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A two-day workshop on Urban Poverty Reduction Project, organized by the Social Investment Fund (SIF) and sponsored by GTZ, a Germany-based company, has been held in Kumasi under the theme: "Pro Poor Urban Poverty".
POVERTY in the Pacific Islands will increase in the future as prices of basic food items continue remain high, the United Nations Development Program poverty reduction officer, David Abbott said. He made the comments during a...
Roger C Riddell, 20 November 2009 “Is it working?” is the question most commonly asked of aid. Governments channel some of their aid funds to and through multilateral agencies, of which the United Nations and the Bretton Woods...
The Paris Club of creditor nations is close to reaching an accord on debt relief for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said yesterday, as a newspaper reported an agreement has been stalled by the US and Canada.
I want to bring the spotlight back to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) in 1995 ushered in a new era in terms of addressing women's empowerment and...
Vrijdag 20 november 2009 | International Monetary Fund ] A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Bamako during October 30-November 11 to hold discussions for the third review under Mali's Poverty Reduction...
MANILA, Nov. 19 (PNA) -- The World Bank on Wednesday announced the approval of multi-million-dollar loan to reduce poverty and improve health and education in the country. In a statement, the Washington-based lender said its...
It is time to distinguish aid myths from aid realities. The current aid pessimism is unwarranted. The overwhelming evidence is that aid can help and that it does help. Of course, aid can be improved. But so can other public...
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEA U IO EN Council conclusions on Democracy Support in the EU's External Relations 2974th EXTERNAL RELATIONS Council meeting Brussels, 17 November 2009 The Council adopted the following conclusions: "1. A EX...
Anti-hunger campaigners demonstrate at the Colosseum in Rome on Sunday ahead of the world food security summit. More than 1 billion hungry, U.N. official says at summit for world food security Ban Ki-moon: "Small-holder farmers...
