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Andrew Woodman

Can African countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals without foreign aid? | K... - 0 views

  • Most African governments and key players in the field of development have repeatedly said that the MDGs will not be met by 2015.
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      Why not? What are the barriers to the MDGs being met?
  • A big chunk of the budget goes to the defence ministry, buying luxury vehicles for ministers and meeting the salaries of resident district commissioners, who represent the interests of the president in every district, monitoring government programmes and chairing meetings.
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      So fighting corruption is a key element in tackling underdevelopment issues and reducing disparities.
  • Most ministries of health in east Africa do not spend 50% of their budgets. Why? The problem is procurement issues.
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  • the amount of money stolen in Uganda is equivalent to the foreign aid it receives
  • As a result corruption has been institutionalised".
  • relying on foreign aid to achieve the Millennium Development Goals did a disservice to Africa
  • "African governments must find ways of financing development; we are calling for a paradigm shift in financing of development, not depending on donors,"
  • She pointed to Kenya as an example of a country that had cut back on foreign aid. Only around 6% of its budget is foreign funded.
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    This article highlights the key roll corruption plays in stopping development and suggests that only by stopping foreign aid will Africa be able to develop. Do you agree?
munirih jahanpour

BBC News - Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake? - 0 views

  • Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake?
  • The devastating earthquakes that hit China on 12 May 2008, Italy on 6 April 2009 and Haiti one month ago all measured above 6.0 and took many lives. But why was the human cost so much greater for Haiti?
  • the size of the quake , but also how near it is to the surface, the density of the population near its epicentre, as well as whether there are any heavily urbanised areas nearby. These all indicate a higher death toll - and were all features of the Haiti quake.
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  • poverty also plays its role,
  • "Corruption
  • One of the problems in Port-au-Prince is the lack of space, he adds, as well as a constantly shifting and mobile population. The task now for such organisations is to help the people of Haiti get back on their feet, given the inevitable crippling economic cost of such a quake.
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    A good comparison to Chinese and Italian earthquake's tolls
Juto Yu

Bangladesh Cyclone Death Toll Now 1,723 - CBS News - 0 views

  • After the 1991 cyclone, foreign donors and Bangladeshi government agencies began building emergency shelters - concrete boxes raised on pillars, each able to hold anywhere from a few hundred to 3,000 people.
  • The official death toll from a savage cyclone that wreaked havoc on southwest Bangladesh reached 1,723 Saturday - the deadliest storm to hit the country in a decade.
  • The official death toll from a savage cyclone that wreaked havoc on southwest Bangladesh reached 1,723 Saturday - the deadliest storm to hit the country in a decade
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  • Several international humanitarian organizations, like UNICEF and CARE, were working alongside government and local volunteer agencies to provide safe drinking water and emergency supplies in the affected areas.
  • After the 1991 cyclone, foreign donors and Bangladeshi government agencies began building emergency shelters - concrete boxes raised on pillars, each able to hold anywhere from a few hundred to 3,000 people.
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    very severe cyclone hit bangladesh hit 2007, very good response of the government and the humanitarian organizations to reduce the loss
Andrew Woodman

BBC News - Handling a crisis on the scale of Haiti - 0 views

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    In depth break down of the way the UN and other agencies respond to a major disaster such as the Haiti earthquake. It outlines the priorities and challenges faced by those trying to help in the days and weeks after a major hazard event.
Juto Yu

Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 15,000 - Telegraph - 0 views

  • Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 15,000
  • In the worst affected districts, 90 pc of homes and 95 pc of rice crops and valuable prawn farms were obliterated by the winds
  • Previous cyclones killed 500,000 people in 1970 and 143,000 in 1991 - however local officials said the impact would now fall on the many survivors.
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  • One million displaced by 140mph cyclone
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    Good for learning the basic ideas for the cyclone happened in Bangladesh in 2007.
Andrew Woodman

Jobless migrants living in shanty towns offered free flights home | UK news | The Observer - 0 views

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    A news article outlining the impact of the recession on migrants from eastern Europe living in rural areas of the UK.
Andrew Woodman

BBC News - Corruption fears stalk Haiti after the quake - 0 views

  • Haiti is rated as one of the worst countries in the world for corruption by Transparency International, a monitoring group. In the group's annual ranking, Haiti came 168th out of 180 countries.
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    An article highlighting the massive challeneges associated with the aid effort and long term reconstruction within Haiti, with a particular focus on corruption.
Andrew Woodman

BBC News - Is this the hungriest place on earth? - 0 views

  • Aid agencies are warning of an impending food emergency in South Sudan, where "unexpected and alarming" malnutrition rates in one region, devastated by drought and tribal conflict, have prompted an appeal for urgent extra funding.Akobo, in the eastern region of Jonglei, is now the "hungriest place on earth," according to aid officials, after a new survey showed that 46% of children under five are malnourished - 15% severely so.
Andrew Woodman

Not More Quakes, Just More People in Quake Zones - US News and World Report - 1 views

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    Good discussion developing the idea that increased impacts from earthquakes are the result of more people living in large poorly constructed cities in Earthquakes zones.
Andrew Woodman

Video: On the ground in Haiti: aftermath of the earthquake | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Guardian photographer and filmmaker David Levene spent a week in Port-au-Prince documenting the human cost of the recent earthquake"
Andrew Woodman

BBC News - Social networks and the web offer a lifeline in Haiti - 0 views

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    Web 2, social networks and other modern information technology becomes part of the human response in Haiti
Andrew Woodman

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 2006 | chernobyl - 0 views

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    In depth report from the BBC 20 years after the Chernobyl disaster.
Andrew Woodman

BBC News - Chile earthquake: 'Everyone fears aftershocks' - 0 views

  • A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 has hit central Chile, killing at least 64 people, ministers say.
  • The quake struck at 0634 GMT about 115km (70 miles) north-east of the city of Concepcion and 325km south-west of the capital, Santiago.
  • The quake seemed to last more than two minutes in Santiago.
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    Great for Chile EQ overview
Andrew Woodman

BBC News - How does Haiti differ from post-tsunami Aceh? - 0 views

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    A comparison of the post-event response between Haiti and tsunami hit Aceh (Indonesia), including a discussion of what has goone wrong in Haiti and an attempt to explain why aid has become bottlenecked.
Andrew Woodman

Hundreds feared dead in Haiti quake | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    As Mr Keys so kindly pointed out - "didn't predict that one did you". But of course, because we know what we know, it would have been impossible. Educating historians is such as challenge.
UnHye Kim

BBC News - Roads destroyed in Chile earthquake - 1 views

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    The impact of Chile earthquake.
SeoYeon Yoon

BBC - Hurricane Katrina - 1 views

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    BBC in-depth report on hurricane Katrina. Contains the path of the hurricane, photos of affected area, videos and articles.
Andrew Woodman

Video: Iceland volcano spews lava | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Video footage of the volcanic eruption in Iceland
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