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For a New Highway, from Rio to Delhi
Brazil and India can benefit from each other's experience for an inclusive development agenda.
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- South Asia
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Roundup: Of Good News and Water Pipe Dreams
In the same week that world cheered for reaching the Millenium Development Goal for drinking water, Water for People released a new report: Private Sector Provisions of Rural Water Services. The study assesses both the “prominence and potential” of market-based approaches for clean drinking water distribution.
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In Egypt, Nebny’s Blueprint for Job Skills, Community Hope
In post-revolution Egypt, one group of young Egyptians, decided to rebuild Egypt through a different sort of NGO. Their vision was to create a youth-centered community development foundation the dual goals of building a sustainable economy, while simultaneously cultivate a sense of national identity and belonging: The Nebny Foundation.
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A Fall to Cheer
For the first time ever, the number of poor people is declining everywhere
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- Impact Assessment
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Community Workers Help to Bridge Treatment Gap in Mental Health
Training lay people can play a crucial role in helping to deliver effective care for depression and anxiety in resource-poor, primary healthcare settings
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- Health Care
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- South Asia
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Brac Programme Lifting ‘Ultra-poor’ Out of Poverty in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee is helping communities escape extreme poverty by providing individuals with livestock and a monthly payment for two years
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- Education
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U.C. Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Part of White House Poverty Push
Both the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory above it on the hill are part of a public-private push to fight poverty around the world.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Akhuwat: Making Microfinance Work
A groundbreaking microfinance model is bringing out the best in society and bucking the trend of giving out loans that could realistically never be paid back.
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- South Asia
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