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South-South Migration and Remittances
Written by Samuil Simeonov
By a rough estimate, in 2005, two of every five migrants in the world — some 78 million out of 191 million migrants — were residing in a developing country. Most of these migrants are likely to have come from other developing countries. However, the extent of migration between developing […]
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Civil society self-correcting
Written by Tom Fries
Nonkosi Khumalo, the chairperson of Treatment Action Campaign South Africa, asks whether African civil society has “lost the plot” in its efforts to encourage stronger international action on the AIDS crisis in Africa. Read more
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Civil society in action at the UN
Written by Tom Fries
The international HIV/AIDS Alliance (Senegalese representative Magatte Mbodj) prepares its representatives to advocate at the UN in June of 2011. Read more
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Mobile Learning for Humanitarian Relief Operations
Written by Gudrun Porath
Insights into the role that mobile learning can play in humanitarian relief operations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4LgsYMx_FE
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Mobile Learning Environment
Written by Gudrun Porath
The MoLE (Mobile Learning Environment) project is a collaboration between 22 nations, sponsored by the US Government. These partners are working together to build a platform independent set of tools aimed at learning collaboration and information sharing on mobile devices. Read more
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How Much Does Your GDP Matter for UN Representation?
Written by Tom Fries
This chart shows how many NGOs a region (UN Geoscheme) has in consultative status to the UN for every billion dollars of GDP (purchasing-power parity) it produces.
