Developing countries are now facing a triple hit - food, fuel and finance, the World Bank President, Robert B Zoellick warned today. Speaking ahead of the annual meetings of the Bank and IMF, Mr Zoellick said governments must look beyond the financial crisis to contain a mounting human crisis that could push millions of the worlds poorest people to the brink of survival, and wipe out development gains.

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Expert Rebecca Winthrop explains that the education crisis in developing countries has three tiers of trouble: many children, especially those in conflict areas, can't go to school; many children who do go to school are not learning fundamental skills like reading; and post-primary students don't acquire the skills they need to get jobs. That's disastrous for both the children and the nations where they live, Winthrop argues. Investing just four percent of national GDP in education, she says, can lift children out of poverty and improve overall economic success for the country in which they live. goo.gl

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To remain competitive in global markets, countries need the infrastructure and resources to export goods quickly and cheaply. But a new study by The World Bank Group indicates that improvements in trade facilitation have lagged since 2010, likely because of the worldwide recession. Low income and landlocked countries often lack infrastructure, such as roads that lead to ports, or may be bound by customs and border management issues, according to the report.

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What Does It Take to Achieve High, Sustainable, and Inclusive Growth in Developing Countries? Speakers: - Han Duck-soo, Former Prime Minister and former Minister of Finance and Economy, Republic of Korea - Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski, President and Chief Executive Officer, Latin America Enterprise Fund Managers, LP; Partner and Senior Adviser, Rohatyn Group; Former Prime Minister, Peru - Danny M. Leipziger, Vice Chair, Commission on Growth and Development; Vice President and Head of Network, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Management, World Bank - Robert M. Solow, Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presider: John Cassidy, Staff Writer, New Yorker; Contributing Editor, Condé Nast Portfolio (May 21, 2008 at the Council on Foreign Relations)

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For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The World Bank says developing countries need to be on guard for an even slower global economy. The comments were made in Beijing... and revised numbers paint an even grimmer picture in the time ahead. On Wednesday, the World Bank warned that developing countries should be prepared to brace for a growth slowdown, as it sharply scaled back its estimates for expansion. It stems partly from Europe's debt woes. It predicts the global economy will expand by 2.5 percent in 2012 and by 3.1 percent in 2013. It's well behind the 3.6 percent growth for each year that the bank projected in June. It believes developing countries' economies will continue to outpace those of richer developed countries. Officials raised further concerns over the already weak capital market in Europe. [Lin Yifu, Chief Economist, World Bank]: "In the Euro areas, the capital markets freeze up and the situation there deteriorate. That can trigger some kind of crisis, like what happened in September 2008. That should be the risk that we need to watch about." The World Bank said global economic conditions are fragile and uncertain in the medium term. Among other things, developing countries "could help by avoiding entering into trade disputes and by allowing market prices to move freely." It also said developing-country governments should start contingency planning to identify spending priorities <b>...</b>

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UNHCR's Global Trends report, released on the occasion of World Refugee Day 2011, finds forced displacement at a 15-year high. Pakistan, Iran and Syria have the largest refugee populations at 1.9 million, 1.1 million and 1 million respectively. Learn more: www.UNRefugees.org

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www.DemocracyNow.org - Martin Khor is the executive director of the South Centre, a research center of 51 developing countries. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, we caught up with Khor to discuss the negotiations over a new Green Climate Fund to help the developing world tackle climate change, the US role in the summit, and why the US-led focus on China's emissions obscures the reality that the US emits far more greenhouse gas per capita. Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for more reports from the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Download the Audio: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org

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Would you take your child to a 'quack' doctor for treatment? See why public health services are desperately needed in India. Find out more: is.gd

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Speaker: Andrew Mitchell Commentator: Professor Paul Collier Chair: Howard Davies This event was recorded on 12 October 2010 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building This event marks the launch of a new DFID approach to private sector investment in developing countries and is the Department's first high profile outreach to the business community since the formation of the new coalition government. The event is presented in partnership with the Financial Times magazines The Banker and This is Africa. Andrew Mitchell is Secretary of State for International Development. Paul Collier is Professor of Economics at Oxford University and academic co-director of the International Growth Centre.

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Many developing countries live or die economically on the strength of their exports. Whether it is workers in India making auto parts, or those developing software, coffee plantation workers in Laos, or carpet weavers in Egypt - all have one thing in common. Their most important buyers are people in Europe and other developed regions.

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The potential of biotechnology to improve the condition of human life in developing countries is gaining credence. Robert Timmer, Ph.D. discusses how biotechnology could impact the economies of developing countries in terms of raising agricultural production while bringing benefits to healthcare, industry and environment. Series: "Frontiers of Knowledge" [5/2003] [Science] [Show ID: 7326]

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"There is, perhaps for the first time in history, a reasonable chance of transforming the quality of life and the creative opportunities for the vast majority of humanity," says Dean Emeritus Michael Spence, describing the report of the Independent Commission on Growth in Developing Countries, which he chaired. Recorded at SIEPR (siepr.stanford.edu) Recorded Jan. 6, 2009

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Leaders of developing countries appreciate President's speech at UN General Assembly Posted on 25 September 2011. A number of heads of State have appreciated the speech delivered by the President before the UN General Assembly. Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. GL Peiris who is currently in New York said that they expressed their appreciation to the President following his address. The Minister said that the speech was viewed as a useful and an interesting analysis of the common problems faced by the developing world. He said that the facts stated by the President on the economic field and political institutions among other topics were seen as relevant to the entire developing world. He said that the leaders of African, Asian and Latin American countries repeatedly expressed this view. He noted that the President did not attack any sector. He calmly put forward actual facts. He said that therefore maximum results can be expected.

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Produced, edited, and reported by Jessica Hagerty, Cabrini College, Radnor, Pa. 19087 USA, with assistance from Christina Michaluk, Vickie Papageorge, Grayce Turnbach, and Diana Vilares. Soundtrack by Amani (www.amanikids.org). Microfinance or microlending is one of the key vehicles by which poor people around the world obtain fair financial services in order to promote individual and community development. This video reports achievements by Catholic Relief Services (crs.org), Kiva (kiva.org), and the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (Cabrini sisters).

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Former project manager of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture explains about traditional agriculture in developing countries, and what solution Israel provides for its hardships and challenges.

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UNC School of Medicine researchers, along with researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, found that training birthing attendants in developing countries helps to cut down neonatal and perinatal deaths. Read more at www.unchealthcare.org

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Speakers: Jon Edwards, Food Security Campaign Coordinator for ActionAid Australia; 'Alopi Latukefu, Director for Food Security and Rural Development at AusAID and Bill Pritchard, Associate Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Sydney. Moderator: Olivia Rousset Recorded: 8 June 2011 Over recent months, 44 million more people have been driven into extreme poverty as a result of rising and volatile food prices. Three quarters of the worldís poor live in rural areas, and most are involved in farming. For this reason, bolstering agriculture in developing countries will be vitally important in efforts to reduce poverty and hunger, and achieving broader growth. World Bank President Robert Zoellick recently called for the G20 to ìput food firstî, stating that ìthe biggest challenge facing most developing countries is the risk of a big boost in food prices. Food accounts for a large and increasingly volatile share of family budgets... When prices of staple foods soar, poor countries and poor people bear the brunt. For more information on the food crisis please visit www.worldbank.org Watch the Food Crisis Video www.youtube.com

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Fuel efficient stoves and ceramic water purifiers are two examples of appropriate low-tech innovations that can help people in poor countries improve their quality of life. Because appropriate technology usually requires fewer resources and is easier to maintain than high-tech, development agencies and non-profit groups have promoted its use. In this third in a series on technology in developing countries, Cathy Majtenyi reports from Nairobi on appropriate technology including a well-publicized effort to provide low-tech laptops to children in poor countries.

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In an interview with France 24 from Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania where African politicians are attempting to draft a common position on the global economic downturn in anticipation of the G20 meeting next month, Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan describes the international community's frustration at the ramifications of the current financial crisis on the developing world.

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www.wto.org 22.03.10 What's on the table for developing countries in the Doha Round? With the Doha Development Agenda in its eighth year, some observers believe that the deal taking shape is beneficial to developing countries. Others believe that results so far have been disappointing. What is on the table for developing countries in the Doha Round? Jeffrey Schott, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and David Laborde, research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, discuss this topic with Keith Rockwell, WTO spokesperson. More on the Doha Development Agenda: www.wto.org The Doha Declaration explained: www.wto.org More trade debates on this channel: www.youtube.com Videos on the Doha Round: www.youtube.com

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http A three-year effort in developing countries will seek to put twenty-five million children in school for the first time. Another goal of the Global Partnership for Education is to train six hundred thousand teachers. The partnership recently awarded nearly one hundred seventy million dollars in grants to seven countries. These were the first grants since the organization changed its name a few months ago from the Fast Track Initiative. Fast Track was founded in two thousand two. Charles Tapp is an adviser to the partnership. He says, "There had been a lot of evolution of the old Fast Track Initiative, which was essentially something of a donors club, I think. And what was clear from our perspective [was] that we were not just a funding entity. This was indeed a partnership." The partnership includes almost fifty developing countries, as well as donors, civil society groups and teacher organizations. It also includes private companies, international development banks and United Nations agencies.The latest grants were awarded to Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia and Timor-Leste. Mr. Tapp says the grant to Afghanistan is worth almost fifty-six million dollars. He says the Afghan government "has made a very strong commitment of allocating as much of its own resources as it can for education. Historically, Afghanistan has had some very, very well-educated people <b>...</b>

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http Falling prices are fueling growth in high-speed Internet services, especially in developing countries. Recently the International Telecommunication Union released its "Measuring the Information Society 2011" report. The ITU, part of the United Nations, compared access, use and skills in one hundred fifty-two countries.The report says South Korea has the world's most developed economy in information and communication technology, or ICT. Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Finland were also among the top five in the ICT Development Index. The index compares two thousand eight and two thousand ten scores. Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Vietnam and Russia had some of the biggest improvements between those years. Susan Teltscher is head of the ICT Data and Statistics Division at the International Telecommunication Union in Switzerland. She says most of the growth has come from one source. "Mobile broadband is now leading the growth race among the different ICT indicators -- much higher than the other key indicators that we look at, like regular mobile phone subscriptions, fixed telephone or fixed broadband. ... And the good news is that it's also starting to grow in developing countries." Mobile broadband subscriptions reached eight hundred seventy-two million by the end of last year. Three hundred million of those are in developing countries. Ms. Teltscher says "If we can bring Internet over the mobile <b>...</b>

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report , from voaspecialenglish.com | http Representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank met in Washington in late April. This was the last time Robert Zoelick attended the spring meetings of the two organizations as World Bank president. Earlier, Jim Yong Kim was officially chosen as the bank's twelfth president.Mr. Zoellick said developing countries are now engines of growth. "Developing countries have provided two thirds of global growth over the past five years," he said. But he added that many developing nations still face big problems. He said all members need to work together better "for their common interest."The United States traditionally chooses the World Bank head and Europe chooses the IMF chief. But developing nations want more influence.The World Bank is a development agency. The IMF supports monetary cooperation and provides loans.IMF chief Christine Lagarde announced that the fund had received promises of over three hundred twenty billion dollars to help nations in trouble. She also said developing nations need to do more to support their emerging markets. They, too, have to address some of their issues, she said. They, too, have to be very attentive to a volatile market situation. "And that means, for some of these emerging markets, refocusing on their domestic growth."Ms. Lagarde said emerging markets need to work toward growth and building demand. But that requires resources. Two issues <b>...</b>

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Ronaldo Lemos discusses "Cultural Production and Digital Inclusion in Developing Countries" on November 2, 2007.

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Vijay Govindarajan delivers a thought provoking talk on 'Reverse Innovation,' a term he co-defined referring to innovation emerging from developing nations. Vijay Govindarajan is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business and the Founding Director of Tuck's Center for Global Leadership. Cited by BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, and The London Times as the top thought leader in strategy, Vijay is well known for espousing Reverse Innovation -- innovation likely to be adopted first in the developing world before spreading to industrialized nations. About TEDx, x=independently organize event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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Announced only a week ago, watch to see how Linux is making a real difference in underdeveloped nations. Learn more: one.laptop.org and http In many countries around the world, technology is a luxury most cannot afford. One group is helping the situation through a program called OLPC - One Laptop Per Child. This program provides children, who would otherwise likely never see computers or other tech gadgets, with a cost-effective, rugged laptop powered by solar energy and running the free Fedora Linux distribution. These laptops have made an incredible impact on the lives and future of millions of children. This program really speaks to me; it was a privilege for me to sit down with Marvell, makers of the processor & other chips found in the OLPC XO-3 tablet. www.marvell.com Photo credits: One Laptop Per Child, Original Model - www.flickr.com OLPC Students India: www.flickr.com and OLPC Love - www.flickr.com

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DemocracyNow.org - World leaders are convening at the heavily guarded Camp David in Maryland today for the G8 Summit. Leading nonprofits such as Save the Children and Oxfam are urging G8 leaders to live up to a 2009 pledge of $22 billion towards food security in developing nations of which only a quarter has been met. Activists are also urging G8 leaders to build on their previous commitments and partner with developing countries to urgently tackle hunger. We're joined by Raymond Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, and Dr. Margaret Flowers, a physician and organizer with the Occupy G8 Peoples' Summit. Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for more information, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org

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Nearly 4 million poor women go missing every year in developing countries despite gains in gender equality, according to a new World Bank study. The World Bank Development 2012 report says working toward gender equality is the right and smart thing to do.

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This video tells the story of the Human Development Report, its origin, its concepts and the reasons for its emergence in 1990. It discusses the Human Development Index (HDI) and key approaches to the measurement of development that go well beyond national incomes and the sheer si...ze of national economies. Mixing interview footage and images from the field, this video is a great introduction to the concept of Human Development. Contains interviews with: ■ Amartya Sen, 1998 Nobel Laureate Economics ■ Mahbub ul Haq, Founder of the the HDR ■I nge Kaul, Director of the HDR 1990-1994 ■ Kevin Watkins, Director of the HDR 2005-2007 ■ His Majesty King Abdullah II, Royal Hashemite of the Kingdom of Jordan ■ Sir Richard Jolly, Special Advisor to the HDR 1995-2000 ■ Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Director of the HDR 1995-2004 ■ Benjamin Mkapa, President of the United Republic of Tanzania 1995-2005 Key facts on the MDGs •Significant progress since 1990: ◦280 million fewer people living in extreme poverty ◦40 million more children in school ◦4 million more children survive each year ◦4 million people now receive HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries •Formidable challenges ahead: ◦1 billion people in extreme poverty ◦72 million children not in school ◦9 million children die each year ◦360000 women die from treatable complications of pregnancy and birth ◦Over 33 million people infected with HIV/AIDS, 2 million die each year ◦Half of the developing world lacks sanitation <b>...</b>

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About TEDxUCIrvine: TEDxUCIrvine (www.tedxucirvine.com) was the inaugural TEDx conference for the University of California, Irvine on March 3rd, 2012 at the Claire Trevor Theatre. The theme of the day was "Under Construction Indefinitely." Contact TEDxUCIrvine: E-mail - TEDxUCIrvine@gmail.com Twitter - @TEDxUCIrvine Facebook - TEDxUCIrvine About Rocky: Rocky Rohwedder is Chair of the Department of Environmental Studies and Planning at Sonoma State University. He has been a Visiting Scholar with the George Lucas Educational Foundation and a frequent professor with Semester at Sea. In the past five years he has researched and taught in twenty-five countries on five continents. Before that he served as a consultant on numerous international projects, including the creation of water education programs for youth in the Middle East Peace Process, leading the first group of Peace Corps volunteers into the former Soviet Union, establishing digital networks in developing countries well before the public internet, and promoting best practice in the pedagogy of digital environmental education in SE Asia. Rocky has also worked directly with village-level projects from the Tibetan Highlands to Lombok, Indonesia. He has a baccalaureate degree in Social Ecology (UC Irvine), a Masters of Science in Resource Policy and Management (University of Michigan), and a Ph.D. in Environmental Planning (UC Berkeley). Contact Rocky: E-mail - rocky.rohwedder@sonoma.edu Facebook and LinkedIn - Rocky <b>...</b>

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In 2012 we're asking everyone to Take a Step for Fairtrade. It can be a simple step, like swapping your tea to Fairtrade, or a bigger step, like asking everyone in your office to do it too. You'll be joining thousands of others all over the UK when you take a step for Fairtrade. Make it as inventive, daring, funny or messy as you like. Every step counts for millions of farmers, workers and their communities in developing countries who urgently need a better deal from trade. Visit www.fairtrade.org.uk/step to add your step to our marvellous 'step-o-meter'! You'll be able to see the steps others are taking and find out where all these steps will lead. Take a step for Fairtrade in 2012 begins with Fairtrade Fortnight from 27 February - 11 March 2012. www.fairtrade.org.uk/step

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In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an exponential level as population and technology grows, resulting in the desertification of the earth. Corporate giants profit by forcing developing countries to privatize their shrinking water supply. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes to turn a global catastrophe into a product. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain, military control of water emerges, and a new geopolitical map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars. The good news is that people everywhere have fought and will continue fighting for their basic right to water, from Michigan court cases to violent Bolivian revolutions, from Mexican awareness Caravans (right) to Maine citizens dumping bottle water back into their river (above left), or even third graders protesting in grade school - People fight, because they must. En el futuro las guerras no se librarán por el petróleo, sino por algo mucho más básico y necesario para la vida: el agua. Gigantes corporativos, inversores privados y gobiernos corruptos compiten ya hoy por el control de nuestros suministros de agua fresca que cada vez son más escasos. Este documental, basado en el conocido libro Oro azul de Maude Barlow y Tony Clarke, demostrará cómo el planeta se acerca rápida y peligrosamente a una crisis mundial por el agua, mientras la fuente de <b>...</b>

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