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"One Day on Earth" Film Premieres at U.N. and Around World

Jim Luce | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Undp, Mdgs, Film, Conflict, Children, Africa, A Gift of Beauty, United Nations, Faith, Kyle Ruddick, Netherlands, U.S.-Mexican Border, New York City, Brandon Litman, One Day on Earth, 10-10-10, Environment, Miracle of Birth, Nature, Venezuela, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Millennium Development Goals, Cut Chemist, Helen Clark, U.N. Development Programme, General Assembly, Rwanda, North Korea, Love, Entertainment News
Jim Luce

'One Day on Earth' is a living time capsule of who we are. We have much to fix -- but we have more going for us, it seems, than not.

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The Most Important Thing We Can Do To Save Millions Of Lives

Bill Gates | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Foreign Aid, Mdgs, G20 Summit, Bill Gates, g20, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Gates Notes, Health, Home News
Bill Gates

If the world comes together on a plan for financing development, the impact on health and development will be enormous.

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How to Keep Poverty Low

Devinder Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Fao, Poverty in India, Planning Commission, Arjun Sengupta, Supreme Court of India, India, Global Poverty, Suresh Tendulkar, World News
Devinder Sharma

In a significant move, the Supreme Court in India has questioned the very basis of counting the poor in the country. Realising that the poverty line i...

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Davos 2011: Communities of Action to End Extreme Poverty

Johann Koss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2011 Mdgs, Mdgs, Davos 2011, Millennium Development Goals, Davos, World Economic Forum 2011, World Economic Forum, World News
Johann Koss

Over the past year, many MDG pledges have made exciting progress. This week, at the 2011 annual meeting, the MDG Pledges initiative is launching its first major progress report.

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How Quickly Are Countries Progressing Toward the Millennium Development Goals?

Ben Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Center for Global Development, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, Subsaharan Africa, World News
Ben Leo

The United Nations recently published the 2011 World Economic Situation and Prospects report. But the picture that was painted by a highly simplistic brush.

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Cancun Must Be About More Than Climate Change

The MDG Advocates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cancun, Mdgs, Poverty, Copenhagen 2009, Conflict, Water, Environment, Climate Change, Disaster-Risk-Reduction, Cancun Climate Summit, Green News
The MDG Advocates

Outside of Cancún, governments must do what they have promised: take concrete action to reduce their emissions and work together to make low-carbon development a reality.

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Private Initiative Marshall Plan Launches for the New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, Long Distance Learning Institute, Mdgs, Luce Group Investments, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Commerce, Jérémie, Iraq, NYU Polytechnic, Cayes-Jacmel, Léogâne, International University of Haiti, Oiww, Belo Water, Liberal Arts, Indonesia, Stewardship Report, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Social Programs, Social Responsibility, Port-Au-Prince, Global Leadership Institute, Gonaives, Institute for Haitian Stability., Oloffson Hotel, International Film Institute, Integrated Development, Education, Cholera Epidemic, Social Entrepreneurism, Universities of the West Indies, Microfinance, Art Restoration Institute, New York City, Haiti, Vocational Studies, Tsunami, Private Initiative, Marshall Plan, New Haiti, Millennium Development Goals, Haitian Museum of Art, International University, YMCA Léogâne, Luce Group Integrated Development Plan for the New Haiti, Professional Development, Ganthier, Luce Publications, Orphans International Worldwide, Integrated Import-Export, Jacmel, Betaville, Cap-Haïtien, World News
Jim Luce

I have been working in Haiti since Christmas 1999. That New Year's Eve I hired my first staff -- my first local partner -- with a handshake at the Ol...

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Can Women and Technology Save the UN Development Goals?

Daniel Hernandez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Undp, Womens Rights, Mdgs, Ban Ki-Moon, Africa, United Nations, Michele Bachelet, Development, Un, Womens Empowerment, Feminism, MDG Summit, Jeffrey Sachs, Selim Jahan, World News
Daniel Hernandez

We're behind on our 15-year goal to reduce world poverty by half by 2015, yes. But breakthrough technologies and a focus on women's empowerment may allow us to catch up and save lives as never before.

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Africa must feed itself

The MDG Advocates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Food-Security, Developing Countries, Africa, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Revolution, Development, World Food Day, Politics News
The MDG Advocates

Africa Must Feed Itself BY DR. AKIN ADESINA, DR. WANGARI MAATHAI AND DR. GRAÇA MACHEL Africa is rising. The 2010 Ibrahim Index of African Governan...

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Overcoming Barriers with Electronic Connectivity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Cell Phones, Nuclear Weaponry, Social Networking, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Email, Facebook, Raise Global Citizens, Global Citizens, Fundamentalists Anonymous, E-Applications, Kenya, Germany, Barcelona, Following Your Heart, Africa, Ceos, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, M-Applications, Brussels, Skype, Israel, Asia, Maternal Mortality, Josh Silverman, Digital Divide, Linkedin, Economic Opportunity, Goodness, Terrorism, Mobile Phones, Microsoft, Washington DC, Bettering Humanity, Ignacio Mas, Mdgs, DataDyne.Org, Education, Cellular Technology., Colombia, Rio De Janeiro, Health, Japan, Connecting Goodness, Thought Leaders, Favela, Extremism, Maasai, Cultural Understanding, Skype for Educators, Center for International Virtual Schooling, Mhealth, Americas, Jim Luce, Information Technology, Philippines, Internet, Clinton Global Initiative, Middle East, Finance, Bridging Cultural Divides, Communications, Disruptive Companies, Huffington Post, Webcam, money.com, Child Mortality, Bill Clinton, Developing World, Twitter, Meducation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Stockholm, Oiww, Daily Kos, Mfinance, Mservices, Connectivity, Mobile Technology, Fundamentalist Mindset, Palestinian, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, Software, Mobile Games, Jlsr, Long Distance Learning, GSM Association?S World Congress, Impact News
Jim Luce

Where we no longer must allocate the time and resources to go physically to all corners of the earth -- Facebook, Skype, our email takes us there.

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Connectivity Is Key To Social Change

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jim Luce

In the spring I travelled to Barcelona for the GSM Association's World Congress, with 49,000 participants spread between mobile phone-related 1,300 ve...

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Don't Forget About Perinatal Mental Health

Ruth Messinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Mental Health, Maternal Health, Millenium Development Goals, Infant Mortality, United Nations, Impact News
Ruth Messinger

Perinatal mental illness, a known commodity in the United States, is also widespread in the developing world. For example, one-third of all South African women who give birth will experience some form of depression or anxiety during or shortly after pregnancy.

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Millennium Development Goals: Drive to Combat Global Ills Gets a Boost at UN Summit

Kiyotaka Akasaka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women, Education, Hunger, Mdgs, Poverty, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Water, Ban Ki-Moon, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, Malaria, Jeffrey Sachs, Children, Dell, Pepsi, Ups, World News
Kiyotaka Akasaka

If one were to judge a forum's importance by the level of participation, then the MDG Summit was clearly a big success: But was it as strong on the substantive side?

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Replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria

The MDG Advocates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Mdgs, Tuberculosis, MDG Summit, Impact News
The MDG Advocates

On October 4-5, the world community will consider the replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. This is a crucial opportunity to sustain and accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.

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Prevention Is Better Than Post-Conflict Catch-Up

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Fragile States, Mdgs, Conflict, Mashable, Post-Conflict, Social Good Summit, MDG Summit, Un Media Lounge, wdr2011, International Community, Un, New York, Wdr, World News
Nicholas van Praag

Violence is the antithesis of development. It tears down what's been built up. It destroys lives, shortens horizons, and inflicts huge psychological and physical pain.

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The 3Ds: Defense(devleopment)Diplomacy

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Millenium Development Goal, Aidwatch, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama, Barack Obama, Digital-Media-Lounge, Alanna Shaikh, Mdgs, Mashable, Tim Wirth, Usaid Policy, Un, Rajiv Shah, Usaid, MDG Summit, Impact News
Tom Murphy

The message of the new U.S. development plan is about our interests. Obama made it clear and USAID director Dr. Raj Shah confirmed it.

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Obama's New Plan to Fight Poverty Gets the Purpose Right

Paul O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, US Global Development Policy, Mdgs, Un Millennium Development Goals, President Obama, Foreign Aid Reform, Oxfam America, World News
Paul O'Brien

President Obama used the gathering of world leaders in New York last week to announce the first-ever US Policy on Global Development, promising that, ...

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Religious Leaders See Modest Progress In Anti-Poverty Goals

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals, Mdgs, Un Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, Religion News

By Chris Herlinger Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) Prominent religious, humanitarian and ethical leaders gave mixed grades this week to progress...

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Empowering the Voices of Women to Achieve the MDG's

Carol Peasley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Feed the Future, Cedpa, Women's Rights, Mdgs, Global Health Initiative, Women's Voices, World News
Carol Peasley

Investing in girls and women should also be a means of empowering them and putting them at the center of the development debate. They should be at the table when political leaders and donors define how new funds will be allocated.

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It's All about Commitments at the Clinton Global Initiative

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Bill Clinton, Clinton Global Initiative, Global Poverty, Technology, MDG's, World News
Reporters Uncensored

Bill Clinton is in top form, 25 pounds lighter, looking fresh and energized. To the cheering applause of Richard Branson, the former president greets all and opens the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative.

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The Four R's: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic... and Restrooms

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Room to Read, Foreign Aid, UN Foundation, United Nations, Kiva, Sanitation, Shell Oil, Philanthropy, Clinton Global Initiative, Mdgs, Morgan Stanley, Care, Diarrhea, Water, Africa, The African Leadership Academy, Hillary Clinton, Latrines, Unicef, Impact News
Jonathan Greenblatt

Sanitation is a basic need that could enable a new destiny for billions of people and it is time to apply the same degree of innovation and ingenuity to this problem that has been brought to bear in other fields.

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Our Pledges for the Millennium Development Goals

John W. McArthur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit, World News
John W. McArthur

With five years to go, we pledge our own best efforts to work with communities around the world to help ensure the MDGs are achieved.

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There's Progress Afoot in Africa -- Focusing on the Millennium Development Goals Trailblazers

Ben Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit, Africa, World News
Ben Leo

Africa's often-mentioned hot spots increasingly have become isolated islands of instability on an otherwise surging continent. Let us put aside the African cliché and instead focus our lens on the stars -- the MDG Trailblazers.

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Only Good Governance Can Guarantee Africa Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Tony Blair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), U.N. Millennium Development Goals Summit, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, Mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit, World News
Tony Blair

The MDGs are changing lives for the better. As we take stock, we must recognize Africa's progress in the two areas that success with the MDGs depends on: good governance and a thriving private sector.

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Key Highlights from Mashable's Social Good Summit for United Nations Week

Naomi Hirabayashi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Mdgs, Poverty, Social Change, Mashable, UN Week, Social Good Summit, United Nations, Fundraising, Naomi Hirabayashi, Millennium Development Goals, Impact News
Naomi Hirabayashi

With a diversified panel of speakers working across the eight verticals of MDGs, the Summit highlighted the most recent trends of digital media used for social good.

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