Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Post-2015 development: timeline | Global development | guardian.co.uk

Interesting summary roadmap!

Post-2015 development: timeline | Global development | guardian.co.uk

Thursday, May 23, 2013

BBC News - UK first quarter growth unchanged

BBC News - UK first quarter growth unchanged
The data within the link from the ONS are especially interesting to click through, seeing the comparison to the rest of the world. Need to watch this carefully over coming quarters.

Monday, May 20, 2013

Children in the Urban World - Unicef stats!

Some amzing stats in here, mostly showing progress!

http://www.unicef.org/sowc2012/statistics.php

Take a look at the HIV table and the Under 5 mortality, see who is top and bottom from the developing and developed world?

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

UK outlook

As with the previous post, news to keep and eye on and understand the responses in coming weeks and months both by the commentator, the business and consumer base.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22539965

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22499912

Monday, May 13, 2013

Lets have a look at this in septemer 2013

UK economy picking up, surveys suggest | Business | guardian.co.uk
Britain is starting to see green shoots of recovery as business activity picks up, companies continue to hire new staff and consumers start to spend again.
A series of surveys published on Monday suggest the UK is on the road to recovery after its double-dip recession,..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22484394
A revision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has cast doubt on the UK's double-dip recession last year.

Revised growth estimates now suggest the construction industry shrank in the first quarter of 2012, but by less than previously thought.

Analysts say the revision may be enough to mean the overall economy narrowly avoided falling into recession for a second time.

The ONS is due to give official confirmation of this in June.

Matters of real importance.

New coronavirus can spread between humans, says WHO official

World Health Organisation expert plays down fears of pandemic, saying prolonged contact is needed to transmit disease
New coronavirus can spread between humans, says WHO official | World news | guardian.co.uk

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Circle of 6

Circle of 6 for MDG3! Great innovation for the world over

http://girlsglobe.org/2013/05/02/preventing-violence-against-women-through-mobile-apps/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/11/01/announcing-winners-apps-against-abuse-technology-challenge

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

MBA students see the business sense in both doing well and doing good - FT.com

It was always just a matter or time, now the implementation needs to really count!
MBA students see the business sense in both doing well and doing good - FT.com
and it features two guys I've met, Josh and Doug from Balloon Kenya so that's even better!
www.balloonkenya.com

Thursday, May 02, 2013

White spaces - Techology Innovation for International Development

This hold huge potential, making the ubiquitous TV signal serve those who are online but are desperate to connect all those around them. It will have the impact that mobile phones are having with everything to safer maternal care to M-Pesa

Microsoft - 4Afrika | Article - White spaces project

Just look where it could fit in in Uganda via this animation from Unicef Uganda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9pZ53dpPXQ

and other info
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/uganda_68321.html

Prospects - Global Monitoring Report 2013: Monitoring the MDGs

Prospects - Global Monitoring Report 2013: Monitoring the MDGs