Québec announces $6 CAD million to Least Developed Countries Fund!!
Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
First-ever pledge by sub-national government to GEF climate fund boosts total new financing for LDCF to over $US 252 millionPARIS – Saturday December 5, 2015 – The Premier of Québec, Philippe Couillard, announced today a contribution of $6 CAD million to the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), the GEF-hosted climate fund for the most vulnerable countries. The commitment, made here at the Paris COP21 climate talks,...
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Daily News16 Nov
Developed countries should show enthusiasm in development
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Tanzania's ambassador to Belgaum, Luxembourg and European Union, Dr Diodorus Buberwa Kamala has asked developed countries which are yet to meet 1970 UN target of allocating 0.7 per cent of their Gross National Product to Overseas Development ...
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AWARD announces winners of 2015 fellowships: 70 top African women agricultural scientists from 11 countries chosen
Rising to the Challenge! 2015 AWARD Fellowship Winners Set to Impact Smallholders in the Year of Women’s Empowerment
“Agricultural research and development in Mozambique is an important tool for increasing production, and consequently reducing household malnutrition and poverty, particularly in children and women,” says Olivia Narciso Pedro, a lecturer and researcher at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. “My vision for agriculture-led growth in Mozambique is to design...
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IPPmedia18 Jul
Fund seeking 1 million new members
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Rolling out the third phase of their rural development programme, Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) has announced plans to register at least one million more members. Making the announcement yesterday in Tarime at a function attended by councilors ...
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AllAfrica.Com10 Jun
Tanzania Announces US $60 Million Programme to Improve Schools
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Tanzania and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) have announced a four-year, 100-million-shilling ($60 million) initiative to upgrade Tanzanian schools, Tanzania's The Guardian reported Monday (June 9th).
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Facebook announces $100 million program for small businesses impacted by coronavirus
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New $500 million initiative to boost large scale climate action in developing countries!
PARIS, Nov. 30, 2015 – Four European countries – Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland – today announced a new $500 million initiative that will find new ways to create incentives aimed at large scale cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries to combat climate change. The World Bank Group worked with the countries to develop the initiative.
The Transformative Carbon Asset Facility will help developing countries implement their plans to cut emissions by working with them to...
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GSK and Save the Children offer $1 million award for healthcare innovations in developing countries that reduce child deaths
The Healthcare Innovation Award contributes to an ambitious partnership between GSK and Save the Children, which aims to save the lives of a million of the world’s poorest children.
GSK (http://www.gsk.com) and Save the Children today announced the launch of their second annual $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award at the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health meeting in South Africa. The award was established to identify and reward innovations in healthcare that have proven...