Goal 8: News

ADB $40 Million Loan to Boost Food Security, Farm Incomes in Bangladesh

1st July 2010, Manila - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending financial assistance to Bangladesh to grow high-value crops including vegetables, spices, and fruits that will boost incomes for poor farmers and support the nation’s food security.

Liberia Gets Debt Relief, DR Congo on Hold

June 30, 2010, Washington (IPS) - Liberian efforts to enact economic and governance reforms came to a head Tuesday as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund announced they were supporting 4.6 billion dollars of debt relief for the West African country.

"Cotton Dossier" Will Make or Break WTO’s Doha Round

9th June 9, Geneva (IPS) - The "cotton dossier" has become a litmus test for the "development dimension" of the languishing Doha Round trade negotiations, World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general Pascal Lamy admitted.

"Poor Countries Should Have a Seat at G20 Table"

20th May, 2010, Geneva (IPS) - The global economic crisis highlighted the necessity of transforming global economic governance. But least developed countries (LDCs) have little voice in this process. It is time they are allowed a seat at the meetings of the Group of 20 industrialised and emerging economies.

Angola's Small-Scale Farmers Welcome Investment, Urge Careful Targeting

15th May 2010, Luanda (IPS) - Think small to overcome big problems - that was the message to African governments being urged to do more to increase food security and reduce hunger and malnutrition on the continent.

Millions Sought for Global Fund to Aid Farms

22nd April 2010, Washington, — The Obama administration is proposing to add $408 million to a global fund to boost food production and encourage good farming practices in the developing world, the Treasury Departmentannounced on Thursday.

Rich country donors still well off-track on their aid commitments

14th April 2010 - The 2009 overseas aid figures, released today, show that rich countries are failing to deliver on their promises to poorer countries.

Fragile Nations Speak Up To Donors

10th April, 2010, Dili (IPS) - An international dialogue meeting in East Timor Saturday saw fragile states make giant steps in showing developed nations how aid can be more effectively channelled to achieve their key development goals.

Helen Clark: “Meeting Development Challenges in the 21stCentury”

12th March 2010, During my time as New Zealand Prime Minister, I spoke here twice – in 2002 on the topic of implementing a progressive agenda in my country after fifteen years of neo-liberalism, and in 2006 on the subject of modern New Zealand in a changing world.