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NGO Leaders Challenge G-20 Summit To Expand Scope

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Greenpeace International, G8, Rich Versus Poor Countries, Plan International, Global Economy, G20 Summit, Low Income Countries, International Save the Children Alliance, Third World, President Barack Obama, Action Aid, World Bank, Imf, China, Amnesty International, London, Care International, Unemployment, Global Financial Crisis, World Vision International, Global Poverty, Oxfam International, g20, G-20, G-20 Summit, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

By: Irene Khan - Secretary General, Amnesty International Dr Gerd Leipold - Executive Director, Greenpeace International Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Dir...

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Obama Administration's First Test on Global Poverty

Ruth Messinger | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Debt Relief, Ruth Messinger, Timothy Geithner, Global Poverty, Tim Geithner, Barack Obama, President Obama, G-20, World News
Ruth Messinger

Responding to the increased hardship in developing countries caused by an economic crisis not of their making will be the first test of the administration's commitment to addressing global poverty.

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Wal-Mart and the AFL-CIO Agree: The U.S. Can (and Must) Do a Better Job Fighting Poverty, Disease, and Lack of Opportunity in the Developing World

David Beckmann and Steve Radelet | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: MFAN, Afl-Cio, Global Poverty, Obama AFL-CIO, Wal-Mart, Business News
David Beckmann and Steve Radelet

Around the world, societies weakened by hunger, disease, and lack of opportunity have become more vulnerable to political instability and exploitation by extremist and militant groups.

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Timothy Geithner and his Father's Legacy in Microcredit

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Grameen, Ford Foundation, Peter Geithner, Nobel, Ann Dunham Soetero, Timothy Geithner, Hillary Clinton, Microcredit, Muhammad Yunus, People's Banks, India, Thailand, Poverty, Zimbabwe, Third World, Third World Countries, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary Nominee, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary, Global Poverty, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Geithner grew up in Zimbabwe, India and Thailand. It would have been impossible for him to not have seen what true poverty is and how his father was helping to establish part of the solution.

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Solving the Global Food Crisis: The Case for a "Poverty Czar"

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Oecd, Global Poverty, Robert Zoellick, Chatham House, John Podesta, Food Crisis, United Nations, World Bank, Richard Holbrooke, George MItchell, Jacques Diouf, Nicholas Kristof, Paul Krugman, Hillary Clinton, Oxfam, Barack Obama, Gates Foundation, India, Poverty, Biofuels, Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Aid, Haiti Poverty, Middle East, Us Aid to Pakistan, Haiti, Food, Hunger in the United States, China, World News
Bruce Friedrich

Addressing global poverty at its roots means recognizing that the most significant factors driving up food costs are the diversion of crops to biofuels and the growing demand for meat.

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Haiti on the Brink

Arthur Fournier | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Haiti Poverty, Global Poverty, Haiti, Health Clinics, Poverty, World, Walk-in Clinics, Health, Hospitals, Medical Care, Health Care, Medicine, World News
Arthur Fournier

Today in Marmont, a small rural community of 12,000 people in Haiti's central plateau, a new maternity hospital is being built through the efforts of Project Medishare.

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President Obama Recommits to the World's Poor in First Address

Virginia Simmons | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

Read More: Recommits, Foreign Aid, Hunger, Poverty, Millennium Development Goals, Inauguration, Clean Water, Millennium Development Goal, Extreme Poverty, Obama, Global Poverty, Poor Nations, Development, Mdgs, One, World News
Virginia Simmons

President Obama clear in his speech the importance of fighting poverty and preventable disease worldwide.

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The 2/3 : 1/3 Rule

Dennis Whittle | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Globalgiving, Poverty, Global Poverty, Dennis Whittle, Charity, Aid, Giving, World News
Dennis Whittle

As Bill Easterly has pointed out, we have spent more than $2 trillion in aid over the past fifty years with not enough to show for it.

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Revisiting the War on Poverty

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Poverty, Lyndon B Johnson, Responsibility, Freedom, Global Poverty, War on Poverty, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Prisoners of Our Thougths, Alex Pattakos, Politics News
Alex Pattakos

As a "human services warrior" in the 1970s, I vividly recall how difficult it was to wage the "war" on poverty under such conflicting and confusing policy positions.

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First Presidential Debate Shortchanges The World

Susan Morgan and Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Darfur, HIV/AIDS, John McCain, Human Rights, Zimbabwe, Economic Crisis, Domestic Policy, Burma, Genocide, Commission on Presidential Debates, Global Poverty, Presidential Debates, Congo, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Home News
Susan Morgan and Jirair Ratevosian

Sorry, world. Now that the United States has its own economic crisis, we're apparently too busy to discuss issues like genocide, global poverty, AIDS and the vast array of problems that affect the majority of the global community.

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Celebrities Join YouTube at UN to Launch Poverty Campaign (PHOTOS)

David Flumenbaum | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Will.I.Am, Slideshow, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Kristin Davis, World Hunger, Angelique Kidjo, UN General Assembly, Elle Macpherson, Black Eyed Peas, U.N., Ban Ki-Moon, Millenium Development Goals. United Nations, Youtube, New Media, Global Poverty, International, In My Name, Entertainment News
David Flumenbaum

On Thursday, will.i.am, Elle Macpherson, Queen Rania of Jordan and Kristin Davis came together at the U.N. to launch the 'in my name' campaign, a challenge to world leaders to fight world poverty.

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Media Miss Crucial Election Speech On Global Poverty

Steve Miller | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Child Mortality, HIV/AIDS, Education, Economic Crisis, Malaria, Henry Paulson, News Cycle, Election 2008, Global Poverty, Media, Development, Wall Street, Barack Obama, John McCain, Home News
Steve Miller

The media act incapable of covering more than one subject at a time. What was ignored yesterday was an Obama speech in which he laid out a clear and concise plan to deal with Global Warming, AIDS, Malaria and, yes, the economic crisis.

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Fix PEPFAR Now to Prevent HIV Infections, Save Lives

Scott Swenson | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, HIV/AIDS, Congress, Sen. Jon Kyl, Africa, Global Poverty, HIV/AIDS Africa, Aids Epidemic in Africa, President Bush, Sen. Tom Coburn, Pepfar, Politics News
Scott Swenson

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is moving toward a cloture vote in the Senate, a vote that will determine whether the $50 bil...

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Good Grief, Gordon Brown!

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Gordon Brown, Gas Prices, Biofuels, How to Solve World Hunger, Alternative Energy, World Hunger, Economy, Agriculture, World Bank, Environment, Global Poverty, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Google, Food, Food Prices, Politics News
Frances Moore Lappe

By scolding Britons to "cut [their] food waste," Prime Minister Gordon Brown reinforces the dangerous myth that a shortage of food is the reason food prices have jumped.

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Natalie Portman on Her New Role: Giving Women Hope

Marianne Schnall | Posted 07.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Microloans, Fighting Poverty, Microfinance, The Giving Life, Finca, Women and Politics, Global Poverty, Natalie Portman, Entertainment News
Marianne Schnall

In this exclusive interview, Natalie Portman talks about her work for FINCA International, how she balances her activism with her career as an actress, and her advice on making a difference.

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