Poor Nations

Bill Gates's Plan For Raising Money For Poorer Nations

Posted 11.23.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countri...

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The Yen, the Yuan and the Yunus

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

A global currency would allow emerging economies to borrow in their own currency, avoid currency mismatches and the extreme poor can trade with each other without being exposed to currency risk.

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A Call for Some Much Needed Sisterhood on This Planet

Linda Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Adams

Global warming affects our entire planet but it has a disproportionate impact on people in poor communities, especially women.

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G-20 Commits To Funneling Billions To Poor, Struggling States

allAfrica | Posted 05.25.2011

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The leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies, recognizing that the global financial crisis has "a disproportionate impact" on vulnerable people in ...

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

Virginia Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia Simmons

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

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Climate-Change Program To Aid Poor Nations Is Shut

New York Times | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The National Center for Atmospheric Research, an important hub for work on the causes and consequences of climate change, has shut down a program focu...

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