In April, representatives
of research and academic institutions, governments,
trade unions, and nongovernmental organizations met
in Harare, Zimbabwe for the regional meeting of the
Gender and Economic Reforms in Africa (GERA) program.
The report of that meeting, “Toward
Participatory Economic Reform in Africa: A Quest for
Women's Economic Empowerment,” has now been
published by the NSI. It provides a quick survey of
women and globalization in Africa, and review of the
first 16 projects funded under the program. Copies
are available from the Institute.
From
Social Movements to Social Clauses—Grading Strategies
for Improving Conditions for Women Garment Workers
(Briefing Paper 42),
by Researcher Julie Delahanty, looks at how globalization
has affected the garment industry and its workers
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Late in 1998,
the Institute undertook a case study of the Canadian
International Development Agency's (CIDA) efforts
to mainstream poverty reduction into its programs.
This study was part of 26 donor case studies undertaken
by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development. The findings,
DAC
Informal Network on Poverty Reduction—The Canadian
International Development Agency Case Study,
prepared by Kerry Max, are now available on the NSI
website (www.nsi-ins.ca)
In November
NSI President Roy Culpeper delivered the Michael Keenan
Memorial Lecture at St. Thomas More College at the
University of Saskatchewan. The public lecture is
given in memory of Professor Michael Keenan who was
first Dean of the college. Since 1987 the lecture
has been given annually by a distinguished visitor.
Culpeper's lecture was titled, “The Three Rs
of Globalization: Rights, Responsibilities, and Rules.”
Gordon Mair
has joined NSI as Director of Finance and Administration.
A Certified Management Accountant, Mair has worked
in finance internationally as Finance Manager for
the Secretariat of the Pacific Community in New Caledonia
and the Director of Finance and Administration for
the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
in Costa Rica. Mair has worked for Forestry Canada
and the Office of the Auditor General. He replaces
Ted Paterson, who leaves the Institute staff to become
a research associate.
Dina Shadid
joined the Institute on a full-time basis in April.
She is the Library/Contacts Data Base Officer and
has been working at NSI part-time for the past 2 1/2
years. Prior to joining NSI, Shadid worked for the
International Development Research Centre as a library
cataloguer.
The first meeting
of the Global Development Network (GDN99) takes place
in Bonn, Germany, Dec. 6-8, to launch the GDN, a gathering
of international policy and research institutes, networks,
and individuals working on issues related to development.
The North-South Institute is organizing panels on
international financial architecture and on gender
and development. GDN99 will focus on the challenges
facing poorer countries in the changing global environment.
For more information consult the GDN website at www.gdnet.org;
phone the World Bank at (202) 458-9891/7397; or contact
GDN by email at gdni@worldbank.org.
