Aid to Poorest Nations Trails Global Goal
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Though the United States is a top donor in international aid after disasters, it is the one of the smallest contributors for development.
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Progress toward boosting the status of women and providing reproductive health care to all has been steady over the past decade, but billions more dollars are needed to reach goals set 10 years ago, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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The world&#039;s richest countries are  falling short on pledges made last year to provide Africa with  life-saving AIDS drugs, expanded trade and increased aid, said  rocker-activist Bono.
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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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The initial aid pledges were generous, but governments will have to follow up on their word
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Heavy rains and floods are  holding up efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunami, but  the United Nations said on Tuesday that "extraordinary  progress" was being made and the total amount of aid pledged  had risen to between $2 billion and $3 billion.
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Many of the world's poorest countries lamented at a U.N. ministerial meeting Monday that some of the least developed nations are experiencing increases in extreme poverty.
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The gap between rich and poor remains huge, but a survey of global health finds that significantly fewer people in poorer countries say they have had to go without food or health care because they lacked the money to pay for it.
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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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The world&#039;s richest countries are  falling short on pledges made to Africa a year ago on providing  life-saving AIDS drugs, expanding trade and boosting aid, said  activist rock star Bono.
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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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The United Nations appealed to the world's prosperous nations on Thursday for $3.9 billion in donations next year to address humanitarian emergencies touching 27 million people in 29 countries, with most of the money targeted at Africa.
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Asia's surging economic growth is helping to cut the region's poverty levels, but some areas are lagging behind, a report says.
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Despite some progress,  sub-Saharan Africa is behind schedule on all its U.N.  Millennium Development Goals, which include halving extreme  poverty, halfway towards their target date, the world body  reported on Wednesday.
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Fighting Africa's poverty and the spread of Aids top the agenda at the Davos World Economic Forum.
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The world's seven wealthiest nations said Saturday they were willing to take on up to 100 percent of the debt owed by some of the poorest countries. But they failed to agree on a British plan to boost international aid by &#36;50 billion a year.
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UNITED NATIONS -- In the three weeks since the Indian Ocean tsunami ripped up coastlines in Asia and Africa, the United Nations has credited more than 40 governments, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank with unprecedented pledges of assistance valued at nearly $4 billion.