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ICIMOD Annual Meeting in Chengdu/China, 19 and 20 November 2009
Switzerland takes over the Chair of the ICIMOD “International Support Group”
On the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in China, Switzerland assumed the Chairmanship of the Centre’s International Support Group and, in so doing, took over as representative of the donors on the Board of Governors of this international Organization active in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas.

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Presentation of the DAC Peer Review 2009
Recommendations of the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD
How good is Swiss development cooperation by international comparison? This question lies at the core of the evaluation of Swiss development cooperation conducted by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD.

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Africa Factbook 2009
Combating hunger and poverty without depleting Earth’s resources
If Africa is to make long-term advances in human development, it will need to find approaches that work with Earth’s ecological limitations. This is a key finding of the Africa Factbook 2009, produced by the Global Footprint Network with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

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Bosnia and Herzegovina
SDC project as a model for health reform
Thanks to a model Swiss project, more patients in Bosnia receive inexpensive access to careful diagnosis and treatment. In conjunction with the Bosnian government, SDC experts are training specialists in family medicine. The partnership between Swiss and local institutions is a boost for the Bosnian health services.

The project in brief