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Transparency International: 1 in 10 Families Worldwide Pays Bribes

To mark UN Anti-Corruption Day in December, Transparency International released the results of its 2004 Global Corruption Barometer highlighting ongoing corruption, especially in the developing world. The survey found that worldwide, 1 in 10 people said they or a member … Continue reading

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World Bank Report Finds Mixed Results in Meeting Millennium Development Goals

The World Bank reported this month that many developing countries are falling further behind in efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals of drastically cutting the death rate of children and pregnant women. On the other hand, many countries are … Continue reading

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Zimbabwe: We Don’t Need Food Aid . . . Oops, Hold On A Second, Yes We Do

In May of this year, Zimbabwe’s corrupt president Robert Mugabe made a grand show of refusing food aid. He told Sky News TV, Why foist this food [aid] upon us? We don’t want to be choked, we have enough. But … Continue reading

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India Uses Low-Tech Method of Malaria Control: Fish that Eat Mosquitoes

An Indian malaria researcher recently reported on the success of initial pilot projects to use fish that eat mosquito larvae to control malaria. This is a traditional method that was commonly used before the introduction of DDT in the 1950s … Continue reading

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World Bank President Chastises Developed World, But Developing Countries Not Impressed

World Bank President James Wolfensohn gave a speech at the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in September that highlighted the problem with the developed world’s continued hypocrisy when it comes to free trade. Wolfensohn … Continue reading

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World Development Report Highlights Failure of Developing World Governments to Provide Basic Services

The World Bank’s World Development Report 2004 concludes that many developing countries fail to provide even the most basic of services to their citizens and the developing world is likely to miss the targets of the Millennium Development Goal. The … Continue reading

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World Bank Report Warns of Impending Central & Eastern European AIDS Crises

The World Bank released a report in September highlighting the increasing rate of HIV infection in Central and Eastern Europe, and warned that if governments there do not do more to deal with the problem, it could turn into a … Continue reading

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Malaria Project Failing Due to Lack of Funds

An article published in the online Malaria Journal argues that the World Health Organization is woefully behind in its 1998 Roll Back Malaria plan that sought to cut malaria deaths in half by 2010 and then in half again by … Continue reading

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State of The World’s Vaccines and Immunizations

A report by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the World Bank concluded that 3 out of 4 children around the world now have access to essential vaccines. But, of course, that means that fully 25 percent of the world’s … Continue reading

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World Bank Wants Universal Primary Education

The World Bank is joining Oxfam in seeking more funds to push for universal primary school education in the developing world. In many parts of the developing world, few students learn to read or do basic math, with girls being … Continue reading

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