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Outrage as global poverty Ministry racks up £6m business class travel bill
on Sep 6, 2009 in Development By Miles Goslett (Daily Mail) Staff take nine flights every day at £1,664 Routine first class rail travel costs £163,000 The Government department in charge of eradicating global poverty spent almost £6million of taxpayers’ money on first-cla...
Rehabilitate the state
on Aug 22, 2009 in Development Britain europe state UK Courtesy The Guardian World News by Roy Hattersley on 8/21/09 Those who decry ‘big government’ soon realise how much we need it when things go wrong Seventy-six years after the New Deal eased America out of depression, United States co...
Healthcare for all – insurance initiative
on Aug 14, 2009 in Development I read this interesting email notice and thought that it should be shared here. RR On August 14th, 2009, as our beloved Pakistan celebrates its 62nd year of Independence, www.PakUSonline.com is also marking its first year in existence. We would lik...
UN environmental governance programs are failing the Earth
on Jul 2, 2009 in Development The fathers and mothers of the international environmental movement all met in Montreux this week to reminisce and relive past exploits of green diplomacy at a conference hosted by the United Nations Environmental Program. The list of attendees reads...
The Global Food Crisis is not over. Our obligations go beyond fixing the financial system,” says UN Special Rapporteur
on Jun 30, 2009 in Economy Food Security Human Rights climatic crisis Development Economic crisis food crisis food prices global hunger obligations UN unemployement World Financial crisis 26 June 2009 (GENEVA – NEW YORK) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Mr. Olivier De Schutter, calls on decision-makers gathering in New York for the UN Conference on World Financial and Economic Crisis not to forget the glob...
Aid under pressure
on Jun 3, 2009 in Development Aid under pressure: Support for development assistance in a global economic downturn – Fourth report of session 2008–09 Summary The developing world was not responsible for causing the current economic crisis, but it is paying a heavy price f...