IMPORTANT ISSUES
 
This page contains links to recent information on important issues relating to poverty alleviation, food security, climate change and sustainable agriculture. The information below comes from a variety of sources and is presented in various formats. Suggestions for other relevant links for this page can be sent to o webmaster@uncapsa.org
 
Poverty Alleviation
India and China: 'Myths' of economic growth (22 July 2010)
Poverty fight hit by climate change (19 July 2010)
Is Global Poverty Reduction a Political Myth? (13 July 2010)
What Burma (Myanmar) needs to fill its rice bowl (6 July 2010)
Asia leads world with sharp drop in poverty (25 June 2010)
Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited areas to end absolute poverty by 2020 (13 June 2010)
States must not ignore human rights in efforts to end poverty (9 June 2010)
Protecting biodiversity reduces poverty in developing nations (26 May 2010)
Lack of rain results in poverty for many in SW China (22 May 2010)
Tough times in distant Oecusse (17 May 2010)
Leaving Agriculture Not A Solution Against Poverty? (12 May 2010)
FAO launches anti-hunger petition (11 May 2010)
Lifeline for the poor in Perak (4 May 2010)
Developing countries on track in poverty reduction program -- World Bank, IMF (23 April 2010)
Almost half of Fijians 'live in poverty (21 April 2010)
64 million more people to live in extreme poverty: World Bank (21 April 2010)
India definition of poor may raise subsidy cost by $2.2 Billion (19 April 2010)
RP lags neighbors in poverty-reduction goal, says ADB (13 April 2010)
Improving gender parity to fight poverty (13 April 2010)
A Rural Finance Program Targets Women’s Poverty & Social Issues (24 March 2010)
Global crisis to leave 64 million more people in extreme poverty by end of 2010: World Bank (24 March 2010)
The Millennium Development Goals: Moving towards a post 2015 agenda (23 March 2010)
Sabah reduces poverty rate by seven per cent (23 March 2010)
Farming for alternative livelihoods (11 March 2010)
Escaping Poverty (11 March 2010)
UN urges countries to boost green economy (23 February 2010)
Asia-Pacific MDG Progress under threat from global economic crisis (17 February 2010)
DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: ‘Poverty Still Has a Woman’s Face’ (17 February 2010)
UN chief calls for 'global action' on poverty, hunger (6 February 2010)
More Tibetans shake off poverty as economy grows (1 February 2010)
Fighting rural poverty through fair trade (27 January 2010)
Both hunger and poverty have a women's face (24 January 2010)
Poverty is world's biggest problem (16 January 2010)
Bhutan launches mobile infosystem for farmers (13 January 2010)
Farm labour and productivity (13 January 2010)
Healthy feeding practices to tackle malnutrition in India (12 January 2010)
 
 

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