merger to NewPartnership for Africa s Development date September 2011 Politics of the African Union mini The NewPartnership for Africa s Development NEPAD is an economic development program of the African ... the policy framework and named it the NewPartnership for Africa s Development on 23 October 2001 ... poverty kanbur POVNEPAD.pdf The NewPartnership for Africa s Development NEPAD An Initial Commentary ... s Warning A Civil Society Reader 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 Nigeria , 2003 NEPAD A New Path? edited by Peter Anyang ... NewPartnership for Africa s Development Category International development Category 2001 establishments ... NEPAD is a merger of two plans for the economic regeneration of Africa the Millennium Partnership ... objectives are to eradicate poverty, promote sustainable growth and development, integrate Africa ... flows and funding, providing an African owned framework for development as the foundation for partnership ... Authority for Development IGAD operational in the horn of Africa , and the Arab ... UN Economic Commission for Africa UNECA African Development Bank Development Bank of Southern Africa ... General and Special Adviser on Africa IDC The Industrial Development Corporation Sponsor of NEPAD ... were developed, including The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme CAADP , aimed ... Foundation, the Southern Africa Trust, UNECA, the African Development Bank, and other development ... by African scholars and activist intellectuals in the 2002 Accra Declaration on Africa s Development ... Declaration on Africa s Development Challenges . Adopted at end of Joint CODESRIA TWN AFRICA Conference on Africa s Development Challenges in the Millennium, Accra 23 26 April 2002. ref Part of the problem ... and Development, Vol.2, No.1, 2004 pp. 6 20 Pan Africa The NEPAD formula by Sarah Coleman ... 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 DevelopmentAfrica 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
Infobox Non profit Non profit name The Partnership for Child Development PCD Non profit logo File Partnership for Child Development Logo.jpg right 220px Non profit type registration id founded date 1992 founder location London London, United Kingdom HQ br Nairobi , Kenya br Bamako , Mali br Accra , Ghana br Lagos , Nigeria origins University of Oxford br Imperial College London key people area served Global product focus School Health Services School Health , Poverty reduction method Capacity building, knowledge dissemination, building the evidence base and building global partnerships. revenue endowment num volunteers num employees num members subsid owner Non profit slogan homepage http www.child development.org, http www.schoolsandhealth.org dissolved footnotes The Partnership for Child Development PCD is an organisation based at Imperial College London that seeks to improve School health services health and nutrition in school age children and youth in low income countries, and thereby improve their education. It was formed in 1992 at the University of Oxford to bridge gaps between academia, funding bodies and the education and health sectors in low income countries ref Nokes C ... development organisations. TOC Organisational Focus The organisation s activities are demand ... based health, nutrition and HIV prevention in sub Saharan Africa. An annual short course in School ... to run regular workshops and network meetings in Africa on school health, nutrition and school feeding ... document for PCD s development work. References Reflist Further Reading Jamison, D. T., J. G .... Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd ed. New York Oxford University Press. URL ... 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 Imperial College London ... 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 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 Category Agriculture in the United States US org stub ... more details
nofootnotes date September 2011 AfricaPartnership Station or APS 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 is it delivered only at certain times. The program is delivered ... Nashville was the second large amphibious ship to deploy to Africa under AfricaPartnership Station ... nations and organizations from Africa, the United States, Europe , and South America . APS activities ... and community outreach with the coastal nations of Africa. The focus is on building maritime capacity ... 2009 APS expanded to South and East Africa when the USS Robert G. Bradley visited Mozambique ... ships continued the initiative. USS Arleigh Burke visited East Africa, bringing APS once again to the East coast of Africa and expanding the range of cooperative training. At the same time HSV Swift and the US Coast Guard Cutter Legare USCGC Legare continued the APS mission in West and Central Africa ... led and participated in the first African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership or AMLEP the name ... banner deployments. This time USS Gunston Hall visited 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 ... US Navy APS website http www.c6f.navy.mil index.html Commander, US Naval Forces Europe Africa ... Daily 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 Jane s Defence Weekly , http www.janes.com ... mideast africa displaystory.cfm?story id 11021220 The Economist takes note http www.reuters.com article ... more details
orphan date October 2009 The Global Youth Partnership for Africa was 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. GYPA hosted youth summits, the Kimeeza, volunteers and immersion trips to Uganda, and other parts of Africa. GYPA is no longer an active organization. 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
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
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 ... Of The Partnership For A New Generation Of Vehicles Seventh Report , the United States National Research Council National Research Council s final report on PNGV http www.algore.org node 585 Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Organization http www.pngv.org PNGV http www.issues.org 18.3 ... overcame many challenges and has forged a useful and productive partnership of industry and government ... pdfs success pngv3 23 01.pdf U.S. Department of Energy publication New concept cars demonstrate clean ..., and switching to high efficiency fuel cell powerplants. Specific new technology breakthroughs ... PNGV ref Development of carbon foam with extremely high heat conductivity 2000 R&D 100 Award Near frictionless ... for clean diesel technology 1999 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 ... of property rights for federally funded research and development to the automotive industry . http ... in the 2007 11 05 New Yorker http www.newyorker.com arts critics books 2007 11 05 071105crbo books ... 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
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
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 20 autonomous and independent ... , Oxfam Novib, Canadian International Development Agency , Global Fund for Women , The National Endowment for Democracy , New Field Foundation , Open Society Institute , Swedish International Development ... See also Collective for Research and Training on Development Action External links http www.learningpartnership.org Women s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace official ...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 20 ... 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 ... and President, Women s Learning Partnership Iran U.S. Leila Ahmed, Professor of Women s Studies in Religion ... lib women e merging stories women using communication technologies africa and middle east Women e merging Stories of Women Using Communication Technologies in Africa and the Middle ... Forum for Women in Development FWID India http www.learningpartnership.org india The Centre for Organisation ... for Research & Training on Development Action CRTD A Malaysia http www.learningpartnership.org awam Women s Development Collective WDC Mauritania http www.learningpartnership.org mauritania L Association ... Category Feminist organizations Category Development organizations Category Non profit organizations ... more details
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 billionaire s 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 Finance stub ... 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 of three provinces. It is frequently characterized by supporters, critics, and the media as an extension of the pre existing 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 corporation s 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
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
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
Infobox Company company name Development Bank of Southern Africa company logo File SA Development Bank logo.png company type Government owned company slogan foundation 1983 ref name DBSAannual2011 cite web url http www.dbsa.org InvestorRelations Links DBSA 20and 20DF 20Annual 20Reports 202011.pdf title Development Bank of Southern Africa Annual Report 2010 2011 publisher Development Bank of Southern Africa date March 2011 accessdate October 04, 2011 ref location key people Pravin Gordhan Governor br Paul Cambo Baloyi CEO num employees 703 ref name DBSAannual2011 industry Finance products Banking net income profit South African rand R 332 million ref name DBSAannual2011 homepage http www.dbsa.org www.dbsa.org The Development Bank of Southern Africa DBSA is a Development Finance Institution wholly owned by the government of South Africa and focuses on large infrastructure projects within the public and private sector. It is one of several development finance institutions in Southern Africa. The main objectives are the promotion of economic development and growth, human resource development, institutional capacity building, and the support of development projects in the region. The Bank plays a multiple role of Financier, Advisor, Partner, Implementer and Integrator to mobilize finance and expertise for development projects. ref name DBSAannual2011 References reflist External sources http www.dbsa.org DBSA website http www.dbsa.org Vulindlela pages default.aspx DBSA Vulindlela Academy Category Development finance institutions Category Organisations based in South Africa Category Government owned companies of South Africa SouthAfrica gov stub Africa org stub fr Banque de d veloppement d Afrique du Sud ... 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
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
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
Infobox organization name China AfricaDevelopment Fund bgcolor header background color fgcolor header text color image CADfund logo.png image border size default 200px alt alt text see WP ALT caption map optional msize map size, optional, default 250px malt map alt text mcaption optional map2 abbreviation motto predecessor successor formation Start date and years ago 2007 06 26 ref name CADoverview cite web title Company Overview url http www.cadfund.com en NewsInfo.aspx?NId 48 work CAD Fund website publisher CAD Fund accessdate 22 February 2012 ref extinction date of extinction, optional type ... www.cadfund.com remarks former name The China AfricaDevelopment Fund , more commonly known ... an Avenue location Beijing , Peoples Republic of China region served Africa language Mandarin Chinese ... Chinese investments in Africa . It is China s largest private equity fund focusing on African ... trade cooperation through market based mechanisms by reducing risk to Chinese investors in Africa. It does this by providing bridging finance, financial advice, Africa specific managerial advice, and identifies ... operating in Africa to expand their market share , get closer to end consumers , or secure natural resources ... Africa Cooperation FOCAC by President Hu Jintao on November 4, 2006. It was established in June 2007 with US 1 billion of initial funding by the China Development Bank and is envisioned to grow to US ... to boost footprint in Africa url http www.chinadaily.com.cn bizchina 2010 05 28 content 9903203.htm ... in 30 projects in Africa worth around US 800 million. In 2009 alone, the fund invested US 140 million of China s total US 1.3 billion invested in Africa that year. ref name ChinaDaily Much of the fund ... also Chinese involvement in Africa Sino African relations References Reflist Economy of the People s Republic of China Category Finance in China Category Development charities Category Investment Category Funds Category Economy of China Category Economy of Africa ... 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 Centurion , 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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