Changing Poverty, Changing Policies (Institute for Research on Poverty Series on Poverty and Public Policy)
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Earlier this month, I attended the First Annual No Limits Public Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. No Limits, a non-profit issues-based, education foundation uses new technology and social networking to encourage an exchange of ideas on a range of domestic and international policy challenges. Secretary Hillary Clinton gave the keynote address and spoke passionately about [...]
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In a speech on Universal Children’s Day last Friday, Canadian Development Minister Bev Oda unveiled CIDA’s new “children and youth strategy.” Along with increasing food security and stimulating economic growth, in May Oda announced that securing the future of children would be one of CIDA’s priority themes and a key focus for Canadian development assistance [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Check out this post from our partner organization UNICEF. Food security is a huge issue for UNICEF. But UNICEF is painfully aware that food security is not just about food—it’s also about nutrition. UNICEF’s recent report “Tracking Progress On Child and Maternal Nutrition,” highlights both progress and challenges in ensuring adequate nutrition for mothers and [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
This just in: the deadline for members of Congress to sign on to the Berman Kirk letter in the House of Representatives has been extended to December 3, allowing another week for the impact of our petition to be felt. On Monday, a team of ONE volunteers, staff and interns gathered in our DC office to [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
In yesterday’s presentation of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to the women of WOZA, President Obama offered some sharp words for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, as reported by the New York Times. In his remarks, President Obama said: In the end, history has a clear direction and it is not the way of [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The New York Times: AIDS: Study in Rural Uganda Finds Benefits in Treating AIDS Patients at Home A new study this week found that treating AIDS patients at home is less expensive and equally effective as having them come into a clinic. The study, which was conducted in rural Uganda, is significant as five million Africans [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
New information was released today by UNAIDS and WHO on the status of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The AIDS Epidemic Update 2009 report shows that while the number of people living with HIV worldwide went from 33 million in 2007 to 33.4 million in 2008, part of the increase is due to fewer people dying [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
UNICEF USA’s Fieldnotes Blog has a great report from a rural health clinic in Zambia– specifically post-natal and prevention of mother-to-child treatment (PMTCT) care. The whole piece is worth a read. Excerpts below: Rolina is HIV positive and is enrolled in the clinic’s PMTCT program. She and her husband Terrance married in 2002 and they have [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Momentarily Jenni Williams and Magondonga Mahlangu of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) will receive the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award from President Obama. WOZA serves to provide women in Zimbabwe an opportunity and forum to stand up for their rights and freedoms. Back in April, I and some other ONE staffers got a [...]
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The Washington Post has an interesting profile of the planned construction of an enormous wind farm in Kenya’s Chalbi Desert. The hope is that the project will help boost energy supplies in the region. Excerpts below, full piece here Kenya is one of the continent’s greenest countries, with nearly three-quarters of its power coming from hydroelectric [...]
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We’ve written before on the ONE Blog about TOMS Shoes, so I thought readers might be interested in this great editorial that founder Blake Mycoskie has in the Huffington Post. He talks at length about the mission behind TOMS Shoes, and how he ended up where he is today. Excerpts below, full piece here The first [...]
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As part of the Living Proof Project, the Gates Foundation recently cut this great video highlighting some of the great successes in global health over the years. Check it out, and pass it on:
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Mercy Corps recently commemorated their 30th anniversary and founder Dan O’Neill has a great piece on the circumstances that led to the organization’s inception. Excerpt below, full post here A friend recently shook my hand vigorously saying, “Congratulations on celebrating Mercy Corps’ 30th anniversary!” I thanked him and went on to say that I would phrase his [...]
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On November 11, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria wrapped up its 20th Board meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund, reviewed the progress of the Global Fund, noting that it has disbursed $8.8 billion to more than 620 grants in 138 countries. [...]
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AllAfrica.com: Experts Seek Inclusion of Agriculture in Climate Talks More than 60 prominent agricultural scientists and leaders have decried the almost total absence of agriculture in the climate talks, warning that the climate deal to be reached next month could lead to widespread famine and food shortages in the years ahead. Signatories of a statement issued [...]
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patrickguillard | 05/16/2008
Around 200 Europeans on the front line of the battle against social exclusion will today meet EU and national policy makers in Brussels for a direct dialogue
patrickguillard | 12/12/2007
The € 17 million campaign aims to reaffirm the EU's commitment to making a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty by 2010.
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