Full coverage: Poverty

31.05.2005 Près du dixième de la population mondiale consommerait des aliments produits en utilisant des eaux usées. Étant donné la croissance démographique et le fait que davantage d’eau douce est détournée vers les villes pour la consommation domestique — dont 70 % repart en eaux usées —, le recours aux eaux usées est appelé à augmenter, tant en volumes qu’en superficies irriguées.

31.05.2005 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be the perfect vehicle through which poverty alleviation and improvements of the socio-economic structure can be easily accomplished," said Science and ICT Minister Moyeen Khan.

31.05.2005 Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa proposes a strategy for the development of ICT in Sub-Saharan Africa.

31.05.2005 Istrazuvanjeto sto za potrebite na Sovetot na ministri na Bosna i Hercegovina go sprovede Kancelarijata za megunaroden razvoj na Velika Britanija (DfID) pokaze deka nivoto na siromastvoto vo BiH postapno se namaluva, no istovremeno potvrdi deka 17,8 ziteli na ovaa zemja i ponatamu i pripagaat na kategorijata siromasni.

30.05.2005 Despite being a relatively new phenomenon, information and communication technology (ICT) is making its way into the social, cultural, economic, political and governance aspects of Bhutanese society according to the department of information.

30.05.2005 The Government of India has proposed the Rural Employment Guarantee Act to guarantee 100 days employment for families in rural areas. This Act has still not been introduced in Parliament and there is a great deal of debate about it. SEWA strongly supports this Act with employment proposals more oriented towards developing the varied skills and employment potential in the villages, and the implementation decentralized and as far as possible carried out through local organisations.

30.05.2005 A survey, conducted by UK Department of International Development DFID for the needs of the B&H Council of Ministers, shows that the level of poverty in Bosnia and Herzegovina is falling down, but nonetheless, 17.8 percent of the population still lives in poverty.

30.05.2005 In Lakhimpur Khare, a small village in the heart of Uttar Pradesh, a resident enquired about the prices of LG washing machines and TVs displayed on a website.

27.05.2005 Istraživanje što ga je za potrebe Vijeca ministara Bosne i Hercegovine proveo Ured za medjunarodni razvoj Velike Britanije (DfID) pokazalo je da se razina siromaštva u BiH postupno smanjuje, no istodobno je potvrdilo kako 17,8 stanovnika ove zemlje i dalje potpada pod kategoriju siromašnih.

27.05.2005 Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and director, Earth Institute at Columbia University Jeffrey D Sachs, in his new book - The End of Poverty Economic Possibilities for Our Time says that removing poverty is immensely possible within our lifetimes. The book, which has a foreword by Bono, provides a blueprint for eliminating extreme poverty from the world by year 2025.

26.05.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26 (OneWorld) - Activists are seeking to use a European breakthrough this week to turn up the heat on some of the world's richest countries to come up with money they promised decades ago in the global fight against poverty.

26.05.2005 The European Union agreed Tuesday to set concrete timetables for fulfilling a promise the world's richer countries made in 1970 to allocate 70 cents of every $100 of national incomes to aid for poor countries. The move, which would double European aid by 2010, is expected to give a massive jolt to poor countries seeking to finally throw off the yoke of poverty.

26.05.2005 UNESCO Member States nationals or institutions engaged in fostering the use of media in rural settings are encouraged to submit nominations for US $ 20000 IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communications.

24.05.2005 With their hopes fading, 12,000 rural Brazilians marched over 200km to the capital last week to encourage President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to push for land-reform. When Lula came to power in 2002, his working-class background legitimized promises for land reform--but the policy has since stalled with inter-administration bickering.

23.05.2005 Biodiversity concerns are subsumed in the vague Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for environmental preservation whereas poverty issues have specific targets. There are worrying signs of squabbling amongst UN teams responsible for joining up strategies for separate MDGs.

21.05.2005 In occasione dell’assemblea generale dell’OMS che si svolge dal 16 al 25 maggio, l’organizzazione umanitaria Medici Senza Frontiere ha denunciato la mancanza di impegno da parte dei vertici dell’OMS per migliorare l’accessibilità dei farmaci di qualità per i Paesi in via di sviluppo. L’OMS, in particolare, sta dedicando risorse assolutamente insufficienti all’importante programma di "prequalificazione dei farmaci" lanciato dalla stessa Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità nel 2001. Questo programma è essenziale perché mette a disposizione dei Paesi in via di sviluppo un elenco di medicinali la cui qualità è certificata dall’OMS: in questo modo le autorità sanitarie locali che non sono in grado di certificare autonomamente la qualità dei farmaci possono fare affidamento sull’OMS. MSF chiede dunque che Il Direttore Generale dell’OMS fornisca al progetto di prequalificazione le risorse umane ed i mezzi per portare a termine il suo compito come richiesto dall’Assemblea Mondiale del 2004.

19.05.2005 South India based development organisation - MSSRF - held a workshop on Resources on Post-Disaster Management and Prevention at Chennai on May 13-14, 2005. Browse through the resources and presentations made at the workshop.

19.05.2005 World poverty failed to get an adequate hearing in the recent election campaign. A study of public understanding of development issues suggests that, whilst many people do care about poverty, they have a poor grasp of what can be done, especially regarding fairer trade.

19.05.2005 Africa is the only region in the world no better off than it was 25 years ago, and U.S. policy towards the continent is not blameless in this crime. Foreign Policy expert Emira Woods lays out a five-point plan for the United States to ensure it is helping--not hindering--the continent to begin moving in the right direction.

18.05.2005 El presidente cubano Fidel Castro encabezó este martes una gigantesca "marcha del pueblo combatiente" frente a la Sección de Intereses de Estados Unidos en La Habana, para protestar contra el terrorismo y las políticas de Washington contra la isla.