World&#39;s poorest take rich nations to task over unfulfilled pledges
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Anti-poverty and anti-globalisation campaigners meeting at a parallel forum to counter the G8 summit on Wednesday took industrialised nations to task over unfulfilled pledges made two years ago to the world&#39;s poorest.
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Red tape, corruption and a lack of public support for government policies are hampering investment in the poorest countries, a report from the World Bank revealed yesterday.
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VIENTIANE: Leaders of the four poorest countries within the 10-nation Southeast Asian group agreed to forge closer economic links Sunday as they strive to catch up with their wealthier partners.
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Hopes of a deal to write off completely the debts of some of the world&#39;s poorest countries were dashed after the Group of Seven rich nations club failed to reach agreement.
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Rich nations pledged an agreement soon on forgiving the debt burden weighing on poor nations in Africa, Latin America and Asia but remained divided on reducing billions of dollars of Iraqi debt.
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With Africa lagging behind in global development goals and rich countries cutting aid, leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme poverty on the continent.
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DURBAN, South Africa  - Developing countries have pledged to band together to force the West to help tackle their problems, ranging from poverty to reform of the United Nations.
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The presidents of Brazil and France have called for new efforts to fight poverty and hunger in the developing world, including the controversial creation of an international tax, to combat the negative effects ...
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Wealthy countries are falling billions of dollars short of their promises to help fund reproductive health care and improvements in the status of women around the world, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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The UK and other developed countries are meeting to plan ways to spend aid more effectively in poor countries.
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Developing countries have criticised the IMF and World Bank for failing to give more decision-making power to smaller nations. Ministers from the Group of 24 (G24) developing countries made their statement
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Description: The world&#39;s economic leaders indicate support for the idea of forgiving the debt of the world&#39;s poorest countries.
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Britain will provide more debt relief for the world&#39;s poorest countries and challenge other rich governments to do the same, Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government said Sunday.
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Many of the world's poorest countries lamented at a U.N. ministerial meeting Monday that some of the least developed nations are experiencing increases in extreme poverty.
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British Finance Minister Gordon Brown urged rich nations to provide extensive debt relief to developing countries to help them in their efforts to eradicate poverty.
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The world&#39;s poorer nations are paying a heavy price in human lives for the failure of the rich to provide the resources they promised to fight global hunger and poverty, humanitarian agency Oxfam said in a report released Sunday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World powers on Friday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging Africa but development campaigners complained the Group of Eight had pledged little fresh cash for the poor.