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24.07.2007 UNCTADin uusimman raportin mukaan kehittyvien maiden on panostettava aiempaa enemmän tieteeseen ja teknologiaan. Tietoyhteiskunnasta jälkeenjääminen vaikeuttaa köyhyyden ja työttömyyden kitkemistä. Raportti väittää myös tieteeseen ja teknologiaan liittyvan kehitysavun olevan laadullisesta ja määrällisesti heikkotasoista.

20.07.2007 Food supply could stretch tight for low-income food-deficit countries, says FAO’s latest report. After a relatively strong growth for four years in a row, production of cereals is predicted to go slow.

16.07.2007 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has opened a new office in the central province of Ghor. UN’s Special Representative says the new office will help local communities with development, humanitarian efforts, human rights, good governance and the rule of law.

12.07.2007 Economic growth eludes the poor in South Asia, according to the recently-released UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2007. The report says that over 30 per cent of the population still lives on a dollar a day in the region.

11.07.2007 Poverty is decreasing in Bangladesh but disparities between rich-poor disparity is on the rise. So claims the Civil Society Progress Report on MDGs 2007 released by People’s Forum on MDGs (PFM), to mark the mid-point to the MDG deadline in 2015.

10.07.2007 To mark the mid-point to the MDG deadline, 07.07.07, Delhi based WNTA has prepared state mid-reviews and a national level checklist – a ready-reference on the progress made by the Indian government against the key targets and indicators of the Millennium Development Goals.