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Smart aid for the world's poor
2014-07-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: n September next year, the United Nations plans to choose a list of development goals for the world to meet by the year 2030. What aspirations should it set for this global campaign to improve the lot of the poor, and how should it choose them? In answering that question, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his advisers are confronted with a task that they often avoid: setting priorities. It is no good saying that we would like peace and prosperity to reach every corner of the world. And it is...
Liberias Poor and the Rising Sea
2014-06-25 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Mary B owned a shop in West Point, Monrovias densely-populated slum community, where she sold liquor just few yards away from the sea. But last month, the ocean left her homeless and without a business because the devastating erosion of the coastline has resulted in most of the land eroding into the Atlantic Ocean with thousands of homes being washed away by the encroaching sea. While a human being or your landlord will tell you I give you notice at a particular time then you will pack your...
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WORLD: Poor quality value chain data impacts business
2014-06-23 16:01:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A lack of information about where their products come from has been flagged up by brands, retailers and suppliers as having a real impact on business performance - but there is also confusion about what data is needed and how much.
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Why are the Kochs giving $25 million to poor black college students?
2014-06-20 22:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Normally when we hear about Charles and David Koch making it rain from their multi-billion dollar empire, its to adorn Tea Party candidates during campaigns or to fund free-market advocacy organizations like Americans for Prosperity. But earlier this month, the Koch Bros., as theyre affectionately called, dropped $25 million on the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), to aid scholarships for black students and to help historically black universities. It was the fifth largest donation UNCF has received...
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United Kingdom: Defence officials prepare fight poor, activists and minorities (and commies)
2014-06-13 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Yesterday I wrote about the Pentagon's dubious role in funding social science research that could be applied to active military operations in the context of the increasing propensity for global systemic crises to challenge US interests. Several key research projects highlighted the extent to which US security agencies, assisted by civilian academic institutions, view entire populations particularly those involved in political activism as potential terror suspects who, therefore, deserve to be...
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