent years, a major focus of this work has been assisting educators and health professionals to work together to help schools respond to the threat that HIV&AIDS poses to education, health and poverty alleviation. A major function of PCD is capacity building, by means of courses and workshops. These include An annual short course in school based health, nutrition ..., ed. 2006. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd ed. New York Oxford University Press ... site http www.schoolsandhealth.org sites westafrica Pages default.aspx West Africa Network Site http www.schoolsandhealth.org sites eastafrica Pages default.aspx Eastern Africa Site Category Public health ... Development organizations Category Youth development organizations ... more details
The National Rural DevelopmentPartnership NRDP is a collaborative effort by representatives of the federal, state, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and the nonprofit sector to promote rural development across the nation. The principal component of the Partnership is the State Rural Development Councils . The Partnership was authorized by the 2002 farm bill P.L. 107 171, 6021 as an amendment of the Consolidated Agriculture and Rural Development Act of 1972 7 U.S.C. 2008m . The law authorizes appropriations of 10 million per fiscal year 2002 2006 for the Partnership. See also National Rural Economic Development Institute External links http www.rurdev.usda.gov nrdp Website . Category 2002 Farm Bill Category Agriculture in the United States US org stub ... more details
AfricaPartnership Station is an international initiative developed by United States Naval Forces Europe Africa, which works cooperatively with U.S. and international partners to improve maritime safety and security in Africa as part of US Africa Command s Security Cooperation program. AfricaPartnership Station, or APS, is a strategic program designed to build the skills, expertise and professionalism of African militaries, coast guards and mariners. APS is not limited to one ship or platform nor ... ship to deploy to Africa under AfricaPartnership Station it deployed from February 2009 to May 2009 ... Naval Forces Europe Africa website http www.africapartnershipstation.com AfricaPartnership Station ... Africa, the United States, Europe, and South America. APS activities consist of joint exercises, port ... nations of Africa. The focus is on building maritime capacity of the nations and increasing the level ... Africa when the USS Robert G. Bradley visited Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya. Over the summer of 2009 ... visited East Africa, bringing APS once again to the East coast of Africa and expanding the range ... continued the APS mission in West and Central Africa. While APS Swift conducted a series of training ... Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership or AMLEP the name used to replace the LEDETs mentioned above ... will again be making banner deployments. This time USS Gunston Hall will visit West and Central Africa and a 2 ship flotilla will visit East Africa at virtually the same time. The East Africa mission will include USS Nicholas and HSV Swift. Generally, few people in Africa know about this initiative ... in Africa, some people think APS was created to protect US oil interests in Africa. This is not the case ... Africa on APS in Kenya http www.newtimesonline.com content view 18985 147 Ghanaian Times on illegal ... 02.html America.gov on New Partnerships to Tackle Piracy http www.janes.com news defence naval jni ... p07s03 woaf.html Christian Science Monitor http www.economist.com world mideast africa displaystory.cfm ... more details
orphan date October 2009 The Global Youth Partnership for Africa is a nonprofit organization seeking to foster educational opportunities for the children of northern Uganda , spread information about HIV AIDS prevention in Uganda n society, and provide initiatives for women s empowerment. It was founded in October 2003 by Jeremy M. Goldberg, an American, and Joseph Bagambaki, a Ugandan. GYPA hosts youth summits, the Kimeeza, volunteers and immersion trips to Uganda, and other parts of Africa. See also Uganda Conflict Action Network Lord s Resistance Army Uganda Human rights in Uganda Internally displaced person External links http www.gypafrica.org Official Web site http www.guluwalk.com GuluWalk Official Web site DEFAULTSORT Global Youth Partnership For Africa Category International nongovernmental organizations Category Humanitarian aid organizations Category Peace organizations Category Human rights organizations Category Organizations established in 2003 Category Organisations based in Uganda ... more details
Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Seventh Report 2001 ref , resulting in three concept cars that demonstrate the feasibility of a variety of new automotive ... http www.nap.edu books 030907603X html Review Of The Research Program Of The Partnership For A New ... Council s final report on PNGV http www.algore.org node 585 Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles ... overcame many challenges and has forged a useful and productive partnership of industry and government ... Department of Energy publication New concept cars demonstrate clean, efficient transportation technologies ... fuel cell powerplants. Specific new technology breakthroughs achieved under the program include ..., Science, and Technology by Dr. Claude Gravatte, Director PNGV ref Development of carbon foam ... R&D 100 Award Development of a compact microchannel fuel vaporizer to convert gasoline to hydrogen for fuel cells 1999 R&D 100 Award Development of aftertreatment devices to remove nitrogen oxides from ... funded research and development to the automotive industry . http www.nader.org releases 63099.html ... mi m0CYH is 5 5 ai 71836367 Elizabeth Kolbert in her article in the 2007 11 05 New Yorker http ... more details
The Partnership for a New American Economy is a coalition of business leaders and mayors launched by Mayor Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch to influence public opinion and policymakers toward comprehensive immigration reform. The partnership will enable Mayors and CEOs to demonstrate to policymakers the vital role that immigration plays in our economy by publishing studies, conducting polls, convening forums, and sponsoring public education campaigns. ref name NYC.gov cite web title MAYOR BLOOMBERG JOINS MAYORS AND BUSINESS LEADERS TO FORM PARTNERSHIP FOR A NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY publisher NYC.gov location New York, NY url http www.nyc.gov portal site nycgov menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0 index.jsp?pageID mayor press release&catID 1194&doc name http 3A 2F 2Fwww.nyc.gov 2Fhtml 2Fom 2Fhtml 2F2010a 2Fpr287 10.html&cc unused1978&rc 1194&ndi 1 format HTML accessdate 2010 07 02 ref Among other goals, the partnership will pursue Congress and the White House to enact legislation which will create a path to legal status for all undocumented immigrants now in the United States . ref name wcbstv cite news last first title Bloomberg, CEOs Push Immigration Reform NYC Governor, Major CEOs To Join Together To Form Immigration Coalition publisher CBS wcbstv.com date 2010 06 24 url http wcbstv.com local bloomberg.ceos.immigration.2.1769853.html accessdate 2010 07 02 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref The partnership will seek to influence by publishing studies, conducting polls, convening forums, and sponsoring public education campaigns . ref name NYC.gov class wikitable style text align center Co Chairs of the Partnership for a New American Economy Name Affiliation Mark Hurd Chairman, CEO and President of Hewlett Packard Robert Iger President and CEO, Walt Disney Co. J.W. Marriott, Jr. Chairman and CEO of Marriott International, Inc. Jim McNerney Chairman, President and CEO ... Partnership for a New American Economy References reflist DEFAULTSORT Illegal Immigration ... more details
The New West Partnership is set of agreements that Economic integration integrate the Canadian provinces of Alberta , British Columbia and Saskatchewan . They were created on April 30, 2010. It is composed of the New West Partnership Trade Agreement NWPTA the New West Partnership International Cooperation Agreement the New West Partnership Innovation Agreement Trade Agreement The New West Partnership Trade Agreement NWPTA is an internal trade agreement that seeks to integrate the economies the three provinces. It is frequently characterized by supporters, critics, and the media as an extension of the pre exsiting Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement TILMA between British Columbia and Alberta which was signed on 28 April 2006, and provides a virtual economic union between the those two provinces. However the provincial government of Saskatchewan under the Saskatchewan Party s Brad Wall has said that the NWPTA provides more equitable treatment for Saskatchewan s Crown corportations which was one of the main public complaints that prevented Saskatchewan from joining TILMA in 2007. ref http www.globallethbridge.com money Hubich assails Sask Party over labour stance 3741172 story.html ref ref http www.journalofcommerce.com article id38826 ref ref http www.sherwoodparknews.com ArticleDisplay.aspx?e 2815756 ref The press release describing the NWPTA s creations describes it as quote a comprehensive agreement to remove barriers to trade, investment and labour mobility between British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The agreement covers all public sector entities, including government ministries and their agencies, boards and commissions, Crown corporations, municipalities, school boards and publicly funded academic, health and social service organizations. ref http www2.news.gov.bc.ca news releases 2009 2013 2010PREM0093 000508.htm ref The New West Partnership Trade Agreement came into effect on July 1, 2010. Alberta and British Columbia already complied with the terms ... more details
Wikify date November 2010 Partnership for New York City is an American investment fund whose president and CEO is Kathy Wylde. ref name cityhall cite news url http www.cityhallnews.com newyork article 1679 with surrogates unprepared effort to sell cathie black has its stumbles.html title With Surrogates Unprepared, Effort To Sell Cathie Black Has Its Stumbles author Andrew J. Hawkins work City Hall date 2010 11 22 ref Nine of its board members are billionaires including Rupert Murdoch . ref name forbes cite news url http www.forbes.com 2010 11 17 billionaire boards rockefeller koch kravis black wealth.html title Billionaires On Board Nonprofits With The Wealthiest Directors author Clare O Connor work Forbes date 2010 11 18 ref External links http www.pfnyc.org Partnership for New York City Official Website References Reflist Category Funds Wikipedia stub ... more details
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa , previously known as Donors to African Education , is a network and partnership established by a World Bank initiative in 1988. It groups Ministries of Education, international Development Agencies, NGO s and education specialists. It currently focuses on helping Ministers of Education and funding agencies to coordinate their efforts to create successful education policies based on African leadership. ADEA has also become aware of the informal sector s relevance, and thus recognized the need for increased vocational school training as a way to help the informal sector. http www.inwent.org ez articles 170988 index.en.shtml Diverse forms of learning ADEA is based in Tunis at the African Development Bank AfDB since August 1st, 2008. ADEA publishes a newsletter ADEA newsletter to inform about its activities. Programs Programs include The Africa Education Journalism Award , launched in 2001 Biennial Meetings of Ministers of Education, development agency representatives and related professionals. Meetings 2003 held in Grand Baie , Mauritius , with a theme of Improving the Quality of Education in sub Saharan Africa 2001 held in Arusha , Tanzania with a theme of Reaching Out, Reaching All Sustaining Effective Policies and Practices for Education in Africa . 1999 held in Johannesburg , South Africa , with a theme of What works and Whats new in Education Africa Speaks Prospective, Stock Taking Review of Education in Africa Identifying Effective Responses to HIV AIDS Intra African Exchanges References reflist http www.adeanet.org Category International nongovernmental organizations Category Education in Africa ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Partnership for Democracy and Development in Central America PDD is a multilateral forum to support democratisation and development in Central America . See also Office of Central American Affairs DEFAULTSORT Partnership For Democracy And Development In Central America Category International organizations of the Americas Category Organizations of the Americas poli org stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 The Research Institute for Development, Communication and School Partnership RIDCSP , is a non governmental, non profit, and non political organisation that was founded in Cameroon in 1999. This organisation obtained authorised status on the 14th of November 2001 following the government recognition of its activities. This organisation operates in the rural and urban areas of Cameroon. Its aims are to coordinate the exchange of ideas and opinions between students and teachers of schools, to alleviate poverty , to open libraries in rural and urban areas, to fight against the spread of HIV AIDS , and to promote sustainable development , human rights especially for women and children, and communication and information technology in Cameroon. DEFAULTSORT Research Institute For Development, Communication And School Partnership Category Cameroonian society Category Education in Cameroon Category Non governmental organizations Edu org stub Cameroon stub ... more details
skills needed to participate in the global dialogue about rights, development, and peace. Partnership Women s Learning Partnership is made up of WLP International in the USA and 22 autonomous and independent ... on Development Action External links http www.learningpartnership.org Women s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace official site Women Can Do It Campaigns http learningpartnership.org ...Image Wlp logo.png thumb Women s Learning Partnership WLP is an international non profit , non governmental organization that is dedicated to women s leadership and empowerment . In cooperation with 18 autonomous partner organizations in the Global South , particularly in Muslim majority societies, WLP works to empower women to transform their families, communities, and societies. The organization ... the capacity of our partner organizations. Background Since its founding WLP has established a partnership ... social network networking and solidarity capabilities. The Partnership is based on a relationship of intense and continuous communication and ongoing cooperation in the conception, development, implementation ..., facilitate sustainable development, and promote peace. WLP links those with access to resources, knowledge ..., and nation is essential for achieving socially equitable and environmentally sound development ... Mahnaz Afkhami , Founder and President, Women s Learning Partnership Iran U.S. Leila Ahmed, Professor ... from the Ford Foundation , Oxfam Novib, Canadian International Development Agency , Global Fund ... World Radio Women e merging Stories of Women Using Communication Technologies in Africa and the Middle ... Education and Development Services CEDS Egypt http www.learningpartnership.org partners egypt Forum for Women in Development FWID India http www.learningpartnership.org partners india The Centre ... on Development Action CRTD.A Malaysia http www.learningpartnership.org partners malaysia Women s Development ... Category Women s rights organizations Category Feminist organizations Category Development ... more details
unreferenced date May 2010 Development Southern Africa , the journal of the Development Bank of Southern Africa , publishes articles that reflect innovative thinking on key development challenges and policy issues facing South Africa and other southern African countries. Infobox Journal title Development Southern Africa cover discipline Regional developmentdevelopment social sciences South Africa Southern Africa language website http www.tandf.co.uk journals titles 0376835x.asp link1 http www.informaworld.com smpp title content t713413745 db all link1 name Online access publisher London Carfax country abbreviation None history 1984 present frequency 5 issues per year ISSN 0376 835X eISSN 1470 3637 Jstor OCLC LCCN Category African studies journals Category Taylor & Francis academic journals ... more details
Image U8 Development.jpg thumb right 250px U8 logo The U8 Global Student Partnership for Development is a student led global university network. Founded in 2005 by students in the wake of the Make Poverty History campaign, it provides an impartial platform for students to learn, share ideas and attempt to make a positive impact on the least developed parts of the world. It currently has 50 member universities in countries such as Bulgaria , Ethiopia , India , Tanzania and the UK . The U8 seeks to work towards a world of in which leaders and professionals understand and engage with international development issues. Etymology The U8 takes its name from the 8th of the Millennium Development Goals to develop a global partnership for development. The name is also a play on the G8 , with a strong contrast drawn between the exclusivity of the G8 and the inclusivity of the U8. Activities The U8 arena allows for sustained, unbounded discussion both online and face to face at local, national and international levels. It is hoped that by connecting students from around the globe, their understanding of complex issues and their ability to reflect upon, appraise and challenge policy and practice will be increased. Local activities include speaker events, such as the Warwick International Development ... with CUiD and Oxford University International Development Courses ref cite web url http ... for International Development s 2005 White Paper, and a paper from 2006 was published in an Indian ..., and there are also Feature Forums where high profile development professionals reply to members posts on a particular topic. 3. Blogs Written by members and professionals on development issues ... To facilitate learning partnerships based on knowledge exchange and joint analysis of development ... discussions and deliver their own recommendations. 4. Promoting awareness and understanding of development ... Development A founding member of the U8. Category Student organizations ... more details
Infobox Journal title Journal of social development in Africa cover discipline Africa Zimbabwe social development social welfare language website link1 http digital.lib.msu.edu projects africanjournals html browse.cfm?colid 5 link1 name Free online access 1986 2003 publisher Harare School of Social Work country Zimbabwe abbreviation None history 1986 present frequency biannually ISSN 1012 1080 eISSN 1726 3700 Jstor OCLC LCCN The Journal of Social Development in Africa is a biannual journal which focuses on social development issues as they affect the poor and marginalized in Sub Saharan Africa. References reflist http ezb.uni regensburg.de detail.phtml?bibid AAAAA&colors 7&lang en&jour id 82085 Electronic Journals Library EZB http opc4 ascl.pica.nl PPN?PPN 057412626&LNG EN Catalogue ASC Leiden Category Sociology journals ... more details
The Development Bank of Southern Africa DBSA is a Development Finance Institution wholly owned by the government of South Africa ref name kt cite news title Innovative funding instruments and strategies finance the Bank s projects url http www.kzntopbusiness.co.za 2005 Top Business Portfolio Public Services Development 20Bank 20of 20South 20Africa.htm publisher Kwazulu Natal Top Business Portfolio accessdate 2007 12 12 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref that focuses on investments and joint ventures partnerships in public and private sector financing. Approximately 86 of loans are for infrastructural development throughout Sub Saharan Africa . The bank also funds entrepreneur ial ventures. Among the enterprises the bank has funded are Mzoli s , a restaurant bar and gathering place in the township South Africa township of Gugulethu outside of Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town . ref name yr cite web publisher Youth Radio url http www.youthradio.org international mktplace060207 mzoli.shtml accessdate 2007 09 17 author Unathi Kondile title Mzoli s Meat date archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070806172524 http www.youthradio.org international mktplace060207 mzoli.shtml Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 08 06 ref Notes reflist References http www.dbsa.org DBSA website http www.mbendi.co.za orgs cac0.htm DBSA profile at Mbendi Category Development finance institutions Category Organisations based in South Africa Category Government of South Africa SouthAfrica gov stub Africa org stub fr Banque de D veloppement d Afrique du Sud ... more details
The World Bank AfricaDevelopment Indicators ADI is a compilation of data, assembled by the World Bank , representing over 1,400 indicators of Economic developmentdevelopment in Sub Saharan Africa . Methodolgy and scope The data is updated annually from a variety of sources with datasets being available from 1960 onwards. Topics covered by the ADI are, for example, national accounts, balance of payments , trade , demography , health , education , transport , energy and the environment and the Millennium Development Goals . ref http www.esds.ac.uk international support user guides wb adi.asp Economic and Social Data Service ESDS website, dataset guide , retrieved September 15, 2009 ref The World Bank aims at giving a broad picture of development across Africa, including 53 countries in five different country groups. ref http go.worldbank.org U4SNSH1FC0 World Bank, Statistics in Africa , retrieved September 15, 2009 ref While most of the data is provided by the World Bank, a lot of it comes from different sources which is then put together under the ADI. With the contribution of organisation such as the International Monetary Fund IMF , the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV AIDS UNAIDS , the International Road Federation IRF and the International Telecommunication Union ITU , the World Resources Institute WRI , the International Labour Organisation ILO , the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD , etc. it is possible to provide information on this extremely high level of detail which is one of the key features of the ADI. ref http go.worldbank.org IH6NLHRGY0 World Bank, 50 Things You Didn t Know about Africa , retrieved September 15, 2009 ref Accessing ... External links http siteresources.worldbank.org INTSTATINAFR Resources LDB Africa 12 2 08.pdf World Bank, The Little Data Book on Africa , retrieved September 15, 2009 http siteresources.worldbank.org EXTSTATINAFR Resources ADI 200809 essay EN.pdf World Bank, ADI 2008 2009 Youth and Employment in Africa ... more details
Refimprove date March 2009 Northern Africa Railroad Development started in the 1850s. In Egypt , a rail line between Alexandria and Cairo had been completed in 1856, three years before work began on the Suez Canal . On May 14, 1858, a train ferry rail carriage ferry on this line played a decisive role in Egyptian history. Someone overlooked the normal precaution of securing the wheels of one carriage with chains only one carriage crossed at a time , and this carriage fell into the Nile , drowning Prince Ahmed, heir apparent to the throne of Egypt. This resulted in Ahmed s brother Isma il Pasha Ismail being put on the throne. Planning Ismail saw himself as a builder. He took out huge loans and earned a lot of money from long staple cotton , the production of which had quintupled, and the price quadrupled because of the American Civil War . Among Ismail s list of projects were convert 910 mi km of new railroads, stretching convert 231 mi km southwards from Cairo to Assiut , and including the first line in the Sudan , to Khartoum . Ismail s railroad plans were to wait more than 30 years before they were realized. Construction Image Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Project Gutenberg eText 15306.jpg thumbnail right 150px Horatio Kitchener Image CecilRhodes.jpg thumb right 150px Cecil Rhodes In 1896, Major Horatio Kitchener decided to build the railroad Ismail had planned, but this railroad was not to bring civilization to the Sudan or to transport cotton, as Ismail had planned, but to feed and supply the army in the Sudan for the Mahdist War . Gauge The man who approved the expenditure for the railroad, Lord Cromer , assumed that the railroad would be narrow gauge presumably something like 2 0 or 2 6 , to save money. Kitchener, however, insisted on the Cape gauge of convert ... , in the Sudan. See also Portal Africa Cape Cairo Railway Transport in Egypt North Africa References Ibid date May 2010 Reflist Category History of Africa Category Rail transport in Africa Category ... more details
POV date April 2010 Infobox organization name New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good image nepfb.jpg image border size alt caption map msize malt mcaption abbreviation motto formation extinction type status purpose headquarters location region served membership language leader title leader name main organ parent organization affiliations num staff num volunteers budget website http www.newevangelicalpartnership.org remarks The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good NEP is a faith based nonprofit group that offers a renewed Christian public witness for the sake of the Gospel and the common good . ref cite news url http www.newsweek.com id 232669 title Redemption last Miller first Lisa date January 28, 2010 work Newsweek accessdate 26 April 2010 ref ref cite news url http www.ledger enquirer.com 2010 02 06 1003416 are evangelicals moving away from.html title Are evangelicals ... work The Catholic Leader accessdate 26 April 2010 ref Mission statement The New Evangelical Partnership ... Christian relations. The nonprofit describes itself in three ways cquote We are an evangelical partnership ... committed to the evangel , the good news of God s love for the world in Jesus Christ. We are a new evangelical partnership, in that We aim to be an alternative to the past generation s old partisan and ideological ... culture and contributed to gridlock rather than constructive problem solving. We represent a new ... of journalists and observers as a new evangelicalism for the 21st century. We are a new evangelical partnership for the common good, in that We are the kind of evangelicals who care about human ... arrangements of an unjust world. ref http www.newevangelicalpartnership.org ?q node 4 About Us by New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good , retrieved April 25, 2010. ref Members Founders Richard ... Cizik Notes and references Reflist External links http www.newevangelicalpartnership.org New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good website Category Evangelical parachurch organisations Category ... more details
The Development Planning Association of South Africa DPASA was a professional town planning institute formed by South African planners critical of apartheid prejudice within the South African Institute of Town and Regional Planners . The DPASA was founded in January 1994. In 1996, however, both the South African Institute of Town and Regional Planners and Development Planning Association gave way to the South African Planning Institute . This new institute incorporated within its objectives that showed clear support for the values of post apartheid South Africa, and the SAITRP was dissolved. ref http www.saplanners.org.za new docs THE 20PLANNING 20PLAYING 20FIELD 20AFTER 2010 20YEARS 20OF 20DEMOCRACY.pdf The Planning Playing Field After 10 Years Of Democracy , Christine Platt, July 2004 ref References references Category Defunct organisations of South Africa Category Professional planning institutes ... more details
Infobox Company company name Land and Agricultural Bank of South Africa company logo company type Parastatal owner Government of South Africa slogan foundation 1912 location Pretoria , South Africa key people num employees industry Finance assets products Loans homepage http www.landbank.co.za Homepage Land and Development Bank of South Africa LADBSA is a government owned development bank in the Republic of South Africa . The bank was established as a development finance institution in 1912 by the Government of South Africa . The main objective of LADBSA is to promote and finance development in the agricultural sector of the economy of the country. ref http www.landbank.co.za About Land and Development Bank of South Africa ref See also List of banks in South Africa Economy of South Africa List of banks in Africa Pretoria References reflist External links http www.landbank.co.za Website of LADBSA Economy of South Africa Category Banks of South Africa Category Companies of South Africa Category Banks established in 1912 Category Companies established in 1912 Category Economy of South Africa Category Pretoria Bank stub Africa bank stub SouthAfrica stub ... more details
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