Brain drain must stop if poor countries are to be helped
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The west is stripping the developing world of its talent. The pressures of ageing populations and the need to be at the frontier of technological change has meant skilled labour is in short supply, so raiding
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The technological gap between rich and poor countries is narrowing, but still significant.
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A QUARTER of a billion people in some of the worldâs poorest and most populous countries in East Asia have been lifted out of extreme poverty by rapid economic growth over
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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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Only a small proportion of Indian students have access to a first-rate higher education. The solution may be to allow foreign universities in
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A growing international trade in discarded mobile phones is helping the worldâs poor. But will it poison the earth?
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The world's poorest nations are at a technological disadvantage, says a United Nations trade body.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia may lose out in the information technology sector if it does not address a shortage of skilled workers.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 16 (IPS) - An excessive number of aid donors is hampering  efforts to make development assistance more effective, a new  study has found.
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Developing countries are starting to flex their financial muscles and invest overseas.
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A high-profile commission warned Thursday that U.S. workers will lose more jobs overseas and will see their standard of living drop unless dramatic steps are taken to improve how kids are educated.
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WASHINGTON: Chinese Minister of Finance Jin Renqing has called on the world&#39;s developed countries to step up their aid provision to poorer nations.
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Tony Blair is being urged to use all his negotiating powers to end poor countries&#39; debt and double aid. Some 45m children will die needlessly before 2015 and aid budgets are half their 1960 levels, charity Oxfam says in a new report, Paying the Price.
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A. $2.1 trillion B. $920 billion C. $230 billion D. $100 billion A. $2.1 trillion is not correct. While more than 5 billion people live in the developing world, the total aid given to help their development last year was considerably less than $2.1 trillion.
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APARECIDA, Brazil  - The Roman Catholic Church must work harder to reach Latin America's poor and people who have drifted away from the church, Catholic bishops said on Wednesday at the conclusion of their regional meeting.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate says we need to devote global resources to education to end poverty.
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The government should stop guaranteeing lenders of student loans.