Background In his book The End of Poverty: How We Can Make it Happen in Our Life Time, Jeffey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and director of the UN Millennium Project, tells us that ‘Western governments enforced draconian budget policies in Africa during the1980s and 1990s. The IMF and World Bank …
GREEK SUMMER 2011 MISSION. SERVICE. LEADERSHIP PART TWO Introduction This talk addresses the Millennium Development Goals; the failure of the rich countries to live up to their promises; the unnecessary loss of life, especially in Africa; the poor farming practices in much of Africa; the looming prospect of the entire continent of Africa being unable …
Background In his book The End of Poverty: How We Can Make it Happen in Our Life Time, Jeffey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and director of the UN Millennium Project, tells us that ‘For the first time in history, our generation has the opportunity to end extreme poverty in the …
GREEK SUMMER 2011 MISSION. SERVICE. LEADERSHIP. PART I Introduction I was engaged by Bruce Lansdale in 1978 to be his Associate Director for Administration and worked with him till he retired in 1990. Christine and I were married in 1988 and becoming a family member gave me additional insights into a man who has …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART XI Chapter 13: Making the Investments Needed to End Poverty At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot …
Book Review Introduction In Part 8 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “So far, only two GM traits have gained significant market share, one conferring resistance to a broad spectrum herbicide Roundup (RR) and another making plants poisonous to insects by means of a soil microbe Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART IV Chapter 2: Stopping at Seven Billion (Cont.) The demographic bonus In contrast to these countries whose future is fading, countries that have quickly reduced birth rates are benefiting from what economic demographers …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART X Chapter 12: On-the-Ground Solutions for Ending Poverty (Cont.) INTERNATIONAL DONORS AND VILLAGES LIKE SAURI The international donor community should be thinking round the clock about one question: how can the Big Five …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART VII Chapter 4: Dynamic Training Centers What leads to excellence in an institution? What attributes should schools try to develop? Can the staff of institutions be both compassionate and businesslike? Hodja story #5 One of Hodja’s neighbors complained bitterly to him …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART VI Chapter 3: The Farm School Model (Cont) Are there dimensions to agricultural schools other than training programs? Is there a place for adult education in secondary agricultural schools? What are the most useful methods in management training? THE YEARS …
