Full Coverage: Poverty

28.04.2006 The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has run into a roadblock with the Centre deciding to cut down the minimum wages.A few days ago, after analysing the average payments to workers employed under the EGA, the Centre decided to fix a uniform wage rate of Rs 60.

28.04.2006 Kehitysmaiden talouskasvu jatkuu voimakkaana - myös eteläisessä Afrikassa. Avainasemassa köyhyyden lievittämisessä ovat kuitenkin korruption kitkeminen ja hyvän hallinnon kehittäminen, arvioidaan Maailmanpankin tuoreissa raporteissa.

28.04.2006 The third annual Global Monitoring Report (GMR) on the MDGs,
subtitled Strengthening Mutual Accountability – Aid, Trade
and Governance was published on April 20, 2006, by the World
Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

It highlights economic growth, better quality aid, and trade reforms, as well as governance as essential elements to achieve the MDGs. The elements of global monitoringexamined in detail in the report include poverty and malnutrition; human development outcomes; meeting commitments on aid, trade, and debt relief; performance of international financial institutions; governance in developing countries; and global checks and balances to strengthen governance.

27.04.2006 Administrators of Gakoni and Kiramuruzi sector in Gatsibo District want the government to set up an ICT centre at Gakoni Pyrotechnic School, to benefit both students and residents.

26.04.2006 The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today hailed a ground-breaking ceremony marking the start of reconstruction at the Roma Mahala neighbourhood that will allow displaced people to return to their homes there.

26.04.2006 A new agency to tackle child abuse and indecent images on the internet has been launched by the Home Office in UK.

26.04.2006 Many Australian grain growers need to change their management approach to ensure their continued viability, but do not have the required knowledge and skills. Uptake of relevant education and training is poor, despite the positive correlation between learning, change and farm viability.

26.04.2006 The focus of this research was to develop a sustainable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) model in a Nigerian community, by evaluating ICT provision in South Africa's disadvantaged communities and comparing it with the Nigerian situation; to identify applicable models and service mechanisms; and, to identify pitfalls and risks.

26.04.2006 Faced with a new crisis in the rural areas, the Andhra Pradesh Government is contemplating legislation to punish erring MFIs and asking banks to enforce a code of conduct on them.

25.04.2006 The Global Campaign for Education says that if all children have to be provided with an education, the world needs 15 million more teachers. Right now over 100 million children still are not aware of the possibilities that education offers.

25.04.2006 Andhra Pradesh became the first Indian State to implement an automated solution for the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekahara Reddy releasing an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution developed for the scheme by Tata Consultancy Services here on Monday.

25.04.2006 About 20,000 students pursuing technical education in Orissa, India would be able to avail education through satellite.

25.04.2006 The use of ICT to bridge the poverty gap is controversial. The debate on it at the recent ICANN conference in Wellington is echoed in a series of books, one fully available online.

25.04.2006 Open Source Simple Computer for Agriculture in Rural Areas (OSCAR) is a collaborative effort, initiated by IFP (French Institute of Pondicherry) with Rice-Wheat Consortium for Indo-Gangetic Plains, India, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), and Communication and Innovation Studies of Wageningen University, The Netherlands as partners in action.

25.04.2006 The first private community radio for fisherfolk is all set to go on air in the coastal belt of the city. Named Radio Alakal, the channel is expected to commence experimental broadcast on May 1.

25.04.2006 A new study by Uganda's telecommunications regulator has showed that 46% of Ugandans in the capital, Kampala and three major towns use the Internet.

25.04.2006 Indian NGO Navdanya has said that the package announced by the Indian government to prevent farmers's suicides - that seeks to increase the flow of credit into rural areas - will only lead to more frustration and suicides among farmers. Navdanya's assumption is based on the fact that capital intensive agriculture is pushing farmers into debt and suicides.

25.04.2006

24.04.2006 There are times when a handful of dedicated men and women can work together to stop campaigns of terrorism and to remedy the intractable poverty that leads to massive violence.

24.04.2006 Earlier this year, the Indian government launched a bold, multi-million dollar scheme to tackle rural poverty. It guarantees 100 days work a year for every rural household. It's manual work at the minimum wage.