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Cuba’s Burgeoning Private Sector Hungry for Flora and Fauna Ivet González The lack of markets to supply raw materials for Cuba’s new private sector, along with the poverty in isolated rural communities, is fuelling the poaching of endangered species of flora and fauna. In 2010, the socialist government of Raúl Castro gave the green light to private enterprise in a … MORE > > |
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The Global Trading System Aims to Improve Children’s Lives Roberto Azevedo Although some people don’t see the connection, the global trading system is aimed at creating some of the essential conditions needed to improve children’s lives and their prospects in the future. We can identify three flash points where trade and children’s interests intersect, and where … MORE > > |
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Q&A: The Case for Cutting African Poverty in Half Bryant Harris As the World Bank wrapped up its semi-annual joint meetings with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) here last weekend, it reaffirmed its commitment to bringing extreme poverty below three percent of the global population by 2030 while increasing the income of the poorest 40 percent of the … MORE > > |
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U.S. Foreign Aid Approach Is Outdated, Experts Say Farangis Abdurazokzoda U.S. foreign aid is becoming increasingly outdated, analysts here are suggesting. Rather, reforms to U.S. assistance need to focus on issues of accountability and country ownership, according to a policy paper released this week by Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN), a prominent … MORE > > |
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Civil Society Wants More Influence in New Development Agenda Emilio Godoy Making international cooperation more effective requires a civil society with greater influence in the negotiations of the development agenda that the world’s governments are to adopt in 2015, civil society representatives said at an international meeting in Mexico. The first High-Level Meeting … MORE > > |
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