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‘Culture’ still impedes women’s rights across Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Every African state has signed at least one international treaty providing for the human rights of women. But women often experience discrimination because of their sex. Practices such as genital mutilation, forced marriage and polygamy, along with the inability to access property and education prevent them from enjoying their rights.DocumentWomen’s literacy training using ICTs
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007About 18 percent of adults worldwide remain illiterate, the majority of them women and mostly from the poor sectors of society. How common is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for women’s literacy training and what strategies can help ensure a project is successful?DocumentLabor supply, employment and unemployment in the Egyptian economy, 1988-2006
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2007During the 1980s, a drop in infant and childhood mortality rates resulted in a population bulge in Egypt. There were concerns for how this generation would be accommodated economically when its members reached working age.DocumentGlobal Corruption Report 2007
Transparency International, 2007This year’s report concentrates on judicial systems and warns that corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial. The report provides comparative analysis of judicial corruption based on 32 country reports and providesDocumentPolitics and terrorism: an assessment of the origin and threat of terrorism in Egypt
Institute for Security Studies, 2006This paper presents an investigation into the underlying reasons for acts of terrorism in Egypt. It analyses the re-emergence of the threat of terrorism in Egypt and reflects on the primary role players.DocumentSupermarkets to spread in the developing world by 2015
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Supermarkets will continue to spread throughout the developing world over the next ten years. Income growth, urbanisation, and openness to foreign direct investment will be the key factors determining supermarkets’ increased market share of the retail sector.DocumentAdapting to climate change – how do poor people cope?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Climate change will increase the gaps between developed and developing countries, in terms of wealth, health and food security. This will make achieving goals to reduce poverty more difficult.DocumentInnovations in governance in the Middle East, North Africa, and western Balkans: making governments work better in the Mediterranean region
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2007This book analyses the challenges and opportunities that governments in the Mediterranean region have faced to improve their public administration systems. It highlights innovations that indicate each country’s willingness to change, to be open to new ways of thinking and acting in reforming government.DocumentGlobal Information Society 2007
Global Information Society Watch, 2007The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report - the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels and particularly how policy impacts on the lives of people living in developing countries.DocumentCivil society and democratization in the Arab world: annual report 2007
Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, 2007All Arab leaders advocate democracy and claim that they are committed to democratic reforms. Tangible results, however, are hard to find. Arab countries are still ruled by authoritarian regimes and rulers are more concerned with retaining power than sharing it. Nonetheless, modest improvements have occurred in most Arab countries.Pages