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13.06.2006 Addressing sexual and reproductive health is key to achieving the
Millennium Development Goals, reveals a new report today released by the UN Millennium Project at the Global Health Council’s 33rd Annual International Conference on Global Health.

13.06.2006 DevInfo is a database system which maintains indicators by time periods and geographic areas to monitor commitments to human development.

13.06.2006 China has a vision of lifelong learning in which information and communication technologies -based (ICTs) distance education and electronic learning are key components.

13.06.2006 Tanzania last week signed two credit agreements with the World Bank worth US$240million for the implementation of the 4th Poverty Reduction Support credit (PRSC 4) and the Accountability Transparency and Integrity Project (ATIP).

13.06.2006 India hopes to complete digital mapping of around 70 percent of the country in a year, leading to leveraging data assets for multi-functions like traffic management and infrastructure development.

13.06.2006 Grameen Foundation, a global non-profit organization that combines microfinance with new technologies to empower the world's poorest people, and local GSM network operator, MTN RwandaCell, are launching Village Phone Rwanda, an innovative new joint venture.

13.06.2006 A multi-stakeholder process to derive a Planted Forests Code has been underway since January 2005, to detail a framework of guiding principles and implementation considerations to balance the social, cultural, environmental and economic dimensions of planted forests development.