Law and Poverty: The Legal System and Poverty Reduction (Comparative Research Programme on Poverty: International Studies in Poverty Research)
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This item is about the progress been made by the three major developing economies on the resolution of internal poverty. As mentioned, between them they account for half the global poverty. They are also best positioned to ameliorate the problem. Thus their paying attention is hugely effective. The balance of the globe will require vastly more external support and inputs of foreign capability. The...
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Young stars, like Ashley Greene and Hayden Panettiere , team up to star in a new PSA aimed to urge their generation to take part in the fight against poverty and preventable disease.
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) recently announced impressive new results on their impact in fighting disease around the world. Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has supported: 2.5 million people on antiretroviral treatment for AIDS Detection and treatment of 6 million cases [...]
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Here’s a World AIDS Day post from our friends at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The photos are courtesy of Jon Hrusa/EPA. I work in the communications department at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and World AIDS Day is one of the busiest days of the year for us. But this World AIDS Day [...]
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To mark World AIDS Day 2009 today, the World Bank hosted a robust panel of speakers under the theme of “Keeping the Promise, Investing in the Future: Linking HIV/AIDS, Food Security and Maternal and Child Health.” Debrework Zewdie, Director of Global HIV/AIDS Program at the World Bank moderated the discussion, which featured remarks from Bob Zoellick, [...]
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In honor of World AIDS day, our friends at Africare have uploaded another inspiring video in their Pass it On! series. This short film shot in Dodoma, Tanzania shows how young artists represent AIDS and express how the virus has impacted their lives in drawings and paintings. Watch the video here and discover how some [...]
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This Sunday, I joined the Latter Rain Family Worship Center located in Pembroke Pines, Florida in their effort to take action for people living in extreme poverty around the world and struggling against epidemic disease. The Sunday service was centered around having passion for people and becoming aware of the struggles of others. ONE member [...]
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In honor of World AIDS Day, Susan Smith Ellis, CEO of our sister organization (RED), wrote a great article for the Huffington Post. Check out an excerpt of her piece below—and read the full article here. Don’t forget sure to share it with your friends! On World AIDS Day, we don’t celebrate with fireworks or champagne. We [...]
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Here’s a powerful post from noted Zambian AIDS activist Princess Kasune Zulu, part of our World AIDS Day blog series this week. Twelve years ago when Dr Tembo gave me the news that I was HIV positive, he gave me only six months to live. While Time magazine’s Man of the Year—Dr. David Ho—had created a [...]
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URL: http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=2012487 . Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). This working paper explores the importance of legal identity from both a theoretical and operational point of view. The need to investigate and deepen the understanding of the implications of being sans papiers in relation to social exclusion and governance issues is highlighted. This...
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Ambassador Eric Goosby, the US Global AIDS Coordinator, has a great blog post looking forward to the 2012 International AIDS Conference which will be held in Washington, DC as announced by Secretary Clinton yesterday. If you haven’t had a chance to watch yesterday’s event, check out the video below as well as excerpts from [...]
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Reuters—U.S. readies new phase of global AIDS assistance The United States is ready to shift the focus of its global AIDS programs from emergency medical support to building sustainable health systems, U.S. officials said in advance of World AIDS Day. Eric Goosby, President Obama’s global AIDS coordinator, said he would announce later this week a five-year [...]
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Check out this great World AIDS Day post from our friends at FACE AIDS: FACE AIDS is a network of students at over 180 college and high school campuses who are dedicated to fighting AIDS in Africa and promoting global health equity. Founded by three students in 2005, we come together because we fervently believe that [...]
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10:05 UDPATE: Senator Kerry just began his opening remarks. You can watch live here. In just a matter of minutes, President Obama’s USAID Administrator nominee Rajiv Shah will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. You can watch the hearing live here once it begins. A copy of Shah’s testimony has also been [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Tomorrow morning at 10 am, Rajiv Shah—President Obama’s nominee to lead USAID—is scheduled to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his confirmation hearing to be USAID Administrator. The Obama administration nominated Shah — a medical doctor and current Under secretary for Research, Education and Economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—earlier...
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Eileen Murphy | 22/04/2009
Generations of African rural communities have used locally grown plant extracts and oils for nutritional, medicinal and cosmetic purposes. One such plant product is marula oil, which is extracted from the fruit kernels of the marula tree, native to southern Africa. Previously unheard of outside of Africa, the oil is becoming increasingly popular because of its superb antioxidant, nourishing and moisturising
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