The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) was a federal Canadian organization that administered foreign aid programs in developing countries. The agency was merged into the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2013 by the federal government under Prime Minister Stephen Harper History. CIDA was formed in 1968 by ...

International development or global development is a broad concept denoting the idea that societies and countries have differing levels of economic or human development on an international scale. It is the basis for international classifications such as developed country, developing country and least developed country, and for a field of practice and research that in …

Songdo International Business District (Songdo IBD) is a smart city or "ubiquitous city" & " Private town" built from scratch on 600 ha (1,500 acres) of reclaimed land along Incheon's waterfront, 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Seoul, South Korea and connected to Incheon International Airport by a 12.3 km (7.6 mi) reinforced concrete highway bridge called Incheon …

The International Development Association (IDA) (French: Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries.The IDA is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States.It was established in 1960 to …

Motor Development International SA (MDI) is a Luxembourg-French based company designing products in both mobility and energy storage using a compressed air engine. Development history. Established by Guy Nègre, the Luxembourg company MDI, with its administrative and ...

China Power International Development Limited (CPID), also known as just China Power, is a Chinese electric power company incorporated in Hong Kong in 2004. The former ultimate parent company China Power Investment Corporation (CPI Group), a Chinese state-owned enterprise also has the initials "CPI" but in the case of the parent company the "I" stands for "Investment" …

The United Nations coordinated an International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt, on 5–13 September 1994.Its resulting Programme of Action is the steering document for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).. Some 20,000 delegates from various governments, UN agencies, NGOs, and the media gathered for a discussion of a variety of …

In video games, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards. American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (pictured) are freed via a prisoner exchange.; In Germany, 25 members of a far-right group are arrested in connection with a coup d'état plot.; Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council, …

The Department for International Development (DFID) was a department of HM Government responsible for administering foreign aid from 1997 to 2020. The goal of the department was "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". DFID was headed by the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for International Development.The position was last held …

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group.The IBRD offers loans to middle-income developing countries.The IBRD is the first of five member institutions that compose the World Bank Group.