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In some of the Amazon regions of Peru, it can take up to 10 hours of uncomfortable and expensive travel by boat to reach a hospital. But new technologies are bridging this physical gap and allowing even the most remote forest...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an important role in development today. For Jorge Rodriguez, Quality Support Manager in the Civil Society, Local Authorities Unit at EuropeAid, online media provided the answer...

Owen Barder, Senior Fellow and Director for Europe, at the The Center for Global Development attended the session Europe Beyond Aid at the recent European Development Days to present the Commitment to Development Index and to...

Roger Martin, chairman of the UK charity Population Matters, says human beings’ impact on the environment depends on two factors: the average ecological footprint of each person, multiplied by the number of people. While the world...

With an estimated six billion cell phone subscribers worldwide, development actors are embracing the potential of using phones and other information and communications technologies – ICTs - for development purposes. Ecdpm’s...

Capacity4dev.eu reviews the most popular Voices & Views in 2013, which covered a wide variety of topics including climate change, education and budget support, and featured several notable speakers from former World Trade...

A first version of a Toolkit designed to help elected government officials monitor their own performance in tackling corruption was launched recently in Accra, Ghana. See the Toolkit for yourself and give feedback during its...

The Governance, Security Human Rights and Gender Unit of EuropeAid is organising a Global Workshop for European Union Delegations from the 18 – 21 October 2010 on fighting corruption. The four day seminar, which will take place in...

In a region beset by electoral inconstancy, Ghana is something of a role model for African elections. However, to ensure that an encouraging track record is maintained and strengthened, the European Commission is engaged in a...

The European Union is engaged in several major initiatives to support the provision of adequate, affordable and sustainable energy services in developing countries, especially through the EU energy initiative for poverty...