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On the occasion of International Women's Day we put the spotlights on our gender equality strategy and on noteworthy initiatives in Benin, Rwanda, DR Congo, Algeria and Morocco. Gender equality is key to development and sustainable change but it is also a quality criterion for our work: We get better results by taking into account gender-specific realities and by mainstreaming gender in all our activities. Delete the scoop?
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Over the last two years, the regional integration agenda in West Africa, or more precisely, the agenda of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been dominated by the issue of conflict management. Beginning with the turmoil in Côte d´Ivoire at end of 2010, the region has not been able to escape from a series of troubles which are still ongoing in Mali and Guinea-Bissau. For ECOWAS, as the principal regional political actor, these problems are the top priority. This focus reflects the history of the regional grouping but also reveals shortcomings.
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In het Afrikaanse Benin mag een vaccin tegen meningitis voor het eerst vier dagen ongekoeld vervoerd worden. Gehoopt wordt dat zo de prijs van het vaccin voor de patient daalt. Delete the scoop?
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A l’issue de la quatrième session de la grande Commission mixte de coopération bénino-belge, les experts béninois et belge ont adopté, vendredi dernier à Cotonou, un nouveau programme indicatif pour la période allant de 2013 à 2017, a informé le ministère béninois des Affaires étrangères et de l’Intégration africaine. Delete the scoop?
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Ontwikkelingssamenwerking haalt geen te beste resultaten, zoveel is wel duidelijk voor Dimitri Van den Meerssche. De reden daarvoor zoekt hij in de perverse effecten van het ontwikkelingsapparaat zelf. Delete the scoop?
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Next to "value for money", Impact investing is becoming a hot topic in international aid.