Visit the First Bangladeshi Law Based Website

Chancery Research and Consultant (CRC-Bangladesh), a socio- legal research organisation is going to launch the first ever searchable inter-active Bangladeshi Legal Information Website ( www.clcbd.org).

The website includes resources for judges, lawyers, researchers, academics, law enforcement agencies, journalists, human rights activists, students, entrepreneurs and mass people of the society, both at home and abroad.

Gaye Doganoglu: '''Tackling the issue of climate change has become an imperative of the day''

http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1105641
[19/06/2007 15:00:00] ''Climate change is an issue which our citizens feel strongly about, and we believe that real solutions are not possible unless major changes are made to the way our cities are organised and managed,'' stressed today Chair of...
Contributed by Giulia D'Amico on 21 Jun , 2007

The Need to Protect Ancient Forests ( Greenpeace)

http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1105587
The world's ancient forests are truly diverse. They include boreal, temperate and tropical forests, coniferous and broadleaf forests, rainforests and mangroves. Together they maintain environmental systems that are essential for life on Earth. They...
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 21 Jun , 2007

"'The Bottom Billion': Unsentimental prescriptions for poverty"

http://topics.developmentgateway.org/aideffectiveness/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1111809
This is a review by Niall Ferguson in The International Herald Tribute (June 29, 2007) of "The Bottom Billion Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It" (Paul Collier, Oxford University Press). Excerpts: "Collier's title...
Contributed by John Daly on 14 Aug , 2007

The Knowledge divide and the poverty divide

The Knowledge divide and the poverty divide
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/aideffectiveness/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1109365
UNCTAD has recently published a report and a series of press releases alarming on the gape between rich and poor countries regarding knowledge and innovation: The front cover of the Least Developed Countries Report 2007, subtitled "Knowledge,...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 26 Jul , 2007

World Bank struggles to meet aid target

World Bank struggles to meet aid target
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/aideffectiveness/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1111725
The World Bank faces “an uphill task” persuading donor countries to meet its fundraising target of $39bn for the International Development Association, the bank’s concessionary lending arm that provides funds to the world’s poorest countries, Robert...
Contributed by Brian Wilcox on 13 Aug , 2007

MDS "Rural Development" Final Exam will be held on 26th August 2007

DEV 504: "Rural Development" Final Exam will be held on Sunday ( 26th August 2007) at AH 19th Floor ( Class Room 1).

Welcome to MDS Forum

Dear MDS Colleagues & Respected Teachers

You all are invited to this blog facility to contribute and share your thoughts on development issues. This forum can be a good place to stay in touch. There are ample benefits of staying in touch which I dare not explain to you.

Let’s just start blogging.

Regards

Dilir