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Tuesday, Jul 03, 2001

Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong (right), of Singapore, responds to a reporter's question during a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) outside the Pentagon. Goh, Rumsfeld and some of their top advisors met earlier to discuss a range of policy and security issues of interest to both nations. (dodphoto by R. D. Ward).
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SAfrica - poverty

CAPE TOWN

Thirteen South African organisations on Tuesday called on government to pay every citizen a basic income grant of 100 randdollars) "from cradle to grave" to alleviate widespread poverty.
The grant is meant to bring relief ...

Russia - prices

MOSCOW

The standard of living in Russia is lower than it was before the 1998 economic crisis, with 44 million Russians living below the poverty line, according to statistics committee figures for the first part of the year.
Although average real income in the first five months of 2001 was six percent higher than in the same period last year, the level was still 78 percent of the pre-August 1998 level, the committee said.
The gap between rich and poor is still vast -- the income of ...

Burkina - IMF

OUAGADOUGOU

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a total of 5.5 billion CFA francs (8.38 million euros, 7.1 million dollars) to Burkina Faso for poverty alleviation schemes, the IMF said here Tuesday.
The three-yearly programme was approved on September 10, 1999 by the Washington-based body.
The latest tranche takes the total amount of aid granted so far to 32 million euros.
The IMF initiative is also aimed at ...

IMF - Azerbaijan

WASHINGTON

The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved in principle a 100-million-dollar three-year loan to Azerbaijan to support the government's economic program and efforts to alleviate poverty.
The IMF executive board will make a final decision on the loan after Azerbaijani officials discuss their poverty reduction strategy with the World Bank on Thursday.
IMF First Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer noted the strong ...

UN - development - public

UNITED NATIONS

A UN panel called Thursday for a campaign to convince Western public opinion of its self-interest in greatly increasing government development aid to poor countries.
"There is a misperception in donor countries that they give ...

US - SAfrica

WASHINGTON

President George W. Bush on Tuesday hosted South African President Thabo Mbeki in a meeting aimed at boosting bilateral ties and winning US support for a regional rescue plan conceived by Mbeki to end war and poverty in Africa.
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Benin - Japan

COTONOU

Japan has granted Benin more than 750 million CFA francs (some 985,000 dollars) to fight poverty and child trafficking, the finance ministry said Tuesday.
An official said the aid aimed at reducting poverty and to fund a pilot project to fight child slavery through prevention and rehabilitation measures.
Benin has been dogged by charges of widespread child labour.
Between 1996 and 2000, some 3,000 children were intercepted on Benin's frontiers en route to other countries for work.
More than 100 child slaves were apprehended ...

Albania - vote

TIRANA

Albanian Prime Minister Ilir Meta claimed Monday his Socialist Party won first-round elections in the dirt-poor country, whose stability is crucial for the region. However, the opposition also claimed victory.
International ...

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