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The EITI, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the global standard for transparency of revenues from natural resources, is holding its 2013 Global Conference in Sydney, Australia.  Launched... Show More + in 2003, the EITI promotes and supports improved governance and transparency in resource-rich countries by ensuring companies publish what they pay and governments publish what they receive in an EITI report.Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Musa Sada, was quick to demonstrate the value of signing onto the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.Speaking at the opening session of the 6th global EITI conference in in Sydney, Australia, Musa Sada said EITI audits had revealed $2 billion in underpayments to Nigeria. It was money he said that had been recovered and channeled into the country’s infrastructure.There are now 39 countries around the globe which have joined EITI – the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative – which requires full disclosure of taxes Show Less -

A maneira como as pessoas veem TV mudou de vez em três bairros pobres de João Pessoa (PB). E isso não é porque há novela nova ou outro programa diferente no ar.  Em dezembro passado, um novo serv... Show More + iço de televisão digital foi apresentado a 100 famílias beneficiárias do Brasil sem Miséria. O sistema interativo lhes dá acesso a uma série de serviços públicos, como informações sobre saúde, educação financeira, programas sociais, empregos e capacitações. Para ver tudo isso, basta apertar os botões do controle remoto.“Agora posso procurar um emprego ou um curso sem sair de casa”, diz a cabeleireira Edineide Santos. “Antes as pessoas tinham que pegar pelo menos um ônibus para ir até o posto do Sine (Sistema Nacional de Empregos).”Facilidades onlineAs informações a que Edineide se refere são transmitidas pela Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC). Todo o conteúdo passa por um satélite que se comunica com antenas instaladas em cidades com mais de 100 mil pessoas. Essas antenas, por sua vez, l Show Less -

Life is not easy on the streets of the so-called “risk zones” of San Salvador.  For years, youth gangs, or maras, have controlled these areas to mug, threaten and extort locals, and as recruiting... Show More + grounds for new members. For a long time, residents there were at the mercy of the gangs.Bryan, a twenty-something Salvadorian, knows these “hoods” all too well. “It is quite a dangerous area…” he says. So much so that “we began to think we wouldn’t survive to see another day,” says Cristina, a student who lives in one of these hot neighborhoods.Hope for a safer future, though, is in the air: melodies and tunes from the apt fingers and vocal chords of these young Salvadorians taking up music lessons to keep away from trouble.To offer kids an alternative to gang life, a Bank supported project attempts to keep at-risk youth busy through cultural and musical activities.  The initiative also encourages them to develop skills in music and the arts.The program ambitious goal:  is to c Show Less -

La Moskitia, tierra de historias y leyendas en la costa caribeña de Honduras, ya no es considerada tierra de nadie. Sus dueños, las comunidades indígenas originarias, en especial los Miskitos, han &nb... Show More + sp;recibido el título que los acredita por primera vez como propietarios  de ese territorio y les da el poder de manejar sus recursos a la vez que les compromete a cuidar el medio ambiente.Todo comenzó en 2004, cuenta Enrique Pantoja, especialista en administración territorial del Banco Mundial. Fue ese año que el Gobierno de Honduras aprobó una ley de propiedad de tierras que en uno de sus capítulos reconoce las propiedades colectivas de los pueblos indígenas.¿Pero cómo hacer la demarcación y la titulación? “Cuando el gobierno decidió comenzar el proceso de reconocer los derechos territoriales de los pueblos indígenas,  buscamos los países donde estos procesos estuvieran más avanzados  para aprender de sus experiencias”, explica Pantoja.Es así como con el asesoramiento Show Less -

Монгол улсын түүхэнд байгаагүй эдийн засгийн өсөлтт гарах төлөвтэй байгаа ирэх таван жилд Дэлхийн Банк Группэс үзүүлэх дэмжлэг дээрх стратегиар тодорхойлогдож байна.Гишүүн улсын энэхүү Түншлэлийн стра... Show More + тегийг Монгол Улсын Улсын хөгжлийн түүхэн мөчид баталлаа. Эдийн засаг нь дэлхийд дээгүүр бичигдэх хурдаар өсч, зэс, алт, нүүрсний ордуудыг эдийн засгийн эргэлтэнд оруулснаар түүхэнд байгаагүй хугацаанд дунд орлоготой улсын ангилалд аваачих болно.Гэхдээ ирж байгаа хөгжлийн замд томоохон эрсдэлүүд тулгарах болно. Иймд макро эдийн засгийн тогтвортой байдлыг хангаж, байгалийн нөөцийг зөв стратегиар ашиглах нь чухал ач холбогдолтой байна. Өнөөдөр явагдаж байгаа олборлолт, хөгжил цэцэглэлт цаашдын үеийнхэнд хүрч үлдэх ёстой.Дэлхийн Банкны Группын Түншлэх стратеги нь Монгол Улсын Үндэсний хөгжлийн цогц бодлоготой бүрэн уялдсан билээ.дүрсэн дээр дараад стратегийн тухай мэдэж авна уу：  Show Less -

Nombrar a la primera dama Nadine Heredia embajadora del año internacional de la quinua fue el primer paso de una serie de actividades para hacer de este grano un producto bandera del Perú. En med... Show More + io de la campaña global, una de las principales actividades fue producir un espacio para difundir las bondades y datos de interés de este alimento de alto valor nutritivo. Es así como se creó a comienzos de 2013 quinua.pe, un sitio web que brinda información y atiende consultas de diferentes públicos, entre ellos productores, organizaciones, universidades y consumidores.La quinua tiene como característica un elevado valor proteico que fluctúa entre el 12.5% al 16.7%, superando a otros cereales como el trigo, el maíz y el arroz. En el Perú, Puno es el principal productor de este alimento con aproximadamente el 82% de la siembra. Le siguen en orden de importancia: Junín, Arequipa, Cusco, Huancavelica, Ancash, Ayacucho y Apurímac. En el 2012 la producción de quinua en el país superó las 44.20 Show Less -

LIBREVILLE, May 21, 2013 - A seminar was held recently between World Bank experts and members of the Gabonese Government in Libreville, the capital of Gabon, to assist the country in identifying the weaknesses... Show More + in its tax system and propose ways to improve it.    The seminar had four objectives: (i) to set up a neutral, transparent tax system; (ii) to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises by reducing their tax burden, if necessary; (iii) to improve the system of tax and customs incentives; and (iv) to simplify and modernize the procedures for the payment of taxes and duties.The World Bank is supporting the reform of the tax system in a specific context. In 2011, in order to relieve the tax burden, the Gabonese Government decided to forego (by allowing exemptions) 46.4% of customs revenues and more than CFAF 200 billion in revenues in order to stimulate growth, with an emphasis on a considerable influx of private investment. At the same time, the Government eased the Show Less -

En la tercera semana de la diversidad biológica en México se conmemoró el inicio del proyecto gubernamental “Sistemas productivos sostenibles y biodiversidad”, con la presencia  de la Secretaría ... Show More + del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de México (SEMARNAT), la Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (Conabio) y el Banco Mundial.El proyecto, que cuenta con una donación del Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial a través del Banco Mundial, apoyará a casi 7000 pequeños productores para que combinen actividades productivas y la preservación y conservación de la biodiversidad, en seis estados del país: Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Oaxaca, Tabasco y Chiapas."Hemos pasado ya de un entendimiento de cómo funcionan estos ecosistemas, y cómo  podemos aprovechar estos recursos naturales, a una organización con las comunidades locales," dijo Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo, Subsecretario de Planeación y Política Ambiental  en la SEMARNAT. "Tenemos qu Show Less -

KINSHASA, May 20, 2013—Along the Nlandu road to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital city Kinshasa, small businesses are springing up and local entrepreneurs are thriving. This is because Nlandu... Show More + road is newly renovated.“The occupancy rate in our hotel, which was almost zero before the renovation of avenue Nlandu, is now 80 percent,” says Adrien, a hotel manager along the main road. “Most of our guests come from other communities and they are the ones who are most surprised by the quality of the road.”The Nlandu road, along with several other arterial roads leading into Kinshasa, was rebuilt as part of the World Bank-financed Emergency Urban and Social Rehabilitation Project or PURUS. The US$180 million project included the rehabilitation of 40 kilometers of road in Kinshasa, 30 of which are completed and the last ten kilometers will be completed by the end of May. Thanks to the rehabilitation of the urban roads, the project will benefit two million people, giving them better acce Show Less -

The Kingdom of Lesotho has an abundance of water in its mountainous areas - the Lesotho Highlands. In Lesotho's Lowlands however, where the majority of its population live and work, there is an urgent... Show More + need to increase quantity, quality and reliability of water supply.“The water supply we have here in the industrial area is not sufficient to run the whole plant and sometimes, there is water outage and then you will find that you get a lot of damages,” said Joshua Ntshangu, who works in one of the companies in the Ha Thetsane Industrial Area in Maseru.Joshua manages 4,000 employees working at the CGM Group, a large manufacturer of jeans mostly exported overseas. The Ha Thetsane area has been experiencing recurring and serious water shortages, which are hampering the proper function of many companies. Joshua’s and many others’ jobs and livelihoods could be affected if the current water crisis continues.Most of Lesotho’s export earnings come from the garment industry, which includes more t Show Less -