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eradicating poverty through aid rather than promoting prosperity through improved infrastructure, education, entrepreneurship, and …
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This paper presents a snapshot of changes in the world’s health and demographic conditions. The paper highlights that in most parts of the world, individuals are healthier and living longer, thanks to improved health services and living conditions and the more widespread use of immunization,...
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This paper describes the need to broaden the agenda for poverty reduction. The broadening of the agenda follows from a … growing understanding that poverty is more than low income, a lack of education, and poor health. The poor are frequently … definition of poverty requires a broader set of actions to fight it and increases the challenge of measuring poverty and …
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in the process—to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty. The paper highlights that Africa’s share of world trade …
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This paper focuses on the Doha Development Agenda. The paper highlights that over the past 20 years, world trade has grown twice as fast as world real GDP, deepening economic integration and raising living standards. The paper underscores that the launch of a new trade round in Doha in November...
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, lower external debt ratios, and economic growth. But unemployment rose in many countries and poverty remained widespread …
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This paper describes why the international community needs to act now to stand a chance of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The paper gives example of Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries in the world, with an estimated per capita income of about US$100. According to the World...
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