While microfinance has been a centrepiece of its action research and collaborative initiatives, FDC has explored interventions in a range of areas that benefit the poor and disadvantaged, or otherwise contribute to improved livelihoods at the grass roots. These projects span energy, governance, local economic development, private sector engagement, the resource sector, social enterprise development and information, technology and communication for development, and effective partnerships. Of note is FDC’s partnership with the Asian Development Bank which led to the creation of the Energy for all Partnership and provision of energy access to over 100 million people in Asia and the Pacific. Further, FDC’s work with on Governance and Leadership for Women in the Pacific was recognised in the annual awards of the United Nations Association of Australia.
Few would disagree with the statement that public participation and support is a vital component of any integrated water management or coastal management plan - without it, no long-term actions wi ...
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In this issue FDC contributions to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), FDC and the Global Knowledge Partnership Network (GKP), and Community-based ICT for Development projects.
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This publication provides readers with a summary of topical issues and latest research arising from the field across FDC’s areas of activity.
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This draft business plan provides detailed operational guidelines for the Partnership and partners to follow in tracking and reporting progress toward the Partnership target.
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FDC in association with ACCESS Advisory completed a study of 102 successful women entrepreneurs in Vietnam and the Philippines. Th research sheds light on the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and hab ...
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The Bottom Up Governance Leadership Program aimed to increase women's knowledge of governance and leadership in the Pacific and support bottom up governance initiatives by women in their local com ...
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This publication provides readers with a summary of topical issues and latest research arising from the field across FDC’s areas of activity.
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The Foundation for Development Cooperation was commissioned by the International Fund for Agricultural Development to conduct rural sector performance assessments for five Pacific Island Countries.
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The contribution of remittances to the national economy of some Pacific Island countries is significant. FDC produced these materials for households in the Pacific.
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The Foundation for Development Cooperation has been tasked by the Asian Development Bank to facilitate the Energy for All Partnership with the objective to increase access to modern forms of energ ...
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Increasingly, microfinance practitioners see ICT innovation as a key strategy in taking the microfinance sector to the next level in terms of outreach and sustainability. We are already seeing inn ...
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These manuals have been developed to be primarily delivered to community trainers in Porgera Valley, and then ultimately delivered to the local households interested in household financial managem ...
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The Foundation for Development Cooperation was commissioned by the International Fund for Agricultural Development to conduct rural sector performance assessments for five Pacific Island Countries.
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These manuals have been developed to be primarily delivered to community trainers in Porgera Valley, and then ultimately delivered to the local households interested in household financial managem ...
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The Foundation for Development Cooperation was commissioned by the International Fund for Agricultural Development to conduct rural sector performance assessments for five Pacific Island Countries.
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To the credit of its proponents, the Geneva Summit provided the first opportunity for a comprehensive discussion, introducing generations of people from developed and developing countries to the r ...
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The main objective of the Pacific Renewable Energy and Microfinance project is to train microfinance institutions on the basics of renewable energy and energy efficiency, to enable the provision o ...
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Funding for a new and innovative project to design and implement renewable energy and microfinance systems in the Pacific has been awarded to FDC.
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This publication aims to contribute to a broader and better understanding of the issues facing our South Pacific neighbours, adding impetus to recent positive developments in the region.
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This publication provides readers with a summary of topical issues and latest research arising from the field across FDC’s areas of activity.
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This paper describes microfinance's intangible benefits, by reviewing the literature and exploring and synthesising lessons from conflicts in nine countries in Asia and the Pacific, with emphasis ...
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Throughout the developing world, ICT for Development (ICT4D) has assumed the mantel of being the latest silver bullet in the fight against poverty. Indeed, many ICT4D pilot programs have been impl ...
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E4ALL is a platform conceived by FDC and the Asian Development Bank in 2009 to provide access to clean and modern energy. In addition to concept development, FDC served as E4ALL's first secretaria ...
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This publication provides readers with a summary of topical issues and latest research arising from the field across FDC’s areas of activity.
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This paper highlights the need for and formulates a supportive institutional framework for urban local authorities.
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The Foundation for Development Cooperation was commissioned by the International Fund for Agricultural Development to conduct rural sector performance assessments for five Pacific Island Countries.
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Beyond microfinance, the concept of multi-stakeholder partnerships has rapidly gained influence as an approach to sustainable development and poverty reduction in other sectors such as such as ext ...
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Despite a large amount of funding and numerous programs dedicated to improving governance in the Pacific region, the female parliamentary participation rate within the Pacific currently stands at ...
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To be considered for expansion and replication, an ICT for poverty reduction initiative needs to demonstrate that it is a sustainable operation.
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Commissioned by the Secretariat of Pacific Community, the main objective of this review is to provide a comprehensive assessment of how Pacific Island countries and territories, as well as regiona ...
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Research and advocacy work designed to influence policy is a growing area of operation in the non-profit sector, among non-government organisations and more recently in some government departments ...
Read moreFDC's submission begins with a summary of the principal recommendations contained in the text related to the terms of reference of the aid review.
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Commentary on the need to invest in long-term processes rather than short-order outputs to ensure a sharing of information society expertise and experience and learnings to support further stren ...
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This booklet is an output of FDC's Information and Communication for Development (IC4D) program.
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This paper examines the interactions between global and local media and society in the present climate. Given the constraints currently affecting media operations across the globe it is argued ...
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This paper discusses the inability of existing conceptualizations of social capital to account for cultural distinctiveness, and the implications this has for research projects and social developm ...
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The Foundation for Development Cooperation has been tasked by the Asian Development Bank to facilitate the Energy for All Partnership with the objective to increase access to modern forms of energ ...
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The aims of this project were to focus on a smaller number of specific markets, and to pilot responses to the identified needs from the earlier stage of Partner's Improving Marketplaces.
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Partners Improving Marketplaces is a Melanesia-wide project that seeks to improve the social, economic, and physical conditions of women market vendors and to encourage local government and those ...
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FDC undertook a two-week “Tujuh Bukit Listening Tour” to explore insights aimed principally to gather information from all interested stakeholders and increase the level of knowledge and understan ...
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A book published by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation following the World Summit on the Information Society. FDC contributed three thematic chapters: "Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships - M ...
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Small island developing states (SIDS) face grave and very real threats of global warming and subsequent sea-level rise. These threats pose particular challenges for Kiribati, one of the world’s mo ...
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This publication aims to increase the availability of information and knowledge on various issues in the area of ICT4D. It provides a mainstream understanding about multi-sector partnerships, how ...
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Microfinance has proven to be an essential element for people in disaster situations, enabling them to start to rebuild their lives and improve their living conditions. FDC's research and other le ...
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These are just a small sample of case studies that have been put together which serve to illustrate the possibilities and opportunities for development partners, communities and organizations genu ...
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Poverty in Asia is pervasive, massive, resilient and complex. Approximately 24 per cent of the population of developing countries in Asia, or about 760 million people, live in poverty. South Asia ...
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This paper discusses the role of ICTs in poverty reduction. It is organised into three sections. The first section focuses on poverty in Asia, highlighting the important distinction between 'devel ...
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Over 60 representatives from 16 countries in the Pacific Region met for three days to report on and foster a vibrant telecentre movement in the Pacific Region. Participants included telecentre ope ...
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FDC developed a program for women villagers, community workers and emerging leaders to increase their knowledge of governance and leadership in the Pacific and support bottom-up governance initiat ...
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The Bangladesh Enterprise Institute in association with the Foundation for Development Cooperation initiated the Bangladesh Social Enterprise Project on February 1, 2009 with the support of the Br ...
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The Foundation for Development Cooperation was commissioned by the International Fund for Agricultural Development to conduct rural sector performance assessments for five Pacific Island Countries.
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The problem in the current debate about peacebuilding is not a lack of thinking and analysis, nor of recognition of the problems, or even identification of solutions.
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This publication provides readers with a summary of topical issues and latest research arising from the field across FDC’s areas of activity.
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