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World Bank Wants Nigeria to Invest More in Education, Health
The World Bank wants Nigeria to invest more on education, health and to properly implement the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) to boost the transformation of the nation’s economy.
SIERRA LEONE: Don’t Forget Disabled in Country’s Development
People with disabilities must be taken into account in Sierra Leone’s development and poverty reduction plans, say the authors of a new study on living conditions of the country’s disabled. Read more of the story here at the IRIN news service: SIERRA...
International Monetary Fund Delegation to Participate in Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Review Program
The Director of the Africa Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dr. Antoinette Sayeh arrives in Liberia next Monday to participate in the third program review of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and discuss progress and challenges...
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors Approves $30m Budget Support Grant for Malawi
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $30m grant to the Malawi government to be used as budgetary support for the next fiscal year starting in June. WB Manager for Malawi Timothy Gilbo said in the capital Lilongwe Friday that...
African Development Bank Allocates $7.4million Budgetary Support Loan to Cape Verde to Fight Poverty
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allocated a $7.4million budgetary support loan to Cape Verde to fund the country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, APA learned Thursday.
Rwanda Earmarks Over 300,000 Cows for Families to Reduce Poverty By 2012
As part of the income distribution programme to reduce poverty levels among Rwandans, the government through its agency, Rwanda Animal Resources Development Authority (RARDA), will distribute about 339,400 heads of cattle to at least 600,000 families...
Aids, Bureaucracy, Corruption Hinders Development in Mozambique – EC
The European Commission on Sunday said corruption, HIV/AIDS and excessive bureaucracy are Mozambique`s key development obstacles derailing the governments efforts of poverty reduction, according to a senior official. How People Arrived Here: mozambique...
UN Warns Rising Fuel Costs, Inequalities Raise Risk of Social Crisis
A senior United Nations official warns that economic inequalities in the Asia-Pacific region could worsen as energy costs rise. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, energy security and poverty reduction are key themes at this week’s meeting of the...
