Women’s Access to and Control over Micro Credit.
Traditionally, conventional banks avoided giving loans to the rural poor, particularly to women, because they could not offer collateral, the risk of loan defaults was high, and the small size of loans led to high administrative costs ...........more ....
Still Waiting for a New Education Policy
Five years ago, a report by 30 independent Pakistani scholars revealed that the national curriculum and the textbooks in common use in our public schools were contributing to creating a culture of sectarianism, religious intolerance, and violence, including encouraging students to embrace radical Islamic views about jihad and martyrdom..........more .....
Meeting Climate Change Challenge: Rhetoric and Beyond
Popular and policy rhetoric around the challenges of climate change is asking for concrete steps to implement adaptation strategies in the developing world. A realization that we did not inherit this planet from our ancestors but have borrowed from our next generations is also prompting both environmental activists and capitalist industrialist to go ‘green’ in order to save the planet and human beings from an untimely yet avoidable atrophy. The story, behind this motive is a little long and complex. ........more ......
Workshops and Trainings at SDPI
- Training Workshop on Impact Evaluation for Oxfam Novib Pakistan Earthquake Rehabilitation Program Partners 12—15 January 2009
- Training Workshop on Project Management 13—15 January 2009
- Training Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects 9—11 February 2009
- Training Workshop on Enhancing Secretarial Skills 16—18 February 2009
- Training Workshop on Managerial and Administrative Skills 3—5 March 2009
