Posted on 21 November 2011 by admin

Lidia Fromm Cea, director general for cooperation at Honduras’s Ministry of Planning and Cooperation
Credit:A.D.McKenzie/IPS
By A.D.McKenzie
PARIS, Nov 19, 2011 (IPS) – A new model of making development assistance more successful is expected to emerge at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4), to be held Nov. 29 – Dec. 1 in Busan, Korea.
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Posted on 05 November 2011 by admin
José Domingo Guariglia interviews HERALDO MUÑOZ, UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

Heraldo Muñoz Credit:José Domingo Guariglia/IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5, 2011 (IPS) – According to the Human Development Report 2011 released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) this week, Latin America remains the region with the highest income inequality, even as the situation has improved in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Mexico and Peru.
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Posted on 15 September 2011 by admin
By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sep 15, 2011 (IPS) – By the time Wang Qishan, China’s vice premier, arrived in Trinidad for the Third China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum earlier this week, Beijing had already ramped up its involvement with most countries in the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 March 2011 by admin
By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 29, 2011 (IPS) – The newly elected chair of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA), Montserrat’s Chief Minister Reuben Meade, wants “trade rather than aid” to form the basis of the future relationship between Europe and its colonies around the world.
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