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Category: Poverty Alleviation
There are 55 entries in this category.
Aug 31, 2006
US Bill Supporting African Growth Up for Renewal
Congressman Charles Rangel is pushing for a provision that limits US tax-free status to goods from sub-Saharan Africa for which the African value-add is 20 percent or higher, a limitation that could kill the region’s textile assembly industry.
Aug 22, 2006
Who is Generous? (Government Edition)
The Netherlands placed first in this year’s Commitment to Development Index, a ranking of governments’ development efforts.
Aug 10, 2006
Can Africa Learn to Share Its Wealth?
South Africa is the continent’s largest, most diverse economy. Yet unemployment remains at about 30 percent, and rising interest rates and a weak rand are challenging growth. The root problem, say experts, is that South Africa has one of the world’s most unequal divisions of wealth.