Full coverage: Poverty

29.09.2007 The recently concluded Manthan Awards 2007 brought together India’s E-content stakeholders from across the ICT arena, government, civil society, NGOs and industry to discuss the role of e-content for development to empower rural India. The high-profile event was held from September 21- 22 at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi.

29.09.2007 A recent report on Afghanistan reveals that social and economic progress is still a distant dream for its people as they struggle amidst military conflict. Over six million Afghans remain hungry while 60,000 children are addicted to drugs, the Human Development Report 2007 claimed.

28.09.2007 Korruption ja köyhyyden välinen yhteys on ilmiselvä, todetaan Transparency Internationalin tuoreessa selvityksessä. Kehitysmaiden hallinnon ohella kohentamista kaipaa rikkaiden maiden ja suuryritysten politiikka.

28.09.2007 Ieri, 27 settembre, si è tenuto in tutto il mondo lo "Stop Epa Day", una mobilitazione mondiale nel quinto anniversario dell'avvio dei negoziati tra Unione europea (UE) e Paesi dell'Africa, dei Caraibi e del Pacifico (ACP), per la firma degli Accordi di Partenariato Economico (APE/EPA). A cinque anni di distanza e pochi mesi dalla scadenza fissata per prossimo 31 dicembre 2007, la società civile si è mobilitata per opporsi alla logica degli interessi di espansione degli affari europei che ormai permea questi accordi di liberalizzazione. In Italia la Campagna per la riforma della Banca mondiale (CRBM), Fair e Manitese, hanno chiesto al Parlamento italiano di colmare il deficit di democrazia che caratterizza la conduzione di questi accordi.

27.09.2007 The Independent Peoples Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank in India has held the Bank’s policies and projects guilty of causing untold sufferings among millions of poor and of violating human rights. The four-day hearing was attended by activists, civil society groups, academics, policy analysts and project affected communities who presented evidence against the Bank.

21.09.2007 The latest 5th edition of the Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) report, published every other year by the International Labour Organization, makes available labour market information, analysis and key elements. A set of 20 labour market indicators covers the various features of decent work deficits worldwide, keeping in mind the changing labour market conditions.

17.09.2007 India’s first attempt to introduce social security and other welfare schemes for workers in the unorganised sector, which constitutes an overwhelming majority of the country’s workforce, has received Cabinet approval. But it will have to wait until the winter session of Parliament to be passed into law.

15.09.2007 "We all want peace”: con questo slogan è iniziata oggi a Nairobi la grande marcia per la pace che intende promuovere "una società più inclusiva". Organizzata dall'Africa Peace Point in collaborazione con la Tavola della Pace la marcia si prefigge di unire le comunità, cercando di superare le differenze sociali e politiche per ottenere pace e sviluppo anche in vista delle elezioni generali che si terranno a dicembre. "Su questi temi insisteremo per arrivare al voto con un’idea precisa di quello che vogliamo ottenere" - affermano gli organizzatori. Presente anche una delegazione della Marcia Perugia-Assisi per sancire un gemellaggio non solo ideale. E, domani, si celebra la "Giornata per il Darfur" promossa dalla "Save Darfur Coalition" con manifestazioni e azioni anche in Italia a favore della regione sudanese dove le violenze nell’arco di quattro anni hanno provocato 200mila morti e due milioni e mezzo di sfollati.

14.09.2007

13.09.2007 Yli 80 000 somalialaislasta kärsii aliravitsemuksesta, kertoo YK:n lastenjärjestö Unicef. Arviolta 13 000 lapsen vakava aliravitsemus voi johtaa kuolemaan.

13.09.2007 Afrikan talouskasvu ei edelleenkään vähennä maanosan köyhyyttä, totesi kaikkein köyhimpiä maita edustava YK:n apulaispääsihteeri Cheikh Sidi Diarra kuluvalla viikolla.

11.09.2007

07.09.2007 NEW YORK, Sep 6 (OneWorld) - A coalition of faith-based human rights groups has launched a nationwide campaign to win congressional support for legislation that would cancel debts owed by the world's poorest nations.

06.09.2007 Kiinan talouskasvu keskittyy kaupunkeihin ja maaseutu pysyy köyhänä. Kiinassa on arviolta noin 22 miljoonaa lasta, joiden vanhemmat ovat jättäneet lapsensa sukulaisten tai opettajien hoiviin muuttaessaan itse töiden perässä kaupunkiin.

06.09.2007 SYDNEY, Sep 5 (IPS) - As 21 world leaders representing 3 billion people prepare to meet at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this weekend, civil society groups are calling for an instant end to poverty and the war in Iraq and immediate action on climate change.

05.09.2007 A new briefing paper by the IIED and WWF-UK shows that careful planning and community involvement will be the key to reducing climate change, protecting wild species and improving livelihoods in developing countries.

03.09.2007 A cholera outbreak has hit parts of Orissa, India in the wake of massive flooding, following South Asia's worst monsoon season in living memory. Local sources have told ActionAid that nearly 250 people have died in Koraput, Rayagada and Kalahadi, more than double the official death toll of 115.

03.09.2007 Climate change is likely to decrease food production in the developing world while industrialised countries could gain in production potential, increasing food insecurity in poorer nations, predicts the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

01.09.2007 NEW YORK, Aug 31 (OneWorld) - It is one of the most affluent countries in the world, but sill millions of people in the United States find it very difficult to put a nice meal on their dinner table.