development

FOCUS development : Gypsy in the mix

Gypsy in the mix

Dispelling stereotypes of gypsy music being about old men singing in restaurants, today’s DJs are showing that it remains a vibrant and powerful form of music

by louise bongiovanni // 24/07/06

development, dance, contemporary art, immigration, human rights, discrimination, multiculturalism

ANALYSIS development : Poland on the way up

Poland on the way up

In old Europe, people are fearing an influx of cheap Polish labour and the relocation of businesses to Poland. But are these fears justified? We take a look at the facts.

by joachim korte bernard // 30/01/06

development, economy, enlargement, communism, poland, central and eastern europe

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The European Development Days: a mix of optimism and criticism

By Desiree Ketabchi This year the European Development Days are being hosted in Brussels on 6th and 7th December. The event – a series of conferences and discussions about development - has a particular meaning this year, 2010 being the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion and the world facing ...

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Alloianoi as science fiction myth... thanks to the need for Turkeys' economic growth...

The ancient Greek city of Alloianoi of the 2nd century BC will probably pass into oblivion in the following days, after the new approval received by the Office of the State Water Management in Turkey, to bury it under tons of sand, in order to continue work on creating dam ...

SimonR by SimonR on athens

Federalise EU development aid for more, better and faster delivery

By Philippe Adriaenssens, JEF Belgium More than $1 trillion in development aid has been poured into Africa over the past 50 years but this has only helped to perpetuate a vicious circle of poverty, argues Dambisa Moyo in her book “Dead Aid”.* She demands the phasing out of all foreign ...

manajan by manajan on federalists

Brazil (according to Samba-rap)

The recurrent case study for International Business and Development Studies scholars - Brazil - is analysed differently by the country’s Samba-rap musicians. The well performing clusters, such as the footwear cluster of Sinos Valley, was analysed by Humphrey and Schmitz (2002) regarding its functional upgrading triggered by US’ demand and value ...

Fabio Pereira by Fabio Pereira on bdev

Innovation could be a basic for recovering

6th of March was a general grey, rainy day in Budapest. In the central of the Hungarian capital many people walked around, went home after a busy day like usual. At the same time it wasn’t an ordinary Thursday for Babelians: in the historical downtown café called Central the ...

baluvagyok by baluvagyok on budapest