Describing the world’s economic model based on insatiable consumption of resources “a global suicide pact,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged world leaders at the World Economic Forum to “make major changes – in our lifestyles, our economic models, our social … Continue reading →
By Amanda Glassman - In the middle of night, in a moment of indignation, I wrote a blog post on a report issued by Oxfam and a group of NGO partners on the health system in Ghana. I have since been duly chastised by Duncan Green and others. It’s pretty clear that my overheated rhetoric distracted from an important [...]
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack’s inbox was brimming this week with letters from farmers and advocates for USDA Conservation Programs. Hundreds responded to our action alert calling for letters to the Secretary asking him to stand up for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and the Wetlands Reserve Program(WRP). As the Obama Administration negotiates with the House overRead the Rest...
By Nancy Birdsall - Today with Francis Fukuyama, I participated in a Council on Foreign Relations “Academic Conference Call” (listen here) with undergraduate and graduate students from over 40 universities. We answered questions about our March/April Foreign Affairs article, The Post-Washington Consensus: Development after the Crisis. (The article is based on a book due out any day now from [...]
By Ben Leo - Fast forward to the year 2025. IDA will begin negotiating its 21st Replenishment Agreement. As with every other replenishment since 1960, donor countries will sit around a table and haggle over what sectors to promote, how to measure IDA’s impact, and how to allocate its resources. And, they will be fiercely negotiating how much money [...]
By Charles Kenny - At the launch for my new book Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding, And How We Can Improve the World Even More, Nancy Birdsall announced a twitter competition –tweet what was getting better and win a copy of the book. We had a number of entries to #gettingbetter in response, including: @ONECampaign: Why is [...]
Oral health epidemiology : principles and practice / Amit Chattopadhyay.
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It explores the full spectrum of epidemiological and translational clinical research including fundamental mechanisms of human disease, therapeutic intervention, clinical trials, and oral epidemiology. Topics that are unique to oral health, such as the frequent use of split-mouth design on oral research, crossover [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Thursday , March 24, 2011 Nebraska Ag Land Values Soar to New Highs Nebraska Farmer NebraskaFarmer.com reports , High commodity prices and farm incomes drove Nebraska agricultural land values to record heights in the last year , as the average statewide all-land value increased 22 over the last 12 months doubling since 2005, according to a UNL study . Check out the increase in cash . rents http : app.expressemailmarketing.com get.link linkid=2730679 subscriberid=143772548By Charles Kenny - This recent Columbia Journalism Review article on Hiding the Real Africa reports: And now for some good news out of Africa. Poverty rates throughout the continent have been falling steadily and much faster than previously thought… The death rate of children under five years of age is dropping… Africa is “among the world’s most rapidly [...]
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By Michael Clemens - Six months ago, Gabriel Demombynes and I wrote a paper about when and why some development projects should use careful impact evaluation. We illustrated our case with a critique of the impact evaluation methods used by the Millennium Villages Project (MVP). The MVP issued a long response that defended their evaluation approach and, in my [...]By Nancy Birdsall - Cash on Delivery Aid has gone viral in the blogosphere. (For a sample see a few of my recent posts.) In this post Maurits van der Veen of AidData proposes a systematic comparison of a COD Aid project to a traditional one with similar goals. That’s a good idea except that it would require measuring [...]
By Kimberly Ann Elliott - That’s the question the Chicago Council on Global Affairs is asking and they are inviting you to weigh in by answering a brief survey here. As I went through the survey, I found myself filling in the “neutral” circle a lot and wishing there was an option for “too soon to tell.” On the good [...]By Nancy Birdsall - This is a joint post with Rita Perakis. “But we want them to begin counting.” This is the key line in Tina Rosenberg’s column today on Cash on Delivery Aid, where she responds to comments on her initial column from readers worried that governments in poor countries don’t have the capability or the resources to [...]
Essentials of orthodontics : diagnosis and treatment / Robert N. Staley and Neil T. Reske.
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The authors explain the steps of diagnosing basic orthodontic problems and analyzing dental radiographs and include many of the forms and charts dentists use for examination, diagnosis, and appliance design. Readers will learn about the mechanics of how [...]
By Katie Stein - Washington, DC has been buzzing with talks of budgets, spending, and the deficit. During a time of spending cuts, the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) is, so far, moving ahead with moderate increases in its overall budget. GHI was first introduced in FY2009 with a budget of $8.4 billion. In FY2010, Congress bumped GHI funding [...]According to the March 13, 2011 Parade magazine the occupation with the largest decline of employees is Farmers/Ranchers.
By Christina Droggitis - In a note from Kenya, Lois Quam, the freshly appointed head of the GHI, announced the release of the first GHI+ country strategy, to be found on the newly established GHI.gov website. After two years of near radio silence from the USG in the way of physical documents outlining just how this $63 billion dollar [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Tuesday , March 15, 2011 AG NEEDS POSITIVE PERSPECTIVES MADE PUBLIC GothenburgTimes.com reports that as average Americans are three generations removed from the farm , Willow Holoubek , organizational director of the Alliance for the Future of Agriculture in Nebraska A-FAN says that disconnect leads to many people not understanding agriculture and how it has changed . Holoubek said , Promoting agriculture is important because it has come under attack from some animal rights groups andBy Amanda Glassman - Oxfam hasn’t let pesky little things like representative household surveys and impact evaluation results get in the way of their condemnation of Ghana’s health insurance program. The organization recently issued a strongly worded report described by one web site as “Oxfam damns health insurance scheme.” As these things go, the Oxfam report was then picked [...]
The ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan has sparked new life in the nuclear energy debate in many countries. And the fear for possible nuclear accidents in other countries forces politicians to reconsider and review their current energy policy stance. The … Continue reading →By Amanda Glassman - This week, Dr. Seth Berkley was named Chief Executive Officer of the GAVI Alliance. Expectations are high as GAVI seeks to raise US$ 3.7 billion this year for childhood vaccination in poor countries. Here are some ideas and questions for Dr. Berkley’s first day at work – welcome! 1. Obtain fair share U.S. funding. Especially now [...]
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The IRS has changed their minds on the cost of breast pumps and other lactation supplies and now have classified as a medical expense that can be reimbursed by flexible spending accounts.Late last year the IRS privately ruled that those costs weren’t deductible medical expenses and could not be reimbursed. I wonder why they changed their mind?
In less than three weeks it’s time for another annual event of Earth Hour – the global happening which millions of people from around the world participate in by turning off their lights. I have complained earlier that I think … Continue reading →
By Amanda Glassman - In 2010, maternal death became a rare event in Bangladesh. The recently released results of the nationally representative Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey 2010 tell the story: In 1989, 574 of every 100,000 pregnant women in Bangladesh died during pregnancy and childbirth. Last year, only 194 of every 100,000 died. This is still [...]