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Tr-Ac-Net on Conflict: May 2008

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Conflict does all sorts of damage. Though sometimes necessary . most times there are better alternatives. Conflict causes immediate value destruction and constrains the future for years . generations. Thursday, May 1, 2008. Somalia . giving the Somali's back their country. The violence in Somalia seems to go on and on and on. Why is this? This is what has been successful in Somaliland. This is what Michael Van Notten showed me when I was working in the area some years ago. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Tr-Ac-Net on Health: Incredible science ... terrible economics

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Health science is amazing . but the economics are terrible. Making changes that are win-win-win is a challenge, but possible. Thursday, March 6, 2008. Incredible science . terrible economics. The good news is that because the underlying science has progressed so well over the past several decades, and there is a huge pool of incredible talent in the health sector . a solution to the economic crisis can be fashioned so that there is an almost universal win-win-win. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Tr-Ac-Net on Education: How important is education? How to make it the best it can be?

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Education is the foundation for the future. Friday, February 29, 2008. How important is education? How to make it the best it can be? Most people seem to understand that education is important . but how to make it the best it can be is a much more difficult challenge. It was also widely recognised that the lack of education was a constraint on development in much of the world some fifty years ago . and continues to be a constraint for most of the world's impoverished. The educational techniques that are ...

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The Tr-Ac-Net Agenda: The new aid giants (6)

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Setting the stage so that we know how relief and development resources are used. Thursday, December 6, 2007. The new aid giants (6). But not everyone was of the same view. People sometimes think that my talk about focus on using money the right way means that I am against fund flows for assistance. Far from it . I just want to see fund flows doing some good rather than merely being used to support an industry that now has high overhead and not much to show for it. In New York . 2002. The new aid giants.

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Tr-Ac-Net on Poverty: April 2008

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Why is it that half the world is poor? Why are more than a billion people in abject poverty and hungry? What are the systemic things that are wrong? Thursday, April 24, 2008. Poverty . not because people are poor, but because the system is dysfunctional. One of the characteristics of Dr. Yunus's work has been the fact that he does not see poor people as being the cause of poverty, but a poor system . a dysfunctional system . as being the cause of people's poverty. The bottom billion has never seen anythi...

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Tr-Ac-Net on Malaria: $11bn needed for malaria control according to report released at the WEF

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An IMM (integrated malaria management) approach with Tr-Ac-Net performance metrics is a. Viable strategy for success in reducing the socio-economic burden of malaria in Africa. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. 11bn needed for malaria control according to report released at the WEF. It is really very disappointing that every new report calls for more funding . yet rarely talks about how the funding can be used in the most effective way. Andrew Jack 24 Jan 2008 Financial Times. A group of government and busine...

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The Tr-Ac-Net Agenda: The new aid giants (2)

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Setting the stage so that we know how relief and development resources are used. Wednesday, December 5, 2007. The new aid giants (2). On November 15, I posted the following message . it speaks for itself. A little more than two years ago I heard Jeffrey Sachs speaking at the Forum on Africa at SIPA, Columbia University. Around the same time Tony Blair was talking about more money for Africa . and Bono was popularizing more money for Africa. Some of us do not like this . and we are going to win.

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Tr-Ac-Net on Health: AIDS diverts attention from other diseases

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Health science is amazing . but the economics are terrible. Making changes that are win-win-win is a challenge, but possible. Thursday, March 6, 2008. AIDS diverts attention from other diseases. Thompson Ayodele, Director Initiative for Public Policy Analysis, Shomolu, Lagos, Nigeria (thompson@ippanigeria.org) wrote the following that appeared in the Nigerian newspaper. The Daily Independent. Http:/ www.independentngonline.com/? Hiv/Aids Will Undermine Treatment For Other Diseases. In order to command ma...

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Tr-Ac-Net on Health: Why are health costs out of control? Is it the lack of information?

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Health science is amazing . but the economics are terrible. Making changes that are win-win-win is a challenge, but possible. Friday, March 28, 2008. Why are health costs out of control? Is it the lack of information? There are many reasons that health costs are out of control. I am reminded of an old saying that I grew up with in the UK: "Ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise". Certainly the public is kept in almost total ignorance about cost . and this needs to change. There is absolutely no good r...

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Tr-Ac-Net on Community: Data about communities are needed

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Community is the center of living. All life is local . not just politics. Community Centric Sustainable Development (CCSD) puts community as the focal point. Friday, February 29, 2008. Data about communities are needed. Data about communities is needed. There is all sorts of data about companies that are quoted on the stock exchange, about sporting teams and their players, about countries, about commodity markets, about the weather . but hardly any data about communities. Getting data about communities w...