LATIN AMERICA:  Inequality Undermines Development Goals
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ROME, Jun 21 (IPS) - The main reason that Latin America is not making  faster progress towards the Millennium Development Goals adopted  by the international community in 2000 lies in the various forms  of inequality that prevail in the region, former Dutch minister  of development cooperation Eveline Herfkens told IPS Thursday.
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Financial Times, 29 September 2004 - Developing countries must take action to reduce corruption and cronyism in order to improve investment climates and promote growth and poverty reduction, the World Bank said yesterday.
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High economic growth helped Asia reduce poverty greatly in the past decade but the increasingly unfair distribution of income could hamper future improvement, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned.
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Brazil made progress in its ambitious plan to hand out land to poor peasants in 2004, but still fell short of goals aimed at narrowing chronic wealth inequality, government data released on Wednesday show.
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Poverty leads to violence, the leaders of France and Brazil warned Monday in urging other nations to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor and help the more than 1 billion people who live on less than $1 per day.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- Despite an intensified campaign against poverty, World Bank programs have failed to lift incomes in many poor countries over the past decade, leaving tens of millions of people suffering stagnating and even declining living standards, according to a report released Thursday by...
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LISBON, Sep 23 (IPS) - Economic and social indicators periodically  released  by the European Union (EU) reveal levels of poverty and  social injustice in  Portugal that are inadmissible in a country  that has belonged to the  continent's ârich nations'  clubâ since 1986.
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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 "digital divide" between rich and poor countries is growing with developing countries still far behind in the use of broadband internet, the UN trade and development agency has warned.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, Jun 8 (IPS) - The Group of Eight industrialised countries suffered a setback Friday in its plan to strengthen intellectual property rights through &quot;promoting innovation - protecting innovation&quot; when the five developing world&#39;s leaders -- China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico -- forced a key change in the final statement.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 11 (IPS) - Many developing countries are failing to decrease  the number of deaths in line with the Millennium Development  Goals, says a new World Bank report.
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Latin America and other poor regions of the world will bear the brunt of climate change, a top official from the organization that shared this year's Nobel Peace Prize said Thursday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany -- The world's leading industrialized nations yesterday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, mainly in Africa, but human rights groups termed it an insufficient commitment and part of a pattern of unfulfilled promises.
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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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Comment is free: Ban Ki-moon: The negative aspects of the era of mobility too often overshadow its potential power: to bring millions out of poverty.
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The United Nations says that developing nations have made great improvements in reproductive health and womenâs rights. But it says that rich counties have given only half of the six thousand
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Arts & entertainment: In Latin America, populist movements are rising up against western intervention. John Pilger explains why only the cinema was big enough to tell their story.