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Brian G. Dowling

USAID: USAID History - 0 views

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  • Brian G. Dowling on 29 Jul 10
     
    On September 4, 1961, the Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act, which reorganized the U.S. foreign assistance programs including separating military and non-military aid. The Act mandated the creation of an agency to administer economic assistance programs, and on November 3, 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Brian G. Dowling

Poverty Action Lab - 0 views

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  • The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) serves as a focal point for development and poverty research based on randomized trials. The objective is to improve the effectiveness of poverty programs by providing policy makers with clear scientific results that help shape successful policies to combat poverty.

  • Brian G. Dowling on 17 Oct 08
     
    The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) serves as a focal point for development and poverty research based on randomized trials. The objective is to improve the effectiveness of poverty programs by providing policy makers with clear scientific results that help shape successful policies to combat poverty.
Brian G. Dowling

Homepage | GirlUp | United Nations Foundation | Uniting Girls to Change the World - 1 views

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  • Brian G. Dowling on 02 Jun 10
     
    United Nations addresses these issues particular to girls across the globe with the launch of GirlUp, a campaign that "gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world's hardest-to-reach adolescent girls." According to the campaign's website, "girls have the opportunity to become educated, healthy, safe, counted, and positioned to be the next generation of leaders."
Brian G. Dowling

Stop Rape Now -- U.N. Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict - 0 views

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  • Brian G. Dowling on 23 Jul 10
     
    WHAT IS UN Action? UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) unites the work of 13 UN entities with the goal of ending sexual violence in conflict. It is a concerted effort by the UN system to improve coordination and accountability, amplify programming and advocacy, and support national efforts to prevent sexual violence and respond effectively to the needs of survivors.
Brian G. Dowling

Factsheet - Debt Relief Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative - 0 views

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  • Brian G. Dowling on 17 Oct 08
     
    The HIPC Initiative is a comprehensive approach to debt reduction for heavily indebted poor countries pursuing IMF- and World Bank-supported adjustment and reform programs. To date, debt reduction packages have been approved for 33 countries, 27 of them in Africa, providing US$49 billion (net present value terms as of the decision point) in debt-service relief over time. Eight additional countries are potentially eligible for HIPC Initiative assistance and may wish to avail themselves of this debt relief.
Brian G. Dowling

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - 0 views

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  • Brian G. Dowling on 17 Oct 08
     
    Millennium Promise Alliance Inc. Date: September 2008 Purpose: to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Africa by 2015 Amount: $500,000 Term: 2 years Topic: Advocacy & Public Policy Region Served: Africa Program: Global Development Grantee Location: New York, NY Grantee Web site: http://www.millenniumpromise.org
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Millennium Challenge Corporation Investment Indicators - 0 views

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  • Brian G. Dowling on 17 Oct 08
     
    lists the 17 indicators used to determine country eligibility for MCC program assistance.
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Factsheet - Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) - 0 views

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  • Brian G. Dowling on 21 Sep 08
     
    Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are prepared by governments in low-income countries through a participatory process involving domestic stakeholders and external development partners, including the IMF and the World Bank. A PRSP describes the macroeconomic, structural and social policies and programs that a country will pursue over several years to promote broad-based growth and reduce poverty, as well as external financing needs and the associated sources of financing.George Clark said I should look into these.
Brian G. Dowling

Women Thrive Worldwide - Home - 0 views

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  • Brian G. Dowling on 06 Mar 10
     
    Women Thrive develops, shapes, and advocates for policies that foster economic opportunity for women living in poverty. We focus on making U.S. international assistance and trade programs prioritize women. We bring together a diverse coalition of over 50 organizations and 40,000 individuals united in the belief that women are the key to ending global poverty, and empowering them is not only right, it's also the most effective long-term solution to world poverty. Featured in a recent post http://bit.ly/aCzznX supporting S 1425 GROWTH http://bit.ly/bb1oEI
Brian G. Dowling

FrontlineSMS: A free, large scale text messaging solution for NGOs and non-profit organ... - 0 views

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  • A lack of communication can be a major barrier for grassroots non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in developing countries. FrontlineSMS is the first text messaging system created exclusively with this problem in mind. By leveraging basic tools already available to most NGOs — computers and mobile phones — FrontlineSMS enables instantaneous two-way communication on a large scale. It’s easy to implement, simple to operate, and best of all, the software is free.
  • Brian G. Dowling on 01 Aug 09
     
    FrontlineSMS is free open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. Once installed, the program enables users to send and receive text messages with large groups of people through mobile phones. What you communicate is up to you, making FrontlineSMS useful in many different ways.
Brian G. Dowling

Fashionable Earth » Blog Archive » International Day for the Eradication of P... - 1 views

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    The Fashionable Earth Organization is a nonprofit organization created to provide information, resources and programs that promote sustainable living and eco-friendly design. Our mission is to motivate, inspire and inform the consumer population toward being more green and eco-friendly, through our au courant mantra "reduce, reuse, restyle!"
Brian G. Dowling

TED | TEDx Events | The TEDx program | TEDxChange - 0 views

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  • TEDx and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have teamed up for a very special TEDx project -- TEDxChange. TEDxChange marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the eight Millennium Development Goals set out by the UN to tackle global issues such as poverty, child mortality and disease. Convened by Melinda French Gates and featuring talks by some of the world's most inspired thinkers and doers, TEDxChange will look at what changes have taken place in the last decade, and what more needs to be done to ensure the health and well-being of future generations.
  • Brian G. Dowling on 29 Aug 10
     
    Focused on the theme "The Future We Make," TEDxChange will be hosted by TED curator Chris Anderson. The live event at the Paley Center for Media in New York City will be streamed live to the web on September 20th -- and local TEDx communities around the world will be watching. Learn more >>
Brian G. Dowling

How to best use this site and this group - 1 views

I am still trying to come up with the best way of using Diigo and this group to promote the Millennium Development Goals. The reality is that this is a part time, learn-while-doing effort. It is ...

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A Battle That Revolutionized Computer: Traveler's Tale - 1 views

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    Four salvos later, more than half of the Eurisko ships had been sunk but their commander, Douglas B. Lent, was preparing to accept the enemy's offer of surrender. Despite its huge losses, the lumbering Eurisko fleet had destroyed all but one of the opposition's highly vaunted high-tech ships. The battle had ended.
  • Brian G. Dowling on 17 Jan 10
     
    Looks like an interesting post but not seeing any connection to the Millennium Development Goals. If you are just trying to get exposure there are more efficient means. Join BlogCatalog and similar organizations or think about starting your own group. The purpose of starting a group on a particular issue is to stay focused as possible.
Brian G. Dowling

United Nations Non-governmental Liaison Service - 0 views

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  • The United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) is an inter-agency programme of the United Nations mandated to promote and develop constructive relations between the United Nations and civil society organizations.
  • Brian G. Dowling on 03 Apr 10
     
    Objectives The United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) was created in 1975 by several agencies of the United Nations system to serve as a bridge between the UN and civil society organizations. It was established on the belief that meaningful civil society engagement in UN processes and deliberations is essential for the realization of the goals of the Organization and the pursuit of global democratic governance. The goal of NGLS is to strengthen the relations between the United Nations and civil society. Given its distinctive UN inter-agency nature, NGLS is uniquely placed to foster dialogue and greater coherence around the main issues on the UN agenda (development, human rights, environment, peace and security, and humanitarian affairs).
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jopsa.org - Projects and perspectives on global health - 0 views

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  • From the start of our projects to the finish, it’s people who determine what FrontlineSMS:Medic does, when we do it, and why. The tech tools we use exist to serve patients, community health workers, and healthcare professionals – not the other way around. This mindset is critical for a number of reasons. I’ll explain. We strongly believe that projects should start when clinics ‘pull’ them to a site, as opposed to having projects ‘pushed’ onto healthcare providers. Ken Banks included the (very important) push/pull differentiation in his “Development best practices for beginners” series. Clinics are not just convenient places to pilot technology innovations. Healthcare providers should demand programs they need, and we should be ready to respond. Local staff should determine how the tech will be used, and we should be flexible and helpful in working through use cases and functionality.
  • Brian G. Dowling on 01 Aug 09
     
    The FrontlineSMS in action
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