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| TOKYO |
The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japanese government said Monday they would tighten their ties to fight poverty, especially in Asia.
"We still have so much to do," Shoji Nishimoto, ADB director of ... |
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| MANILA |
Widespread environmental degradation in the Asia Pacific could hamper economic growth necessary to combat massive poverty in the region, an Asian Development Bank study released Monday said.
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| SHIBCHAR, Bangladesh |
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, whose five-year term ends next month, Saturday said if she was voted back to power Bangladesh's development would continue.
"If you vote the Awami League back to power the spree of development activities will continue as my government has endeavoured to do in the past five years," she told a huge public rally in southern Madaripur, after a groundbreaking ceremony of a 450-metre long bridge over Arail Kha river here.
She added: "We want to develop Bangladesh so that we do not have to seek foreign aid from ... |
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| BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina |
Over 95 percent of people in the Bosnian Serb entity within Bosnia-Hercegovina live in poverty, according to a survey published on Saturday in daily Glas Srpski.
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