China Pledges 43 Million Grant For South Sudan Mining
Paris tracker: Who pledged what for 2015 UN climate pact?
2016/02/0523/11 – South Sudan: Aims to plant 20 million trees over a decade and preserve 20% of natural forests. Policies to develop clean energy and transport. Estimated US$50 billion of investment needed in mitigation and adaptation by
Bad company: How dark money threatens Sudan's transition
2020/06/09The pledges Sudan receives in June could fall far below the estimated $1.9 billion the government needs, forcing the authorities to create the social safety net only gradually. This would go against the logic of a temporary programme designed to offset one-off price hikes.
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Debt-trap diplomacy is carried out in bilateral relations, with a powerful lending country seeking to saddle a borrowing nation with enormous debt so as to increase its leverage over it. Introduced by Brahma Chellaney in early 2017, the concept of debt-trap diplomacy has grown into something approaching conventional wisdom of the Western world.
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2021/01/12February 03, 2021 The 38th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council opens with a call on the need to build fully functional machinery with quality execution on development February 03, 2021 Communiqu on H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission's two day working visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt
Business Insider South Africa
2018/09/25Before President Robert Mugabe was ousted, China presented the former head of state with a million dollar gift: a new parliament. The new parliament building, a donation from the Chinese government, was expected to be built in Mount Hampden about 17 km from the capital, Harare, at an expected cost of R2.1 billion.
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Feb 04, 2021 African Development Bank, FAO and South Sudan's government ink protocols for $14 million grant to boost agricultural markets The Agricultural Markets, Value Addition and Trade Development project aims to enhance agricultural productivity and boost the marketing and trade of agricultural products
Nippon Express (China) Inks MOU on Logistics Business
2021/01/22Nippon Express (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter NE China), a subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on December 18, 2020, over business partnership with Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Logistics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter JPG Logistics), a member of the Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.
China pledges more financial support
2019/09/24Source: China pledges more financial support | The Herald September 24, 2019 Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Cde Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri (third from left) and Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Guo Shaochun (clasping hands) follow proceedings at the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China at 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale, Harare, on
Bandung: Journal of the Global South
2016/10/03The aim of the paper is to analyze the economic impact of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) engagement with emerging partners (China, India and Brazil BICs) and to determine the opportunities and challenges of the increasingly engaging with the new partners. In order to achieve the aim of the paper it estimated the most effective variables that determine the trade
Kenya mineral survey to cover other natural resources, boost
2020/07/05According to the Department of Mining, the mining sector has the potential to contribute about 10 per cent to GDP annually but currently only contributes a paltry one per cent. It is estimated that Kenya could earn in excess of $140 billion cumulatively from the sector based on proven and estimated oil and mineral resources.
Paris tracker: Who pledged what for 2015 UN climate pact?
2016/02/0523/11 – South Sudan: Aims to plant 20 million trees over a decade and preserve 20% of natural forests. Policies to develop clean energy and transport. Estimated US$50 billion of investment needed in mitigation and adaptation by
Bandung: Journal of the Global South
2016/10/03The aim of the paper is to analyze the economic impact of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) engagement with emerging partners (China, India and Brazil BICs) and to determine the opportunities and challenges of the increasingly engaging with the new partners. In order to achieve the aim of the paper it estimated the most effective variables that determine the trade
EU supports Mongolia in boosting employment and
2020/05/29An upfront disbursement of €16 million will support the efforts of the Government in fighting the social and economic consequences of COVID-19. The programme will support the Government of Mongolia in implementing reforms, notably its employment policy and its public finance management sectors, including tax reforms.
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Ara Dolarian, an American arms dealer based in Fresno, California, attempted to sell $43 million worth of weapons in early 2018 to General Paul Malong, a South Sudanese warlord ousted from the government who was forming an armed opposition movement, according to filings by
Brave new world: debt, industrialization and security in China
2019/05/01Sudan, for instance, during its severe economic crisis in 2012, secured a five-year delay on its debts to China; 17 and Zambia, caught in a critical debt situation since 2018 and owing 30 per cent of its total US$9.3 billion external 18
EPA Announces $46 Million in Funding to Reduce Emissions
2021/01/19Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) will accept applications requesting up to $2,600,000 in grant funds. Region 9 (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands) will accept applications requesting up to $4,000,000 in grant funds.
Poverty News Blog: Poverty shortens life expectancy more
2009/12/29From the Chicago Tribune comes this quick note about poverty's effects on health. The study finds that being poor can decrease life expectancy more than smoking, binge drinking or being overweight. Women on the Move - The Everyday Projects Out of fear, hope, or desperation, millions of women around the world migrate each year in search of new lives.
Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications
2021/01/01China, with a high level of domestic labor use, exhibited the largest international net provision of embodied labor (74 person-year equivalents per year) (p-y eq /a), followed by India with net exports of 47 million p-y eq /a in 2015.
Afghanistan Aid Conference Yields Mixed Results
2020/12/03The quadrennial international donor conference for Afghanistan, held virtually late last month from Geneva, was largely shaped by the pitfalls and roadblocks forecast months ago when the event was publicly announced. Delays in the peace process, worsening violence, and unveiling of plans for further U.S. troop reductions left the meeting's potential unmet. Yet amid
The UPS Foundation To Award $2.6 Million In Environmental
2018/09/19US 09/19/18 Atlanta, GA The UPS Foundation Publishes its Annual Social Impact Report The UPS Foundation, which leads global citizenship and philanthropy programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), announced it will award nearly $2.7 million in grants to preeminent environmental organizations worldwide.
China's Foreign Policy Experiment in South Sudan
2018/02/06China, traditionally averse to intervening abroad, is testing the role of peacebuilder in South Sudan, where it has unique leverage. This could portend a growing global security role, but further Chinese engagement will likely be tempered by self-interest, capacity constraints and aversion to risk.
Brave new world: debt, industrialization and security in China
2019/05/01Sudan, for instance, during its severe economic crisis in 2012, secured a five-year delay on its debts to China; 17 and Zambia, caught in a critical debt situation since 2018 and owing 30 per cent of its total US$9.3 billion external 18
Bandung: Journal of the Global South
2016/10/03The aim of the paper is to analyze the economic impact of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) engagement with emerging partners (China, India and Brazil BICs) and to determine the opportunities and challenges of the increasingly engaging with the new partners. In order to achieve the aim of the paper it estimated the most effective variables that determine the trade
Poverty News Blog: Poverty shortens life expectancy more
2009/12/29From the Chicago Tribune comes this quick note about poverty's effects on health. The study finds that being poor can decrease life expectancy more than smoking, binge drinking or being overweight. Women on the Move - The Everyday Projects Out of fear, hope, or desperation, millions of women around the world migrate each year in search of new lives.
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2021/01/12February 03, 2021 The 38th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council opens with a call on the need to build fully functional machinery with quality execution on development February 03, 2021 Communiqu on H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission's two day working visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt
Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications
2021/01/01China, with a high level of domestic labor use, exhibited the largest international net provision of embodied labor (74 person-year equivalents per year) (p-y eq /a), followed by India with net exports of 47 million p-y eq /a in 2015.
Nippon Express (China) Inks MOU on Logistics Business
2021/01/22- Linkup Aimed to Strengthen Pharmaceutical Transport in China - TOKYO, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nippon Express (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter NE China ), a subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on December 18, 2020, over business partnership with Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Logistics Co., Ltd.