{"id":1476,"date":"2012-07-09T11:49:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T18:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/?page_id=1476"},"modified":"2012-07-09T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T20:23:26","slug":"the-2012-development-challenge-proposals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/idrnblog\/events\/previous-idrn-events\/idrn-development-challenge\/the-2012-development-challenge-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2012 Development Challenge Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Creating the framework for humane community living for disabled people in Serbia<\/a><\/h3>\n

This Challenge idea is for a social justice project that would benefit not only the target country\u00a0(Serbia) but it could\u00a0also\u00a0be adapted fo\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Carolyn Laws + team<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nApr 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Education is the key to sustainable development<\/a><\/h3>\n

Communities living adjucent to protected areas should be provided with necessary education opportunities.<\/p>\n

Started by Kamanzi Festo<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nMar 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Engaging local stakeholders in transboundary conservation in the Central Albertine Rift (DRC, Rwanda, Uganda)<\/a><\/h3>\n

This is an idea that came out of 9 months of field research in the Central Albertine Rift, at the end of which a friend (Cory Wilson, found\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Elaine Hsiao<\/td>\n

2<\/td>\nMar 29
\nReply by Tony Karbo<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Global Health<\/a><\/h3>\n

Anyone interested in forming a team and work on an International Development challenge on improving public health ?(eg. first aid, sanitati\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Shadi Mojtabavi<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nMar 17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Improving conditions for smallholder coffee growers in Rwanda<\/a><\/h3>\n

Let Tanya Smith or Sara Elder know if you are interested in joining us in developing a project related to smallholder farmers in Rwanda and\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Sara Elder<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nMar 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Challenge: Scaling up cooperative agriculture to address food security, health, and nutrition needs in the Ruzizi Valley, DRC<\/a><\/h3>\n

The challenge involves working with an agricultural cooperative representing 1,200 low-income farmers in the Ruzizi Valley in the eastern D\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Hamish Stewart<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nMar 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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How to effectively engage the private sector in sustainable development<\/a><\/h3>\n

Hi, I have recently returned to BC after my graduate studies in International Development at the London School of Economics. I am keen to m\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Tanya Smith<\/td>\n

3<\/td>\nMar 3
\nReply by Abdul Baset Muqeet<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Lifelong Learning in Least Developed Countries<\/a><\/h3>\n

Lifelong learning, knowledge based economy, and economic competitiveness through education have been synonymous to the the educational-econ\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Kapil Dev Regmi<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nFeb 23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Challenge: Propose policy options for overcoming corruption<\/a><\/h3>\n

Huge swaths of the developing world are burgeoning with potential, but are restricted by institutionalized corruption and rent-seeking. Thi\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Jordan Levine (Organizer)<\/td>\n

1<\/td>\nFeb 20
\nReply by Sina Shahandeh (Organizer)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Challenge: Developing a business model for the effective dissemination of ‘improved’ cookstoves<\/a><\/h3>\n

Although cookstoves can provide a number of benefits including promoting positive environmental, health and development outcome the distrib\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Olivia Freeman<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nFeb 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Challenge: Addressing poaching in conservation areas through livelihood programs<\/a><\/h3>\n

Poaching can be a conflictual problem in conservation in the developing world with often violent outcomes. To address the poaching problem\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Olivia Freeman<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nFeb 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Challenge: Propose an education intervention<\/a><\/h3>\n

Education is one of the prime forces behind development and international equality. This challenge calls for a proposal to improve educatio\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Jordan Levine (Organizer)<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nFeb 14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Challenge: Propose a solution to a commons problem affecting the poor<\/a><\/h3>\n

Resources such as water, arable land, sanitation, etc. are often seriously degraded, or privatized beyond the reach of the poor, in many de\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Jordan Levine (Organizer)<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nFeb 14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Challenge: Utilizing social media to encourage civic engagement<\/a><\/h3>\n

In the challenge we will propose new approaches to utilize the power of new media for enhancing civic engagement specially in societies wit\u2026<\/p>\n

Started by Sina Shahandeh (Organizer)<\/td>\n

0<\/td>\nDec 3, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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