03. Journals
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Education for Education...Or for Skills?
( 2011-04)Countries in the developing world were led to believe that education would put them on the path to becoming modern economies�and they responded enthusiastically. Education for All was a powerful message that has led to a veritable transformation of schooling throughout the world. -
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South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu
( 2010-10)African countries, like Nigeria, with an emerging information technology (IT) industry, are examples of how globalization has opened up vast new opportunities. Information technology and business process outsourcing is a multibillion dollar talent-driven industry with a market that is still untapped. Africa is keen on exploring this new frontier which has the potential to create thousands of quality jobs for its young people. But to do so, it must nurture the right skills. Where can these be found? -
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The Bogotá Spirit : South-South Peers and Partners at the Practice-Policy Nexus
( 2010-10)On a warm evening in late March of this year, more than 500 enthusiastic delegates from around the world poured out of the Chamber of Commerce building in Bogot�, with a shared vision that South-South cooperation would reshape today�s development cooperation landscape. Despite the Colombian capital�s dizzying altitude of 2,800 meters, their zeal for effective South-South knowledge exchange and mutual learning left the participants of the Bogot� High Level Event on South-South cooperation and Capacity Development clear headed and with a long list of ideas, projects and plans, for their countries and regions, and for their multilateral, parliamentary, civil society, and research organizations. -
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South-South Knowledge Exchange as a Tool for Capacity Development
( 2010-10)South-South Cooperation (SSC) has been gaining momentum as an effective mode of development assistance, complementing the more traditional North-South approach. The Accra Agenda for Action (AAA), agreed at the High Level Forum3 (HLF3) on aid effectiveness in September 2008, underlined the importance of SSC for the benefits it offers both aid recipients and providers. This exchange of development experiences, whether it takes place between governments, organizations or individuals, holds great potential. -
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Mobile Technology : One Core Lesson, Many Possible Solutions
( 2010-07)Over half of people in poor countries, including a quarter of those over the age of 14 in Afghanistan, use mobile phones. -
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Putting Nairobi's Slums on the Map
( 2010-07)The streets of Kibera, one of the largets slums in Africa, are narrowly winding pathways strewn with garbage, divided down the middle by streams of sewage and waste that make walking treacherous. -
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Design Thinking for Social Innovation
( 2010-07)Designers have traditionally focused on enchancing the look and functionality of products.