Topic
International Development
29 published works
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Professor Sophie Smyth Posts “World Bank Grants in a Changed World Order: How Do We Referee this New Paradigm?”
Professors Sophie Smyth (Temple Law School and Contributing Editor to Nonprofit Law Prof Blog) posted on SSRN's Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law Abstracting Journal an abstract of her University of Pennsylvania Journal of…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
US at the UN: Strong Support for Family Planning
Via RH Reality Check, by Ariana Childs Graham:This week is the 42nd session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) at the United Nations headquarters in New York. It…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Millenium Villages Assessed
Millennium Villages, A New Approach to Fighting Poverty in Africa: UN DPI/NGO briefing6 November 2008SummaryThe Briefing entitled “Millennium Villages, A New Approach to Fighting Poverty in Africa” took place from…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Clinton Foundation
Bill Clinton is touring Clinton Foundation projects in Africa. Press releases on the website of the William J. Clinton Foundation detail a visit to Ethopia (posted yesterday) and Rwanda (posted…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Channeling Compassion and Enlightened Self-Interest To Help The Bottom Billion
In a talk given for TED in February 2008, Paul Collier - director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford (and former director of the World…
International Law Prof Blog
ABA Section of International Law – Committee on International Investment and Development
The American Bar Association Section of International Law has a Committee on International Investment and Development. That committee has just published its first newsletter. Click here to see the newsletter. …
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
THE ROLE OF NON-PROFITS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AID
Civil society has grown exponentiallyover the past decades and today is recognized as an importantdevelopment actor throughout the world; monitoring public policies,providing technical expertise, and partnering with governments toprovide community…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Fight Looms Over Global AIDS Plan
Via Time Magazine:(WASHINGTON) — A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS inAfrica and other areas — arguably the most important and popularinternational program of the Bush presidency — may…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Intel Pulls Out of Charity Founded to Distribute Computers to Children Around the World
Widely reported, Intel recently withdrew its support for the One Laptop Per Child Charity ("Charity") over charges that Intel was competing with the Charity in foreign countries where the nonprofit…