Charlotte Observer: A To address global poverty, first fight for global health (opinion)
Senator Frist writes in the Charlotte Observer in support of President Obama’s global health initiative announced last week. He writes as a Board Member of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
AFP: African Development Bank seeks to treble its funding
The head of the African Development Bank Donald Kaberuka said Thursday he is in negotiations with shareholders to treble its capital reserves to around 100 billion dollars.
Reuters: Rich must keep promise to help poor adapt to climate change
The world will fail to reach a new deal to tackle global warming unless rich countries stick to a promise to help poorer nations adapt to the harmful effects of climate change, says the final report of an international commission backed by the United Nations.
-Chander Smith
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