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Food Security Resources

Posted on October 5, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Health
Learn more about food security issues with our comprehensive resource page.
Keywords: food security, hunger, international aid, World Food Day, resource page

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Debt Burden Hindering Development

Posted on January 23, 2007
Previously filed under: Global Economy
Debt repayment continues to block the ability for developing countries to implement social services, say critics.
Keywords: development, Africa, Debt relief, poverty, international aid

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African Continent Tops World Bank Priorities

Posted on October 2, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Global Economy
Africa risks subjection to a serious economic stagnation if the donor community fails to live up to their pledge to double aid to the continent by 2010.
Keywords: Africa, poverty, international aid, World Bank, wolfowitz, IMF

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Marketing Humanitarian Crises

Posted on April 7, 2006
Previously filed under: General Globalization
Needy groups compete to market plights and win global attention.
Keywords: foreign aid, disaster, international aid, relief, help, poverty, NGO, foreign po

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Rising energy costs eroding Asia's competitive edge

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 07/04/2008 - 04:10
Much of Asia's export-based economic miracle has been predicated on cheap transportation and energy, but with oil at $140 a barrel the sums increasingly don't add up.

Weather plays larger role in global fuel prices

Yale Global Online - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 21:00
As the world grows more reliant on crops like corn and palm oil for its fuel supply, it is becoming vulnerable to the many hazards that can damage agriculture, ranging from droughts to plagues to storms.

Agriculture needs green growth

All Africa - Thu, 07/03/2008 - 03:54
Caution needs to be exercised in developing African food production to avoid long-term social and environmental harm.

Bush asks for help, abroad and at home, in sending aid to Africa

New York Times - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 22:15
President Bush called for Congress to renew his global AIDS initiative and urged other nations to live up to their promises to fight poverty and disease on the continent.

Egypt fights to stem rapid population growth

International Herald Tribune - Sun, 07/06/2008 - 09:35
Since President Hosni Mubarak took office in 1981, the population has nearly doubled to 82 million people.
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