Tag Archives: Center for Global Development

That Poverty May Become Extinct In Nigeria

March 1, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Muhammed Abdullahi Tosin Almost half of the world’s population, comprising over three billion people, is extremely poor, surviving on less than 2.5 dollars a day, according to the Global Issues. UNICEF holds that 22,000 children die each day in … read more »

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ETHIOPIA: Concerns over HIV/AIDS funding cuts

January 10, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

(PlusNews) – Major projected cuts in US government funding for Ethiopia’s health sector could greatly undermine the progress the country has made in the fight against HIV, authorities and experts say. “There’s an AIDS spending cliff in Ethiopia, and the … read more »

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World Bank contest a test for industrial nations

April 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The unprecedented challenge posed by developing countries to the U.S. grip on the World Bank presidency will test industrial nations’ commitment to an open selection process, former Colombian finance minister and nominee Jose Antonio Ocampo said on Tuesday. “We are … read more »

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US should lead to end World Bank tradition: Nigerian finmin

April 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The United States should take the lead and break the long tradition of an American always heading the World Bank, Nigerian finance minister and a nominee for the top post Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Monday. Speaking after a “marathon” three-and-a-half-hour … read more »

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