Article: UN: China, India, Malaysia, Thailand to hit UN poverty reduction targets

Article: 'Poorest nations unlikely to reach ...
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  October 11, 2006 ;     552 words ...'Poorest nations unlikely to reach poverty-reduction targets' United Nations, Oct 11 (PTI) The United ... s 50 poorest nations are unlikely to reach poverty-reduction targets. "The quest for adequate and predictable external ...

Article: With enthusiasm and commitment, millennium poverty ...
M2 Presswire;  May 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-15 May 2001-UN: With enthusiasm and commitment, millennium poverty reduction targets can be met, General Assembly President tells Least Developed Countries Conference (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE ...

Article: ASIA: FINANCIAL CRISIS STALLS REGION'S POVERTY ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 4, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... a Bangkok-based U.N. regional body. "The concern in our region is that there could be a slowing down in the poverty reduction rates." The current crisis is far more daunting for the region than what it faced during the 1997 financial crisis ...

Article: Special Supplement: Africa - Aid Levels Fail To Fill The Gap - ...
The Banker;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The critical importance of aid to Africa is underscored by the World Bank's latest Global Development Finance report which states that bilateral aid grants to sub-Saharan Africa totalling $13.9bn were equal to net capital inflows of debt and equity last year. In other words, aid grants accounted

Article: Special Supplement: Africa - Capital Revolution - A Small But ...
The Banker;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...To halve the number of Africans living in poverty by 2015, Africa needs to fill an annual resource gap of $64bn, according to estimates from The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad). This equates to 12% of the continent's GDP. Last year, sub-Saharan Africa attracted net capital inflows

Article: Country's financial sector improves but lag behind the need of ...
UNB - United News of Bangladesh;  May 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... significantly, but lag behind the need for a faster economic growth consistent with the poverty reduction targets. Faster GDP growth consistent with the poverty reduction goals cannot be met unless the extent and quality of financial inter-mediation ...

Article: African countries urged to stick to poverty ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 28, 2003 ;     572 words ... ... risk to the achievement of poverty reduction objectives," the review ... to constantly revise their poverty reduction targets." In Uganda, about 53 ... said the average spending on poverty reduction was estimated to increase ...