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Flooded with NGOs, Haiti Looks to Fall Presidential Polls
- Inter Press Service
They descended in droves after the Jan. 12 earthquake devastated the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country, killing an estimated 300,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless.
Latin America Keeps Poverty Goals in Sight Despite Harsh Times
- Inter Press Service
Nine million more people have fallen into poverty in Latin American and Caribbean countries since the global financial crisis struck, threatening the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline, according to a report released Thursday by 18 U.N. agencies.
Activists Slam G8's Aid Shell Game
- Inter Press Service
The G8 bloc of wealthy nations promised five billion dollars Saturday for health and nutrition programmes that benefit women and children in developing countries.
Time to Give Wall Street the Axe, Say Progressive Groups
- Inter Press Service
As heads of state from the Group of 20 (G20) most developed and economically powerful emerging nations meet in Toronto, Canada this weekend, some activists at the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit are urging a more realistic look at the roots of the global economic crisis - and an end to the free-wheeling capitalist model embodied by Wall Street.
U.N. Report Optimistic on Anti-Poverty Strides
- Inter Press Service
Despite the ongoing financial crisis, global poverty rates are expected to fall by half in the next five years compared to 1990, according to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Report 2010 launched on Wednesday by Secretary-General Ban Ki- Moon.
UNDP Unveils Agenda to Spur Anti-Poverty Goals
- Inter Press Service
After an economic assessment of some 50 countries, the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) has come up with a 'concrete action agenda' to accelerate progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Civil Society Pushes for Action Ahead of MDG Review
- Inter Press Service
As a major high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals approaches at U.N. headquarters in September, anti- poverty and human rights activists are stepping up efforts to have their voices heard.
North-South Conservation Divide: 'Show Me the Money'
- Inter Press Service
Developing countries rich in plants and animals but poor in financial and technical resources refused to make binding commitments to halt the unraveling of the planet's biological infrastructure at the close of a major meeting Friday at the U.N.'s African headquarters in Nairobi.
World Bank Boosts Commitment to Lower Maternal Mortality
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank intends to ramp up spending on family-planning and related initiatives to reduce maternal mortality, improve reproductive health, and reduce fertility rates in nearly 60 developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new five-year plan released by the Bank here this week.
Crisis Trapping Millions More in Poverty
- Inter Press Service
The global economic crisis is projected to hamper progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and will directly impact MDGs related to hunger, child and maternal health, gender equality, access to clean water and disease control, according to a report released Friday by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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