An army of white jackets: Graduation of 406 Timorese doctors (2012)
406 Timorese doctors graduate as a result of Cuban-East Timorese health cooperation.
406 Timorese doctors graduate as a result of Cuban-East Timorese health cooperation.
Aid worldwide runs at more than $120 billion per year (World Bank 2011a), yet there is very little correlation between this expenditure and the often stated goal of poverty reduction. The failures of aid are legion. Yet this ‘development assistance’ […]
Since independence, Timor-Leste has formed its own hybrid development strategies, through a National Development Plan and the distinct practices of two different governments. These hybrids incorporate mixed ideas from economic liberal, developmental state, and human development traditions. Yet the language […]
América Latina comparte algunos elementos con el socialismo de las culturas ‘del norte’, pero también tiene algunas desviaciones significativas. Ambos tienen puntos de vista bien diversos sobre el ‘socialismo’, sostienen diversos énfasis en el enfoque, comparten una perspectiva revisada marxista de […]
What is happening to ‘globalisation’? The current multi-faceted crisis is transformational, driving deep structural changes. As Ghosh has pointed out, the growth of regionalism is one key outcome of the “contradictory dynamics of globalisation” (Ghosh and Guven, 2006). By this […]