areseven
203 Karma Points
I'm the Online Communications Manager for the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC, currently presiding over the Global Development group in Mixx, dedicated to articles related to development and aid issues.
Washington, DC
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American farm lobby fights changes that would ease food crisis view story
2 votes- Submitted by areseven
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06...)
Unfortunately, the American farm lobby, which supports food aid as long as it gets the profit, is fighting any change to the system.
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2 killed as troops fire into Somali riot over food prices - washingtonpost.com view story
3 votes- Submitted by areseven
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-...)
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Troops fired into tens of thousands of rioting Somalis on Monday, killing two people in the latest eruption of violence over soaring food prices around the world.
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IMF to Offer Buyouts to About 500 Employees to trim staff view story
2 votes- Submitted by areseven
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-...)
Under pressure to cut costs, the International Monetary Fund is embracing one of the austerity measures it has long prescribed for countries in fiscal crisis: trimming the payroll.
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EU eyes stricter standards for biofuel imports view story
1 vote- Submitted by areseven
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b78dd03...)
The European Union is considering stringent social and environmental criteria for imports that the US and some other big biofuel producers would not meet.
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Eradication of Malaria still a long way off view story
2 votes- Submitted by areseven
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-...)
A generation after the first attempt failed, people are once more talking seriously about eradicating malaria.
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Tanzanians to be paid to avoid unsafe sex view story
1 vote- Submitted by areseven
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c391a1c...)
Thousands of people in Africa will be paid to avoid unsafe sex, under a groundbreaking World Bank-backed experiment aimed at halting the spread of Aids.
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10 Million Could Die In Asian Rice Crisis view story
1 vote- Submitted by areseven
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.cgdev.org/content/opin...)
10 million people or more could die prematurely if currently high global prices are passed along to poor people in Asia, warns Peter Timmer, a leading expert on agriculture and development who is advising Indonesia on its response to the crisis,
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World Faces 'Silent Tsunami' of Rising Food Prices view story
1 vote- Submitted by areseven
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-...)
More than 100 million people are being driven deeper into poverty by a "silent tsunami" of sharply rising food prices, which has sparked riots around the world and threaten U.N.-backed feeding programs for 20 million children, the top U.N. food official s
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Sarkozy doubles food aid to poor nations view story
1 vote- Submitted by areseven
- 4 months ago
- (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b06ab01...)
The French president pledged more money and a new global partnership to bring down food prices – the latest ambitious plan to combat the worldwide crisis
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FT.com / World - Flow of migrants’ funds to Latin America slows view story
2 votes- Submitted by areseven
- 5 months ago
- (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d76f27a...)
Money sent home by Latin American migrant workers in the US grew last year at their slowest rate in a decade, a result of the US economic slowdown and the crackdown against illegal migration, combined with the strength of the Brazilian economy

