Tables Turned: Poor Countries Wag Fingers at Rich Ones
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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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In successive appeals to some of the world's business and political elites, Britain's Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac of France called for a concerted international effort to stem the twin ravages of disease and poverty hobbling the poorest nations.
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The global wealth boom has created a new breed of billionaire in once-destitute countries, and a number of them are using their wealth to push for social changes.
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Wealthy countries are balking at financing World Bank projects because of their own budget problems and lingering questions over the bankâs relevance.
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By Andrew Hay BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil made progress in itsambitious plan to hand out land to poor peasants in 2004, butstill fell short of goals aimed at narrowing chronic wealthinequality, government data released on Wednesday show.
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A new survey by Transparency International (TI), an anti-graft organisation, also rated Nigeria, Chad, Myanmar, Azerbaijan and Paraguay among the world&#39;s most corrupt nations.
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One of the biggest reasons that very poor countries can&#39;t provide decent education and health care is that they are stuck in a cycle of debt owed to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and regional development banks, much of it dating to the
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Rich nations pledged $200 million to  fight diseases in poor countries on Wednesday, promising to  slash the time it takes to get new vaccines to needy children  and save more than a million lives a year.
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Callous wealthy nations are   indifferent to the plight of the poor as they pursue selfish   policies which enrich the few at the expense of the many, South   African President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday.
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Huge gifts to charity from U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett and others have won widespread praise, but some say the same economic process that helped earn those fortunes is leaving billions more in dire poverty.
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Developing countries have criticised the IMF and World Bank for failing to give more decision-making power to smaller nations. Ministers from the Group of 24 (G24) developing countries made their statement
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LONDON -- Wealthy countries are falling billions of dollars short of their promises to help fund reproductive health care and efforts to improve the status of women around the world, the United Nations said yesterday.
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OXFORD, England Rich countries are ardent advocates for democracy all around the world. But when it comes to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, government of the many by the few is the preferred option.
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Rich nations failed to agree at meetings this weekend on a plan for canceling the debts the world&#39;s poorest countries owe to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
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LISBON, Nov 27 (IPS) - The small West African island nation of Sao TomÃ©  and PrÃ­ncipe is one of the poorest countries in the world, but  there are grounds for hope that conditions there may soon improve  considerably.
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Ahead of the UN General Assembly annual session, nearly 50 world leaders and the United Nations on Monday raised concerns about the rising gap between rich and the poor, but disagreed with United States on the strategy to fight poverty.
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Business & money: Â· Traders give thumbs down to $145bn aid packageÂ· Democrats say needs of poor have been ignored