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		<title>Briefing Note 11 &#8211; Governance and Leadership in the Pacific: Options to Increase Female Participation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite a large amount of funding and numerous programs dedicated to improving governance in the Pacific region, the female parliamentary participation rate within the Pacific currently stands at 4.2% &#8211; the lowest in the world. Between the years of 1995-2008, Arab states (female participation rate 8.8%) and Sub-Saharan African states (female participation rate 18.6%) increased [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/briefing-note-11-governance-and-leadership-in-the-pacific-options-to-increase-female-participation/</link>
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		<title>FDC FY09 Consolidated Annual Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FDC is pleased to release its consolidated FY09 annual report.  It is accessible (here).
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		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/fdc-fy09-consolidated-annual-report/</link>
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		<title>July AARTG</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the latest July AARTG please visit here.
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		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/july-aartg/</link>
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		<title>Partners Improving Marketplaces Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ FDC recently held a training session for women market vendors in Suva, Fiji as part of the UNIFEM funded Partner’s Improving Marketplaces Project. FDC project manager Carly Stephan, and Pacific Regional Representative Luse Kinivuwai trained women from Suva, Nausori and Sigatoka markets in team building and how to form associations. It is hoped that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/partners-improving-marketplaces-project/</link>
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		<title>Asia Clean Energy Form 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Updates from the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2010 – including news, interviews, videos and photos – are now available at the newly revised www.cleanenergyasia.net. The Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) is Asia’s premier event for policymakers, technical experts and project developers to share knowledge and up-to-date developments in clean energy in the region.
ACEF 2010 was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/asia-clean-energy-form-2010/</link>
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		<title>Pacific Island Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The FDC Pacific Regional Representative will be presenting at the Pacific Island Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) EU-PACREIP Workshop on the Microfinance Pasifika Network and Microfinance Development in the Pacific in Nadi, Fiji on the 23rd of June 2010 to the PIPSO members from 14 island countries. This is a unique opportunity to share microfinance developments [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/pacific-island-private-sector-organisation-pipso-workshop/</link>
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		<title>FDC RSS Feed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The FDC website now supports RSS Feeds, broadcasting news headlines to all readers. To add the FDC RSS Feed to your reader, please press on the RSS button (orange) next to &#8216;FDC Headlines&#8217; on the homepage (above).
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		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/fdc-rss-feed/</link>
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		<title>Pacific Renewable Energy and Microfinance Project (PREM)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[70% of the Pacific Island Countries (PIC) population are “unelectrified” and do not have access to modern energy services. Access to basic modern energy has been defined as essential in the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) as it leads to improvements in education, health, gender, communication and income generating prospects. The low population [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/pacific-renewable-energy-and-microfinance-project-prem/</link>
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		<title>FDC &amp; Australian Strategic Policy Institute Paper on the Resource Sector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FDC and ASPI have released a report entitled &#8220;A case for collaboration: Enhancing the development outcomes of Australian resource companies’ operations overseas&#8221;. The report traces through the role, influence and impact of the resources sector in developing countries and offers six recommendations for further action. Please find the report here.
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		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/fdc-australian-strategic-policy-institute-paper-on-the-resource-sector/</link>
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		<title>World Bank Praxis Discussion Series: Microfinancing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FDC’s John Conroy presented at a World Bank discussion on microfinance in Sydney in May. Watch the video here: http://www.worldbank.org/praxis
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		<link>http://www.fdc.org.au/news/world-bank-praxis-discussion-series-microfinancing/</link>
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