David Cronin
BRUSSELS, Sep 16 (IPS) – Less than half of development aid approved by the European Commission is explicitly linked to international objectives on reducing poverty, a new study has found. Continue reading Less Than Half of EU Aid Tackles Poverty
By Ramesh Jaura
TOKAYO, Japan, Jul 9 (IPS) – While the world’s major industrialised nations expressed satisfaction over their three-day summit meetings that concluded Wednesday, non-governmental organisations, after some early and limited approval, were deeply disappointed with the outcome on the whole. Continue reading ‘Planet Burns While G8 Fiddles’
By Nergui Manalsuren
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) – Despite the admirable progress made by some African countries in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS since 2000, 14 million Africans have died of AIDS in that time span, and an additional 17 million have been infected, says a new report on HIV/AIDS on the continent.
According to the report “Securing Our Future” launched Monday by the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa, the disease is reducing capacity in all social and economic sectors, undermining and slowing the overall development of the region. Continue reading Women Say Regional AIDS Plan Falls Short
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