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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 30, 2006

Grass-roots Organizations Leap into the Katrina Relief Gap

Days after the hurricane, community organizations came forward to fill the gap in services to New Orleans’ poor communities.

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. 

Aug 08, 2006

HIV & AIDS: The South African Case

What happens when a drug exists and is available in sufficient quantities at no or low cost but the patient won’t take it? This is the question addressed in Tina Rosenberg’s New York Times Magazine article published this past Sunday on the HIV/AIDS.