The Development Forum - Global

Its focal point is a series of new and ongoing moderated electronic discussions on key issues and challenges facing the development community and the world's poor, with particular emphasis on learning from the experience of those who face these challenges in their daily lives. Discussion Groups include: Ending Violence Against Women, Rural Communications In Africa, Facilitating Foreign Direct Investment, Social Capitol, Attacking Poverty (in english, french and spanish), Knowledge and Information for Development, Gender and Law, and Les Consequences de la Maternite Precoce sur l'Education des Filles en Afrique (french only).

Economic development, political development, communication, women, gender.

Discussions in the Development Forum are open to participants from around the world. In order to assure that those with limited Internet access can participate, these dialogues are conducted by means of moderated email lists, archived to the Development Forum web site.