by Beth | Nov 2, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Center for Economic Policy Research has released a new online calculator (http://www.cepr.net/calculators/bc/cbc.html) that they hope will make it easier for reporters, policymakers, and others to quickly place budget numbers in context. The results are often quite...
by Beth | Oct 31, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
LONDON (AP) – Malaria research accounts for about one-third of 1 percent of the total amount of money spent on medical research and development, even though it accounts for 3 percent of all the productive years of life lost to diseases, according to a report...
by Beth | Oct 26, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
UNICEF, UNAIDS and other partners launched a global campaign focusing on the enormous impact of HIV/AIDS on children, saying it was a disgrace that fewer than 5 per cent of HIV-positive children receive treatment and that millions of children who have lost parents to...
by Beth | Oct 23, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The SVDP is pleased to launch a booklet entitled Spend Less, Live Well � A Guide to Affordable Living in Refugee Week. The booklet contains useful information about living within a budget and shopping. It has been prepared specifically for migrants and refugees,...
by Beth | Oct 19, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Whole Foods Market, a leading natural and organic foods supermarket, invites customers to shop at any of its 177 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 25th, when five percent of total company sales will go directly to...
by Beth | Oct 18, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Vatican, Oct. 17 (CWNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) said that hunger and malnutrition are scandals, caused by selfishness, in a message to the director general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Pope’s message...
