December 23

Development Challenges For The Arab Region

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A new report produced collaboratively by the League of Arab States, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and a group of Arab experts outlines development challenges for the Arab States. Development challenges for the Arab region (Vol. I - A human development approach, 1.02 MB; Vol. II - Food security and Agriculture, 1.29 MB) can be also downloaded from the UNDP web site . "The report highlights six key interrelated challenges facing the region, including: institutional reform; job creation; the promotion and financing of pro-poor growth; the reform of educational systems, economic diversification, and increased food security and self-sufficiency within existing environmental constraints. The report stresses that dealing with these challenges requires the adoption of a comprehensive development model based on the human development approach which considers freedoms as the basis for development".

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December 23

Civil Society And The Zuma Administration: Opportunities For Engagement From IDASA

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This booklet consist of contributions by Steven Friedman, Raenette Taljaard, Kehla Shubane and Yvette Geyer. It is a collection of the presentations made at the roundtable discussion had at Idasa Kutlwanong in August, funded by the IDRC, to talk through the challenges and opportunities South Africa's civil society faces under the new administration.

Civil Society and the Zuma Administration Opportunities for Engagement.pdf