by Beth | Aug 9, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
How business “can do good and do well at the same time” is the theme of a major international conference to be held December 12-14, 2004 in San Francisco.The conference will explore private sector solutions to poverty with keynote addresses and other...
by Beth | Aug 7, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Food For The Poor” not only has wonderful recycling program for used printer cartridges but also a fine series of “Virtual Pilgrimages” allowing one to see for one’s self what life there is like.For those who have made a pilgrimage to a...
by Beth | Aug 6, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
MELBOURNE, August 5, 2004 (theage.com.au): The interaction of the politics of values and the politics of wealth will be the key to the election result, writes Gregory Hywood in The Age today – As material wealth rises and the competitive ethic takes hold, so too...
by Beth | Aug 5, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The BBC reports on a venture to build low-cost study homes in under-developed countries. The materials have been used for homes in the Dominican Republic and Alaska Leading the project is the Washington-based Federation of American Scientists (FAS). The organisation...
by Beth | Aug 5, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The international site of the Daughters of Charity has an abstract of the testimony shared by Sr. Adelfa Siega (Province of Thailand) during the XVth International HIV-AIDS Conference (July 11-16, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand) upon the request of the organizing committee....
by Beth | Aug 4, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON – Wealthy nations and international organizations, including the World Bank, spend more than $55 billion annually to better the lot of the world’s 2.7 billion poor people. Yet they have scant evidence that the myriad projects they finance have...
