Sizing up development aid
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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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Asia's superrich are grappling with an enviable new challenge: how to give away their billions
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Washington has just given its ally another chance to receive development aid.
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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 World Bank said on Friday it had raised a total of $41.6 billion in funds to help around 80 poor countries with grants and loans through June 2011, an increase of $9.5 billion over the previous funding period.
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BRUSSELS, Jun 22 (IPS) - Increases in development aid will not be sufficient  to reach the United Nations targets on improving health in poor  countries, a new European Parliament report has warned.
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The United States has signed agreements to give Indonesia $468 million in additional aid over the next five years. US officials say the aid program is this country&#39;s largest development assistance agreement
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The United States is calling on international lending institutions to reform their ways of operating so that they can give more aid to poor nations.
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ATHENS, Sep 17 (IPS) - The challenge of distributing and managing aid is  inevitably controversial. And with the EU the largest aid donor  in the world, the decisions it takes are hugely significant.
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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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BERLIN, Oct 4 (IPS) - Imagine the world's poorest trading their way  out of poverty. A grand vision indeed, but how to turn it into  reality?
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The initial aid pledges were generous, but governments will have to follow up on their word
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New penalties against Sudan &#151; check. More dollars to fight AIDS in Africa &#151; check. A respected internationalist to lead the World Bank &#151; check. Friendly words about tackling global warming &#151; check.
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The World Bank wants the governments of poor countries to do more to improve their investment climates, action it described as central to economic growth and poverty reduction.
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Although world families are getting smaller in many regions, the 50 poorest countries are expected to triple in size to 1.7 billion people by 2050, posing many challenges for world countries.
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Skeptical of foreign aid's promise, many are creating their own jobs through clever, small-scale entrepreneurial activities.
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Seems that folks at the Agency for International Development are not rushing to fill 23 excellent jobs in garden spots such as Iraq and Afghanistan. And if no one volunteers soon, AID Administrator    Andrew S. Natsios  said in an agency-wide e-mail Friday, the agency will order people to fill those posts.