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Marking World Water Day, the UN stresses that improving sanitation would have enormous health and economic benefits in developing countries.
Reuters: Better sanitation has huge economic spin-offs
In Bangladesh, where 40 percent of the population live in poverty, food prices have increased by nearly 100 percent over the past year alone.
Reuters: U.N. says help poor nations as food prices rise
A Business Day op-ed argues that while many development analysts focus on subsidies to farmers in rich countries and the damage it inflicts on the world’s poor, more attention should be paid to the fact that the world’s poorest countries impose the highest barriers against trade with each other—70 percent of the world’s trade barriers are imposed by governments in poor countries on people in other poor countries.
Business Day: Rising food prices, protectionism and the poor
The Wall Street Journal highlights that rising food prices and a weak U.S. dollar are having a negative effect on domestic American food charities.
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March 20, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Thanks, as always, Virginia for bringing us up to date on what is currently in the media regarding World Water Day.
I was most impressed with the Reuters article and just wanted to stress that the long term benefits of money spent to bring clean water sources to the world’s poorest areas far outweigh the actual cost of those projects.
In short, it is “bang for the buck” and something that governments in the richer nations definitely should elevate in their list of priorities in their development assistance programs.
On a similar note, I just want to mention to those friends here in the ONE Blog that Prof. Jeffrey Sachs has just released his newest book “Common Wealth” and from what I already know about it, this book is definitely ONE that all of us here should be reading.
Take very good care, everyONE. Blessings – not just for those who kneel.
AS ONE, debbie
March 21, 2008 at 12:37 am
Take a look! Jeffrey Sachs was on The Daily Show last night, talking about the new book debbie mentioned, here is the video:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?searchterm=jeffrey+sachs&x=14&y=16&search_title=Search+Results
March 21, 2008 at 12:56 am
Thanks Debra for being enthusiastic about Prof. Sachs’ latest book and for posting a link for his appearance the other night on “The Daily Show”. I actually saw it the other night and couldn’t believe my eyes.
Who would have thought that our movement to end extreme poverty could have been blended into popular culture? Thanks B-man. (smile)
Actually, Prof. Sachs was in DC all day today. Check out this radio interview that he did on the new book:
http://wamu.org/programs/dr/08/03/20.php#19472
Take good care, my friends. Blessings always.
LIVING POSITIVELY, debbie
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March 22, 2008 at 3:42 am
Sorry I just discovered your website and don’t really have time to explain, but watch the AIDS Inc. trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQHXsmaxCiQ
I think at least important organizations need to know that there is a debate over the role/existence of HIV. This is pretty important considering that every legal cure for AIDS is created to fight against HIV.
Don’t believe eyerything you hear, do your own research.
March 22, 2008 at 11:17 pm
hey fluffers, this isnt military term, its for freedon of oppressed palastinians that have more a disease than AIDS. we need to free palastinians, we need to be forgiven for hitler’s mistake. Why R they fighting??? to pretend they are smarter. LIKE DEBBIE DO DAH!!!!!!! your not even funding A CURE FOR AIDS YOU IDDIOTS!!!!!!!!!! all you are doing is your funding more food to feed the virus!!!!!!!!!!!!
your ignorant but im not mad at you. i have faith i have opened you eyes!!!! start movement, not cash flow. jeffery sacks does an hour of research a day maybe, if that now. you dumb asses!!!!!!!!!!!
we spent 12 billion on war last year. we spent 18 billion on plastic water bottles. thats not counting the water, aluminum for pop, and other tupperware. We cant even pump clean water anymore because of “EMPIRE” . all we need is to have a neighbor on the corner sell it around like the ice cream man, and we can afford to fund the freedom of the middle eastern people. wow you guys are so smart and awesome, DO YOUR WORK AND RESEARCH!!!!