Development

Progress and contradictions by Marina Silva

Closed the conference in Poznan about the climate change, the balance of Brazil is
an important and due recognition to its policy of targets to combat deforestation,
by Al Gore, Ban Ki-moon, Nicholas Stern and many others.This increases the area of
Brazilian leadership in the transition from the Kyoto Protocol and that the

First Forum of the Ministers of Social Development of the Maghreb countries

First Forum of the Ministers of Social Development of the Maghreb
countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia), of Egypt, of
Jordan and of Lebanon

30th April - 1st May2007
Marrakech, Morocco

THE MARRAKECH DECLARATION

Al Shehab Foundation launched the final result of studying dropout of School Factors

On June 2008 Al Shehab Foundation for Comprehensive Development launched
the final result of the study "Children Dropping Out of schools factors in
Ezbet El Haggana" during a community public meeting in Ezbet El Haggana
Cairo.

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Arab Reform and Foreign Aid: Lessons from Morocco

A study titled "Arab Reform and Foreign Aid: Lessons from Morocco" was conducted by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, to evaluate the experience of Morocco in the field of economic and cultural reform. The authors of the study -- Haim Malka and John Alterman -- conducted a series of interviews with hundreds of Moroccans from various sectors, including members of the government, university teaching staff, journalists, and members of non-governmental and civil society organizations.

Micro-credit helps many Moroccans escape poverty


Microfinance is thriving in Morocco. Poor people who cannot qualify for traditional loans can now start businesses with micro-credit loans. Soudoji opened his babouche (slipper) shop using micro-credit. With the help of low-interest micro-credit loans, many poor Moroccans, including women and people from rural areas, have been able to escape poverty and start their own businesses.

Small businesses keep citizens away from unemployment

It is the message of trust you are sending by the image of a woman selling lemons on a street corner. That is the secret of micro finance, stressed Pancho Otero, director of the Bolivia-based Micro Enterprise Policy.  “Boosting both cash and self-esteem is what micro-finance is about, for poverty is not only an economic issue, but the way you see yourself and how society sees you,” added Otero in a presentation on the financial assistance of micro finance services. He was speaking in a three-day seminar on `Small and Micro Business Development Services' held at the Queen Zein Al Sharaf Institute for Development. 

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