World poverty is in retreat
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Developing countries will enjoy their best year of economic growth in 2004, producing a &quot;spectacular&quot; drop in poverty around the world, the World Bank said yesterday.
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Working in poverty-stricken areas gives corporate travelers an up-close look at global problems such as disease, illiteracy or injustice. It also puts them in a position to bring about change.
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Huge gifts to charity from U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett and others have won widespread praise, but some say the same economic process that helped earn those fortunes is leaving billions more in dire poverty.
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International aid officials and development experts are voicing concern that the outpouring of generosity from the world's governments may deplete resources for other pressing needs in much poorer countries.
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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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The digital divide between rich and poor  countries is narrowing as mobile phones and Internet use become  more available, but the developing world still lags far behind,  a United Nations report said on Wednesday.
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A push by developed nations could cut poverty in half within a generation, the UN says.
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ROME -- The world is losing the battle against hunger, with the number of malnourished people in developing nations estimated at more than 800 million people and rising, according to a UN report yesterday.
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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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Americans know a good deal when they see it. Today a group of  leading scientists and practitioners from several fields -- agriculture,  medicine, economics, education, engineering -- is making a proposal to  the world. If  rich and poor countries will follow through on the promises  they have made over the past five years  to fight extreme poverty and disease -- and rely on the best science and technology in doing  so -- the world can save millions of lives and extricate hundreds of millions of  its poorest people from the trap of extreme poverty. The cost is a mere 50 cents out of every $100 of rich-world income in the coming decade.
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Indigenous issues are receiving more political attention worldwide, but many observers say most indigenous people remain mired in poverty. Dwindling land remains a chief cause, experts say.
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Economic growth in China and India has dramatically reduced the number of people in Asia subsisting below the poverty level of $1 a day, but the total remains in the hundreds of millions, the International Labor Organization said Tuesday.
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The rapidly developing economies in Asia mean fewer rice paddies.
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Business & money: Fears grow of market turbulence stunting global growth.
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While spending on health has tripled over the last 20 years, poor countries are not reaping the benefits, experts warn. BY MICHAEL O BOYLE/The Herald Mexico.
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The World Trade Organization is running out of last chances.
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Since December 1 was set aside as World AIDS Day, almost all the themes commemorating the day have been eluded by one fact- that poverty fuels the spread of the pandemic.