The looming tobacco epidemic and its potential for thwarting development has prompted most governments in sub-Saharan Africa to ratify the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).
Ghana needs to know more about available funding for tobacco control, and how such funding might help to prevent and control non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country.
Violent conflict related to drug trafficking in Mexico has had a profound impact on the quality of life and health of affected communities.
Ghana will need considerable external assistance to achieve its Poverty Reduction Strategy II and Millennium Development Goals by 2015. At present, foreign direct investment (FDI) outstrips overseas development assistance (ODA).
The looming tobacco epidemic and its potential for thwarting development has prompted most governments in sub-Saharan Africa to ratify the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).
The majority of African countries South of Sahara are at the first stage of the tobacco epidemic, but tobacco consumption is increasing rapidly.
As one of the first formally trained economists in Latin America and Caribbean, Raúl Prebisch was a pioneer in the discipline of economic development theory and its policy implications for the region.
The looming tobacco epidemic and its potential for thwarting the development process, has prompted most governments in sub-Saharan Africa to ratify the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
The looming tobacco epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and its potential to thwart the development process has prompted most governments in the region to ratify the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
In its 2006-2011 Strategic Plan, IDRC's Acacia program identified small-scale agriculture, including environment and natural resource management (NRM), as a key focus.