| | Crisis of International Environment and Development Programmes: Shortage of Resources or Lack of Resolve and Imagination | | By Najib Saab
November-December 1997
Shortage of resources has become the typical explanation given by international development programmes to justify their failure to achieve tangible results. The fact is that accepting this explanation would neither help to attract resources, nor contribute to the implementation of successful programmes. International agencies often disregard other inherent causes of failure such as lack of resolve and poor management, let alone creative imagination. The problem multiplies when those programmes get reduced to implementation tools of selective short-term plans, which remain limited to press conferences. | | more... | |
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 | | | Arab Environment in 10 Years | | | ARAB ENVIRONMENT IN 10 YEARS crowns a decade of the series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) on the state of Arab environment. It tracks and analyzes changes focusing on policies and governance, including level of response and engagement in international environmental treaties. It also highlights developments in six selected priority areas, namely water, energy, air, food, green economy and environmental scientific research. |
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