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Environment Horizon Scan Newsletter

Issue 21 - May 2011

POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT AND DONOR ISSUES

• Colloquium on Law and Poverty
• Implications of complexity theory for development: Extracts from a blog post

ECONOMIC ISSUES

• World Economic Forum on Africa
• Poverty fight should inspire the move to Free Trade Agreement
• Mozambique: Economic growth and subsidised food for the urban poor
• The financing of city services in Southern Africa - A cause for concern
• South Africa unlikely to enforce local procurement for Wal-Mart

POLITICAL ISSUES

• Local elections good for the deepening of democracy
• Angolan police put down anti-poverty protests - change on the way for Angola?
• Meanwhile tension mounts over escalating Botswana protests
• The ANC has began using its majority muscle in the South African national assembly to push the controversial ‘secrecy bill’ through parliament

SOCIAL ISSUES

• Lack of work experience leave graduates unemployed
• South Africa’s economy is in dire need of highly skilled workers
• 17 million children in Southern Africa are orphans
• Poorer countries better at looking after children

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• ‘If we work together as a region, the balance of our endowments looks a little different.’
• Africa must start identifying Climate Fund projects

TECHNOLOGY ISSUES

• Participatory mapping project in Congo nominated for Buckminster Fuller prize
• New pharmaceutical research centre at University of Cape Town to take Africa forward
• Space science in South Africa to contribute to urban and rural planning, and economic development
• In Africa, the potential for Apps goes far beyond games, entertainment and publishing

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