Q&A:  'How the MDGs Could Curtail Development'
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BERLIN, Oct 23 (IPS) - Some of the ways in which the MDGs are being pushed  could actually limit development, says Inge Kaul, former director  of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office of  Development Studies.
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Many large companies have reaped the economic benefits of outsourcing in recent years. Karim Morsli is trying to make money bringing those same advantages to small and medium-sized businesses -- while also spurring economic growth in Africa.
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One school of thought would provide alternative development aid locally. The other focuses on prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment.
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Authors of a public-health article in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (p 1984) are calling for urgent international action to address the chronic lack of investment in human resources which is limiting the chance of tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS
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WASHINGTON and ROME, Sept. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- Environmental degradation and, in particular, the loss of biodiversity could undermine the achievement of some of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to FAO Assistant Director-General Alexander Muller.
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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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A puzzle is crucial to securing IndiaÂs future: how to harness and hold on to its rich but capricious rains.
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Governments must actively oppose terror but must not let that fight reduce efforts to strengthen the global economic recovery and reduce poverty in the world&#39;s poorest countries, international finance officials said Sunday.
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In response to the global fallout from Americaâs housing troubles, developing nations are now lecturing the West on what they say are lax regulations and sleepy oversight.
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Although globalization has transformed Asia, decades of assisted development have not produced sustained prosperity in Africa.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 21 (IPS) - A leading development group has slammed EU plans to  amend trade discounts to developing countries.
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DROWNING IN DEBT: African nations say debt incurred by past generations is keeping them poor and unable to cope with pressing needs, such as the AIDS epidemic.
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Comment is free: Wangari Maathai: Kenya's politicians must take the lead in ending violence or risk a terrible legacy
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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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PARIS, Aug 28 (IPS) - Caught in a limbo between larger firms with access  to traditional banking-sector finance and micro-credit  initiatives designed to help the small enterprises of the very  poor, African businesses in the middle have historically been on  the wrong side of both extremes when it comes to accessing  finance.
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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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A proposed law would limit foreign funding of churches and AIDS programs.