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Weekly Wrap: On Earth Day, Poverty, in All its Shapes and Sizes
Poverty is everywhere. The state of being impoverished, poverty-stricken, limited or depleted is not exclusive to the bottom of the pyramid, and the bottom of the pyramid is no longer exclusive to the countries we call developing. Poverty is also not exclusive to our species.
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- Environment
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South Africa: Brazilians to Share Experiences On Beating Hunger
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says sharing experiences with Brazil will help South Africa deal with the challenge of hunger.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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What It Will Take to ‘Graduate’ 1.2 Billion People Out of Extreme Poverty
Despite the worldwide recession of the late 2000s, the total number of people living in extreme poverty has actually gone down in recent years -- so much, in fact, that we've reached the first of the UN's eightMillennium Development Goals five years ahead of schedule, a startling achievement. The number living in "extreme poverty" decreased by 100 million between 2005 and 2008.
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- Impact Assessment
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Online Game Seeks New Ideas For Poverty Alleviation
Rockefeller Foundation and the Institute for the Future will host a global, collaborative 48-hour online game to find new ways to alleviate poverty.
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- Uncategorized
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Is Sustainable Local Development A Persuasive Alternative to Microfinance?
Milford Bateman has made a cogent case for community-based financial institutions that prioritise sustainable local solutions
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Investing in Agriculture Most Effective Way to Eradicate Poverty in Africa – UN
With the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) just three years away, a senior United Nations official today emphasized that spending on agriculture is the most effective type of investment for halting poverty in Africa.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NexThought Monday: Poverty, Identity and Design
I have been, in a short stretch of time, to Buffalo, Nairobi, Mexico City; and Detroit. Each of these cities has its own colorful, distinct identity, and shares in common (but not exclusivity) a struggle with deeply-rooted poverty. While it’s difficult not to compare the causes and commonalities of poverty in these vastly different places, it’s more useful, perhaps, to explore the role that identity might play in solving it.
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World Bank Chief in India, Focus on Poverty Alleviation
World Bank Group President Robert B Zoellick begins an official visit to India tomorrow, to see what more it can do to support government efforts to overcome poverty, as India embarks on its 12th five-year Plan and global recovery remains fragile.
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- South Asia
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