Category Archives: Development

Complexities of the Foreign Assistance Game — from the US Side

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Bruce

from DevEx <https://www.devex.com/news/does-ird-have-a-case-against-usaid-86379&gt; INSIDE DEVELOPMENTSUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT Does IRD have a case against USAID? By Molly Andersmollyanders_dev19 June 2015

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Banking Regulation in Small — VERY Small — Islands: St. Helena

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Bruce

Forwarded by our friend Bob Conrich from the metropolis of Anguilla . . . Begin forwarded message: Wall Street Journal Meet the Banking Regulator With an 8,000-Mile Commute Mr. Duncan’s territory has a volcano, Napoleon’s empty tomb and no ATMs … Continue reading →

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French minister: 2015 climate deal must not require approval by US Congress

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Bruce

from the website of US News and World Report: <http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/06/01/european-oil-and-gas-majors-call-for-carbon-price&gt; French minister: 2015 climate deal must take a form that doesn’t need approval by US Congress French foreign minister Laurent Fabius talks to delegates during the United Nations Framework Convention … Continue reading →

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The US Bloom is off the Rose of Globalization

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Bruce

from the Sunday Business section of the Washington Post: <http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/reconsidering-the-value-of-globalization/2015/04/24/7b5425c2-e82e-11e4-aae1-d642717d8afa_story.html&gt; This analysis, however, does not hold for developing countries, especially small islands, who remain very dependent on overseas trade issues like natural resources (fish, alumina), tourism, and offshore financial processing … Continue reading →

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Serious Issue as We Become More Embedded in a Global, Knowledge-Intensive Economy

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Bruce

From the Washington Post — use the link to see all the graphics. . . <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/02/u-s-millennials-post-abysmal-scores-in-tech-skills-test-lag-behind-foreign-peers/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na&gt; Wonkblog U.S. millennials post ‘abysmal’ scores in tech skills test, lag behind foreign peers By Todd C. Frankel March 2 American millennials did not … Continue reading →

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Dr Kenrick Leslie, CBE, ED of the CCCCC on Deeper Caribbean Climate Change Partnerships

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Bruce

from Caribbean Climate, “the region’s premier climate change blog,” published by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, <http://caribbeanclimateblog.com/2014/12/12/partnering-for-survival-dr-kenrick-leslie-calls-for-deeper-partnerships-to-address-climate-change-at-cop-20/&gt; “Partnering for Survival” – Dr Kenrick Leslie calls for deeper partnerships to address Climate Change at COP 20 Dr Kenrick Leslie, CBE, … Continue reading →

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A Reason NOT to Tinker with Coastal Processes

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Bruce

Flagged by Franklin McDonald, from yesterday’s NY Times Obviously the issues discussed in this opinion piece are not limited to the US coastline and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The MOST important point for small islands is that the … Continue reading →

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So after two or three generations of small island systems studies, this is the best we can do?

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Bruce

This from “Mr. Wu’s Blog” on the official United Nations SIDS2014 web site at <http://www.sids2014.org/index.php?menu=1579&gt;. This web site brings together most of the UN background information in preparation for the Third Conference on Small Island Developing States, which will be … Continue reading →

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Enviros Seeking to Overturn 30 Years Practice in City-County Development Permits BEWARE

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Bruce

Keep in mind the figure “$5 million” — that’s likely to be the right ballpark for a total legal costs budget for groups seeking a TOTAL DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM (at least for more than three weeks!) plus NEW LAW, seeking to … Continue reading →

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Aquaculture and Mariculture

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Bruce

The National Geographic Magazine for June, 2014, has an excellent article on aquaculture <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/aquaculture/&gt;, an important resource management tool for small islands. Here’s a summary graphic:

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