Oxfam wants more rich-world action on global poverty
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LONDON  - Rich nations need to do much more to overcome global poverty, Oxfam said in a report aimed at influencing Britain&#39;s turn at the helm of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations.
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The power of rich nations needs to be reined in, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tells the World Social Forum.
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Wealthy countries must donate billions more dollars to ensure women&#39;s reproductive rights and cut population growth, a UN report said on Wednesday.
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The world's richest man, one of its most visible social activists and Britain's leader put a sharp focus on the horrors facing Africa's poor on Thursday, saying the planet's indifference to the suffering has been scandalous.
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WASHINGTON: Chinese Minister of Finance Jin Renqing has called on the world&#39;s developed countries to step up their aid provision to poorer nations.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria implored dozens of fellow African leaders yesterday to work together to overcome the poverty, disease, and conflict afflicting the world's poorest continent.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The leaders of France and Brazil warned on Monday that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than a billion people living on
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The Asian disaster must not "suck money" from other crises, says Oxfam.
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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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Britain needs to spend more to help poorer nations deal with climate change, Oxfam says.
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Wealthy countries must donate billions  more dollars to ensure women's reproductive rights and cut  population growth, a U.N. report said on Wednesday.
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Rich countries are likely to back  Britain's bid to channel more debt relief and resources to  Africa, which is ready to shake off the shackles of poverty,  British finance minister Gordon Brown said.
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Oxfam urges Tony Blair to make the fight against African poverty a priority for his time left in office.
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Rich countries should do more to control global warming and help poorer nations cope with the effects of climate change, a coalition of aid and environmental groups said Wednesday.
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Bollywood actor Rahul Bose, the brand ambassador of Oxfam   International, Thursday launched a global health and education campaign 'For All'.
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The world&#39;s wealthier nations must contribute more money and intellectual power to fighting bird flu or risk a worldwide epidemic that spreads to people, a Vietnam-based official from the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday.
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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.