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		<title>Presentation:  Impoverished Democracy and the DRC Early Spring 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IDEA will be co-sponsoring a presentation with the School of Ethics and Global Leadership in Washington, D.C. by Claver Pashi, who participated in the IDEA Leaders in Action Working Session and took a stand to &#8220;create a clean government in the Democratic Republic of Congo.&#8221;  He formed a party, got it approved, rallied numerous supporters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concepts Generated in the SID-sponsored event: Mutual Learning, October 13, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Which concepts are the most relevant to me, my organization and/or international development?  What are the take-aways? 1.  Ensure gender is at the center of what we do.  Free and empower women who often prove to be the responsible family members who will push for change. 2. Use bottom-up approaches, working people-to-people, to achieve self-reliance.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.devidea.org/concepts-generated-in-the-sid-sponsored-event-mutual-learning-october-13-2011/</link>
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		<title>News About Presentations Jointly Sponsored by IDEA and SID</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learning Events following the theme of “Fielding Effective Development Teams are being schedule for March-June 2012.  Stay tuned!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.devidea.org/news-about-presentations-jointly-sponsored-by-idea-and-sid/</link>
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		<title>Working Session: Next International Development Leaders in Action Session April 19-20, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IDEA invites you, the international development practitioner, to participate in our upcoming, leading edge working session. This Washington-based training program, International Development Leaders in Action: Elevating Performance and Effectiveness, is designed to enhance your capacity to make a difference in your development organization, NGO, consulting company or business.  If you are out to make a major [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.devidea.org/training-event-international-development-leaders-in-action/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Developmental Thought: Malcolm Gladwell&#8217;s Contributions in The Tipping Point, February20, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE TIPPING POINT[1], a comment by Ron Ivey This widely read book does not discuss international development.  But it does discuss something that should tantalize interesting for international development practitioners.  Gladwell writes on social epidemics like crime, shoe styles, and Sesame Street, but, if we allow our imaginations to roam a bit we can see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.devidea.org/developmental-thought-for-the-week/</link>
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