Extreme poverty blights the lives of one fifth of the world's population and denies more than 100 million children per year the chance of an education. Today in sub-Saharan Africa alone 45 million children are out of school and 313 million people are living on less than US $ 1 a day. 2005...

Extreme Armut beeinträchtigt das Leben eines Fünftels der Weltbevölkerung und hält 100 Mill. Kinder jährlich vom Besuch einer Schule ab. In Afrika allein besuchen 45 Mill. Kinder keine Schule, und 313 Mill. Menschen müssen mit weniger als einem US-Dollar pro Tag auskommen. Das Jahr 2005...

With the countdown to the crucial climate change summit in Copenhagen now well underway, prospects for a breakthrough appear limited. Behind the increasingly intensive negotiating activity, familiar divisions continue to hamper progress. The deadlock between developed countries and the major...