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Washington, 10 June – The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved $60 million in assistance to support the Government of Malawi to continue empowering communities to improve their own way of life by financing […]

Paris, 11 June – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced the appointment of Kiyotaka Akasaka, a senior Japanese diplomat and former Ambassador to the United Nations, as Deputy Secretary-General. Mr. Akasaka, who […]

Washington/Durban, 10 June – The World Economic Forum’s Director for Africa, Haiko Alfeld, said that Africans enthusiastically welcomed NEPAD (the New Partnership for African Development) but that ”the challenge now lies in successful implementation.” About […]

Washington, 10 June – (This column by Rep. Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican, was first published June 10 in The Washington Times. The column is in the public domain. No republication restrictions.) (begin byliner) Free […]

Geneva, 6 June – Delegates to an annual world conference on labour in Geneva will be urged by the director-general of the U.N. International Labor Organization (ILO) to focus on eliminating poverty by creating more […]

Washington, 6 June- – The Bush administration’s request of $11,290 million for international development and humanitarian assistance programs in the fiscal year beginning October 1 (FY04) ”makes it clear that the administration has taken development […]

Washington, 6 June – Opinion leaders around the world say reducing poverty is key to achieving world peace, according to a new World Bank poll. The opinion leaders also said the wealth gap between rich […]

Geneva, 6 June- – Global efforts aimed at cutting poverty in half by 2015 will fail unless new ways are found to create opportunities for the world’s poor to work for a decent living, says […]