Ethics and Development
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Inter-American Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics and Development
Nov. 24, 2004
No. 101
"Many
people miss small joys while awaiting for the great happiness"
Pearl S. Buck
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Team
General Coordinator
Bernardo Kliksberg
Deputy General Coodinator
Liliana
Basile
Editor-Chief
Alan Wagenberg
Translation
Benjamin Buclet
Agustina Fraquelli
Mariana Pargana
Eloisa
Marques
Editors
Gabriel
Mops
Maria
Loreto Torres
Marta
Gutierrez
Systems
Mariano
Baca
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NEWS
International Organizations
Reward Cities with High Solidarity
The United Nations Volunteers Program, the Inter-American Initiative on
Social Capital, Ethics and Development of the IDB and UN-Habitat will
launch on December 5th, 2004 -The International Day of Volunteering - a
prize called "Cities with Heart". The award aims to reward the
cities that stand out for their contribution to volunteer action.
According to Richard Huber, the project coordinator of "Solidarity
Cities" from United Nations, "The purpose of Cities with Heart
is to recognize cities where government and civil society are committed in
using volunteerism as a tool for local development and the achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals". The cities will be selected by an
expert committee and will be awarded worldwide at the end of every
year.
Additional information: Richard.Huber@unvolunteers.org
The Education Gap
Researchers find evidence that a lack of education has a greater impact on
inequality than previously thought. Recent studies on economic inequality,
poor education and other determinants of poverty were presented and
analyzed during a recent seminar at IDB headquarters aimed at social
policy design for fighting poverty.
http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/Display/WSView.cfm?WS_Num=ws10504&Language=English
Best Research on Corruption
Award
The Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) and Transparency International for
Latin America and the Caribbean (TILAC) launched this week the third
edition of its regional award that exclusively promotes and incentives
research journalism. With support from the Open Society Institute, a
$25,000 award will be given to the best story on corruption published in a
Latin America media and an additional $5,000 will be given to stories that
deserve special merits. Stories should have been published between January
1 and December 31, 2004.
http://www.ipys.org/interprensa.php?idioma=C&boletin=70#
"Ethics and
Development" Exam Winners
We would like to thank our readers that participated in last week's exam.
The winners are: Ana Lilian Vega from El Salvador, Maritza del Pilar
Tibata López from Colombia and Javier Nieto Rico from Spain. The answers
to the exam are available at:
http://www.iadb.org/etica/red/quiz.cfm
KEY INTERVIEWS
Experiences in Ethics and
Political Culture
Father Arturo Sosa was in Washington, DC and he presented his experiences
to the Inter-American Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics and Development
team. Through this open dialogue, Father Sosa presented different issues
related to his rich experience in the political field and offered his
point of view on ethics for these topics.
http://www.iadb.org/etica/sp4321/DocHit.cfm?DocIndex=1989
IN NUMBERS
The Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) is expected to grow by 4.7 percent at least in 2004 and 3.7 percent in 2005, following the 1.6 percent increase of GDP in 2003 and bringing to an end three years of stagnation, said the World Bank's annual report, Global Economic Prospects 2005.
OPPORTUNITIES
Financing of Initiatives
that Promote Youth Civic Values
The World Bank announced the South Cone Development Fair for Argentina,
Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, with an initial financing of $250,000, and
possibly a total of $1 million dollars, through donations from government
and civil organisms, multilateral agencies and the private sector. The
donation will reward projects from nonprofit organizations that promote
civic values to poor and vulnerable youth, with the Project Contest that
will reward $10,000 to each organization that wins.
http://www.worldbank.org
International Program of
Training in Ethics of Biomedical and Psychosocial Research
The Interdisciplinary Center of Studies in Bioethics of the University of
Chile will start its elective activities from the International Program
"Ética de la Investigación Biomédica y Psicosocial" in April
2005. The program, with support from the Fogarty International Center of
National Institutes of Health (USA), will be held by a consortium of six
universities led by the University of Chile and supported per the
Bioethics Unit of the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health
Organization (PAHO/WHO). At the end of the program, participants will be
able to evaluate, create and manage sustainable ethical researches.
Deadline to apply is December 30, 2004. More information at: http://www.bioetica.ops-oms.org
Job Opportunity
Unit Chief, Research Promotion and Development. Pan American Health
Organization The Unit Chief will cooperate with the countries of the
Region to strengthen their health research systems and capabilities for
the production of knowledge on relevant public health problems. Deadline
for applications: December 6, 2004.
http://erecruit.who.int/e-jobs/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.cfm?o_c=1000&jobinfo_uid_c=2919&vaclng=en
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
A study of US consumers has
found that 71% believe companies should be "actively" involved
in fighting AIDS.
http://www.businessfightsaids.org/news_read.asp?ID=9415&sct=2&PR=1
CALENDAR
10th National Seminar of
Associations and Support Groups for Adoption Study
Support Group for Adoption of Goiania, Goiania, Brasil, May 26-29, 2005
Information: adocao@cultura.com.br
LINK TO OTHER RELATED BULLETINS
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PARTNERS
Alta Gerencia * AUSJAL * BID Juventud * CEMEFI * CLAD * Fundación Getulio Vargas * Government of France * Government of Norway * Institut Internacional de Governabilitat de Catalunya * IntraMed * La Sociedad Digital * OEA- IACD * PAHO * PRIGEPP * UNDP * UNESCO * UN Volunteers * U. Nacional de la Matanza * U. of Maryland * U. de Oslo