Africa will not meet UN poverty target
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Â· Millennium goals within reach for much of worldÂ· Unsafe water undermines educational reforms
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The International Monetary Fund appears to be unable to agree on a debt relief plan for the world's poorest nations.
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Millions of children live in poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia despite economic growth there, a UN report says.
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Millions of children live in poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia despite economic growth, a UN report says.
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Nigeria needs up to $7bn a year to achieve the UN's poverty eradication goals by 2015, an official says.
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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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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 or declining living standards, according to a report released Thursday by the...
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The International Monetary Fund&#39;s top policy-making group on Saturday failed to close divisions over debt relief for the world&#39;s poorest countries.
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Nelson Mandela on Thursday compared widespread poverty in developing countries to man-made evils such as slavery and apartheid, and urged wealthy nations to do more to fight it.
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A report suggests the UN's target of universal primary education by 2015 is unlikely to be reached.
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The world&#39;s richest nations need to show greater commitment towards Africa, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, amid concern that pledges on aid and development were falling short.
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Famine in Africa could worsen unless action is taken to tackle the continent's HIV/AIDS epidemic, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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The world&#39;s richest nations need to show greater commitment towards Africa, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, amid concern that pledges on aid and development were falling short.
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Britain's hopes of drumming up $50  billion a year in aid for Africa suffered a serious setback on  Friday when the United States rejected London's plan.
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The UN agrees a 10-year plan to tackle desertification but fails to reach an accord on the budget.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is still bearing the brunt of the HIV/Aids epidemic, a UNAids report reveals.
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UNITED NATIONS: A global effort to fight poverty with better population management that UN officials once hoped could &quot;change the world&quot; has made limited progress after one decade, a new UN study said on Wednesday.