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IOM launches the World Migration Report 2011 Geneva, Switzerland – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched the 2011 World Migration Report on Tuesday, 6 December 2011. Following its tradition of having migrants, humanitarian workers and volunteers around the world on board, the organization had an open invitation for all of them to watch […]
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) is going to organize a lecture on Sustainability concepts for water quality protection on Thursday, December 8. Dr Xavier Swamikannu will be the key speaker delivering the said lecture. Dr. Swamikannu is an expert on regulatory control of urban water pollution, and served on a special committee of the U.S. […]
Trade between India and Pakistan has the potential of highest growth and peace prospects: SDPI Seminar ISLAMABAD: (2 Dec 2011) While highlighting the critical issues and comparative advantages, the speakers said that there will be a huge peace dividend if trade relations between India and Pakistan are strengthened. Trade will help to increase people to […]
Last Group of Ethiopian Migrants to Be Assisted By IOM This Year Heads Home from Tanzania A final group of 150 Ethiopian migrants who have spent more than a year in Tanzanian prisons as irregular migrants and who wanted to go back home, has been assisted by IOM to return to Ethiopia. The group is […]
Ministerial-Level IOM Council Marks Organization’s 60th Anniversary and Looks to the Future of Migration About 50 government ministers, deputy prime ministers and deputy ministers will be among those attending IOM’s 100th Council next week to mark the Organization’s 60th anniversary and to look to the future of migration. The IOM Council, taking place in Geneva […]
Redefining Paradigms of Sustainable Development in South Asia; the conference to commence on 13-15 December 2011, in Islamabad, Pakistan The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) is holding its Fourteenth Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) titled “Redefining Paradigms of Sustainable Development in South Asia” from 13—15 December 2011 in Islamabad, Pakistan . The SDC series has been […]
Daral Khwar Hydropower Project (Daral KPP), story of deception to the local community Bahrain is a scenic town in the upper beautiful valley of Swat. It is the cultural and business hub of a non-Pashtun indigenous community-Torwali- with a population of about 120,000. Bahrain is usually visited by thousands of tourists in summer; and many […]
ERF delivered on its objectives, says third party evaluation Recently, the final Report of the Pakistan ERF Evaluation undertaken by an independent Evaluator was shared with the development sector officials and for the ordinary citizens. The excerpts and findings of the evaluation that was funded by Norway and DFID have been shared below. This report […]
The brutal murder of 4 Hindu doctors in their clinic in Chak town close to district Shikarpur, Sindh about three weeks ago are still being condemned widely. The brutal act was conducted by armed men of Bhayo tribe, a baradari in Shikarpur district. The head of Bhayo baradari is district president of PPP. As per […]
Geeta Rao Gupta, former president of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), is the 2011 winner of the Commitment to Development "Ideas in Action" Award, sponsored jointly by the Center for Global Development (CGD) and Foreign Policy magazine. The award, bestowed annually since 2003, honors an individual or organization for making a significant […]
The Key to economic growth lies with an expanding middle class ISLAMABAD: (30 November 2011) “Countries with larger proportion of middle class have achieved exceptional economic growth despite the recent global recession in national economies throughout the world" said Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Head, Inclusive Growth Unit, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Wednesday. He […]
Migrants’ voices must be heard in today’s all too often biased, polarized and negative debate on migration, says IOM’s World Migration Report 2011: Communicating Effectively about Migration. The report states that although we live in an era of the greatest human mobility in recorded history, with greater acknowledgement that migration is one of the defining […]
