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Africa: Is Aid Becoming Obsolete?
Washington :: NJ :: USA | 4 months ago
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For the second time in a just few months, a major international journal has run a cover illustrating newfound optimism about the continent...Many African nations (22 to be precise) have already reached Middle Income Country (so called "MIC") status
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Global development podcast: what is the impact of migration on development?
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 4 months ago
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more than 215 million people are living and working outside the countries of their birth, with many more moving within their home country...South-south migration has eclipsed south-north movement, with India among the top 10 destination countries .
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Scrap target on overseas aid spending: MPs warn millions could be wasted in the rush to spend foreign budget
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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Sir Malcolm Bruce, chairman of the Commons international development select committee, said pressure to meet targets could lead the Government to make poor spending decisions Ministers should be prepared to miss their controversial foreign aid target
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Rebel-held areas of Syria receive tiny share of aid - MSF
Damascus :: Syria | 4 months ago
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Syrian refugees speak with relatives who came to visit them from behind a fenced perimeter at the entrance to Al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 25, 2013. International aid to Syria is not
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Gates urges polio eradication by 2018
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates said the battle to eradicate polio was one of the toughest the world has faced, but said it could be conquered by 2018. Delivering the annual Richard Dimbleby lecture in London on Tuesday, Gates, the United States'
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Escaping Syria in the middle of night
Aleppo :: Syria | 4 months ago
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Syrians stream into Jordan Syrian refugees set up camp, need aid Jordanians head to the polls One man, who arrived with his wife and five children, detailed the high price of this pilgrimage -- one he was all too willing to pay. "All we were able to
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UN says cannot help war-hit Syrians without more money
Damascus :: Syria | 4 months ago
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The United Nations warned on Monday that it will not be able to help millions of war-hit Syrians without more money and appealed for donations at an aid conference this week in Kuwait to meet its $1.5 billion target...Some 4 million Syrians need food,
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White House condemns wave of violence in Egypt
Miami :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
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The White House says it "strongly condemns" the wave of violence in Egypt and says Egyptian leaders should make clear that violence is not acceptable. Details on how the $50.5 billion package of recovery and related aid for victims of Superstorm
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A closer look at Sandy recovery package
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 4 months ago
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Details on how the $50.5 billion package of recovery and related aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy and other federally declared disasters is to be spent: -$16 billion for Housing and Urban Development Department community development block grants.
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Red Cross offices attacked in CAR
Bangui :: Central African Republic | 4 months ago
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Offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross were attacked in the Central African Republic during a prisoner transfer, the aid group said. CAR were attacked the night before it worked to transfer seven members of the nation's military to
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