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Weekly Radio Spin -- The Early Bird Gets the War
This week, we look at how much you can trust the World Bank, ICE's failed experiment, and how the early bird gets the war. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin'," we look at the career of World Bank President Robert...
Africa: 1.4bn People Live On Less Than $1.25 a Day
" Posted to the web 28 August 2008 Stephen Odoi Larbi A new data released by the International Comparison Programme (ICP) in Washington on Tuesday by the World Bank has shown that 1.4billion people in developing countries live on less than a US$1.25 a day, an... AIDS pandemic prevention shows stabilising signs but more funds are needed
According to a UNAIDS report, "the share of the world's population with HIV reached 0.8 percent in 2000 and has stayed roughly at this plateau ever since". This stabilising signs and the increasing use of condoms...World Bank: China helps Africa grow
Despite recent allegations Chinese investments in Africa do not consider Human Rights indexes, World Bank states otherwise. It considers Chinese is helping an infrastructure revolution in Africa. " China laying key foundation for Africa growth: World Bank 11/07/2008 02h56... World Bank Offers $1.2 bn Credit to Avert Global Food Crisis
As the global food crisis continues to intensify, the World Bank has announced a $1.2 billion credit to assist nations in dealing with skyrocketing food prices and "widespread hunger".See other NowPublic coverage on... Venture to Light Africa with Dirt Power
"“For all the Pan-Africanism of the last four decades,” said Hugo Van Vuuren, “it is quite rare to have young students from South, East, and West Africa, in the same room without a soccer ball somehow...DC G7-IMF-World Bank Protesters?
Washington, DC – The streets around the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) buildings were locked down this weekend for a meeting between the Group of Seven, World Bank and the IMF. Police and...Global Monitoring Report: Environment for development
This year’s Global Monitoring Report, subtitled “MDGs and the Environment—Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development,” stresses the link between environment and development.It... Navajo and Mohawk in Bali Challenge World Bank Carbon Scam
"Navajo and Mohawk in Bali Challenge World Bank Carbon Scam by Brenda Norrell Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007 at 2:45 PM BALI, Indonesia — Navajo and Mohawk representatives of the Indigenous Environmental Network are now in Bali at the 13th United Nations Framework Convention on... China’s Economy Gets a Little Deflated
Oops, China isn’t as close to us in terms of economy size as we
thought. Using the new and improved, yet still statistically not
perfect, method of purchasing power parity, the World Bank has adjusted China’s... AFRICA, THE REAL REASON WHY THE CONTINENT STRUGGLES (BFNN)
"Africa, in particular, has been targeted to forever be a debtor nation unless they rise and begin the process of becoming a continent made up of leading manufacturing and trade nations. Here to, many of the same nations which compose the Paris Club, through the... Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala is World Bank’s MD
A former Minister of Finance in Nigeria, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed Managing Director (MD) of the World Bank. Making the announcement yesterday in Washington, Robert Zoellick, the World Bank President, said "Ngozi brings a unique set of skills and...President: StAR not aimed at any particular persons
""World Bank President Robert Zoellick told me there had never been nor was there any intention to target any particular objects or persons because its concept was made for countries which need cooperation with the...A Slippery Road; the Case of the World Bank in Mizoram
Lalremlien Neitham, September 25, 2007A four-day “Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank Group in India” held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi on 21-24 September, 2007 was attended by over 600 activists, students, academicians, policy...Norway to spend $1 bln to save poor mothers, babies
"Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said the money would be spent in innovative ways -- such as paying poor mothers to give birth in clinics -- during a 10-year campaign targeting Africa. "The main idea with the campaign, with the money, is to try to find more new...
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