Category: Knowledge for Development
Rural Communication divides in Nepal
SLC is the most excepted examination for Nepalese to get release from School life. SLC means School Leaving Certificate examination. As a student, learning about results are the most anxious moments in life. When the result is of SLC examinations, the issue becomes more serious. How would anyone feel, if s/he have to wait for […]
Poor technology and designs kill Bangladesh’s jute carpets
Once famous for its jute carpets, Bangladesh has not only lost the world market to countries like Spain and Turkey but domestic consumers too, thanks to obsolete technology, outdated designs and bad marketing. Bangladesh continues to grow the finest quality of raw jute, but carpet exports during the first half of 2006-07 were a mere […]
Small Loan empowered Anowara Begum
‘’I thought many times, whether God created me only for sufferings! When my husband cried out from chest pain, it became unbearable for me like a beloved wife. I used to go from door to door to borrow some money to buy medicines for my husband. But my relatives and neighbors were reluctant to lend […]
Cellphones may take banking to the rural poor in the third world
In many third world countries, where bank branches are few and far between, the development that finally may make financial services practical for the rural poor fits in the palm of a hand. Mobile devices like cellphones have the potential to effectively bring financial markets to the countryside, allowing banks and other lenders in urban […]
Pakistan’s urban population to equal rural by 2030: UNFPA
* 35-50pc of urban population living in katchi abadis * Over half of world’s population to live in cities by 2008 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s urban population is likely to equal its rural population by 2030, according to a report titled ‘Life in the City: Pakistan in Focus’, released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) here […]
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