SPOTLIGHT ON Architecture
Building a Global Community
In many architecture departments in the developing world, resources for the teaching of architecture were once severely limited. More
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of development agencies with mandates that include the environment, health, education, architecture, culture, microfinance, rural development, disaster reduction, the promotion of private-sector enterprise and the revitalisation of historic cities. AKDN agencies conduct their programmes without regard to faith, origin or gender.
What's New
- Aga Khan Trust for Culture Hosts Jashne Khusrau Festival in Delhi - 11 February 2013
- AKDN Quality of Life Assessment Programme Brochure - 11 February 2013
- Aga Khan Music Initiative Presents “New Sounds from Arab Lands” in Europe and United States - 6 February 2013 (Press Release)
- Revitalisation to Begin on Quli Qutb Shah Archaeological Park in Hyderabad, India - 10 January 2013 (Press Release)
- Agreement Clears Way for Aga Khan Trust for Culture to Begin Rehabilitation of Nairobi City Park - 29 November 2012
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Since its establishment in 2005, the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) has taken over 25 years of microfinance activities, programmes and banks that were administered by sister agencies within the AKDN. The underlying objectives of the Agency are to reduce poverty, diminish the vulnerability of poor populations and alleviate economic and social exclusion. more
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