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Links for Weekend 6/8/2010
1) The Human Development Index (HDI), a staple measurement of poverty since 1990, faces a stiff challenge by the new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MDI) developed by Oxford University. Whilst the creator of the index (Sabina Alkire) will offer up a stern defence … Continue reading
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East African Community sets up Common Market and Integrates.
On November 20, the East African Community (EAC), which comprises of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, announced that in July 2010, pending ratification by all member states, they will introduce a Common Market for goods, services and people. Following … Continue reading
Rwanda Replaces Genocide with Economic Ambitions.
“We will not forget the genocide, but we will not be defined by it, either. Each year, we use the memory of the genocide to convene a national discussion, but then we use the discussion to talk about the future.” … Continue reading
Zimbabwe must follow Rwanda example to social and economic development.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, The Movement For Democratic Change (M.D.C.) has come out of its self imposed exile/boycott they began two weeks ago. The meeting in Maputo Mozambique by the Southern African Development Community (S.A.D.C.) to resolve the ‘outstanding issues‘ … Continue reading
