OFID Scholarship Award 2009/10

The Call for Applications for the OFID Scholarship Award is now closed. The winner will be announced in due course.

 

 

OFID unveils biofuels study

A seminal study commissioned by OFID and prepared by the Vienna-based International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) concludes that the use of first-generation biofuels will increase food insecurity in the world’s poorest countries ....
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OFID and China: new partners in development

A new milestone was reached in January, when OFID commenced cooperation with the People’s Republic of China. The fledgling partnership was sealed when OFID Director-General, Mr. Suleiman J. Al-Herbish, travelled to the country to sign a US$16 million loan agreement...
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Sustainable development through education

In terms of human development, Mauritania ranks among the lowest in the world. Annual per capita income is just US$430, half the population is illiterate and life expectancy is no more than 55 years. Turning such gloomy statistics around is an uphill struggle, but one that the Mauritanian Government is resolutely tackling ...
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When one man's trash isn't another man's treasure

Worldwide, 20 to 50 million metric tons of electronic, or e-waste, are generated annually. A shocking 70 percent of this, along with the toxic materials it contains, ends up in developing countries that are ill-equipped to deal with it safely...
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First generation biofuels threaten food security

A seminal study commissioned by OFID and prepared by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) concludes that the use of first-generation biofuels will increase food insecurity in the world’s poorest countries...
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