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• Jupiter/Neptune, inflationary spending, and Larry Summers

  
  Stars Over Washington — Authority: 132
  Have you run across Mike Whitneys article Soaring Unemployment and Double-Dip Recession? Blame NWO Larry yet? It refers to President Obamas chief economic advisor, Lawrence Summers, a smart fellow who is opposed to extension of unemployment benefits because he thinks increasing hardship will drive wages down even ...
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• SCHOOL MEALS KEY TO FEEDING AND EDUCATING MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN (UNNews)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 149
  Read at : UNNewsSCHOOL MEALS KEY TO FEEDING AND EDUCATING MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN – UN REPORTNew York, Nov 24 2009  3:05PMThe introduction of  free meal programmes not only ensures children are fed, but are crucial to keeping the poorest and most vulnerable in school while providing a boost to learning and ...
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• World Bank Says Future Funding to Kenya Will be Pegged to Good Governance

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 453
  The World Bank disclosed on Wednesday that future funding to Kenya will be pegged on compliance to the tenets of good governance and urged the government to get rid of persistent high levels of corruption. Visiting World Bank, Vice President for Africa Obiageli Ezekweseli says that the Kenyan government has relaxed ...
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• World Bank says school dinner ladies are vital to ending world hunger

  
  ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC — Authority: 561
  Stop giggling at the back! It’s true. In yet another moment of revelation, the World Bank has realised that school meals are vital to ending world hunger – especially for children of course. A new report issued together with the World Food Programme says that delivering food aid through schools is vital. And, of ...
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• Raising Rates Could Cause The Next Downturn In Europe And US: World Bank

  
  Fair Loan Rate! — Authority: 139
  The World Bank published a report today in The Financial Times, saying that rapid interest rate increases aimed at surrounding inflation in product and asset prices, could give way to another recession in US and European countries, as their economies are recovering quite slowly. The World Bank President, Robert ...
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• Asia Cast for Wednesday 25th November

  
  Asia Cast — Authority: 126
  The melamine-tainted milk scandal which cleared the shelves of most Chinese milk-containing products worldwide, was one of Chinas worst-ever food safety scandals. (By Marc van der Chijs/Flickr) In this Bulletin… - Two are executed for China’s melamine-tainted milk powder scandal; - Iran may swap uranium for ...
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• Green Business and Indigenous Rights

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 739
  Climate change mitigation must not come at the expense of indigenous peoples rights, a new report asserts.
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• On What Planet Is Lindsey Graham a Free-Trader?

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 746
  I’ve just started reading a new article by economists at the World Bank and the Peterson Insititute. The gist of the paper is that greenhouse gas emission targets will have little effect on “carbon leakage”, the apparently-largely-theoretical phenomenon whereby carbon-intensive industries move to less ...
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• The facts: India plans “ultra-mega” plants but needs help on CCS

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 127
  According to the Energy Information Administration’s 2009 International Energy Outlook, India’s use of coal for electricity is projected to grow by 1.9 percent per year to 9.3 quadrillion Btu in 2030, as an additional 65 gigawatts of coal-generated capacity is...
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• What Are Some Ways That I Can Earn Passive Income?

  
  Earn Passive Income — Authority: 150
  The best way to earn passive income is to invest. You can invest in a number of different things depending on how much you have to invest and how much risk you are willing to accept: - Municipal bonds: are good if you are already making a good amount of money at your job because they are tax-exempt. They are a very ...
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• Bihar will be top state: Nitish Kumar on completing 4 years

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Patna, Nov 24 (IANS) Bihar is poised to be one of the leading states in India, asserted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar whose NDA government completed four years in power Tuesday.“Our state is poised to be counted as one of the leading states in the country. The central government and other state governments have not ...
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• IFC Promotes Coordinated Support to Liberia’s Private Sector for Rapid Development

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 520
  IFC Promotes Coordinated Support to Liberia’s Private Sector for Rapid Development  MONROVIA, Liberia, November 24, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today affirmed its commitment to expanding activities in Liberia to contribute to the country’s development through ...
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• OECD Report: Thanks to China, the world economy resumed

  
  Politics Forum and Political Blog discussing and debating political and social issues. — Authority: 154
  The OECD had released its twice yearly economic outlook on Nov. 19. The organization cautiously assessed the economic performance of the world and said that China has helped to pull its member countries out of the recession although it is not an easy task to sustain the growth. OECD said that “Growth in the ...
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• Strategic Defaults: It Depends How Far Under Water You Are

  
  Loan News — Authority: 122
  The term “Strategic Default” has been actively reported on for the last few months as more homeowners who can afford their mortgage payment just “walk away” for various reasons. And the #1 reason they walk away is considering they owe more than the home is worth. And accordin… unsecured personal loans ...
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• This week in review … World Bank roundtable discusses indigenous peoples climate fund, President points to TK relevance

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 128
  World Bank Affirms Support to Indigenous Peoples in Designing Climate Change Responses World Bank press release , 18 November 2009 WASHINGTON, USA: A roundtable discussion on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change was organized by the World Bank and First Peoples Worldwide at World Bank headquarters in ...
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• $51-mn IFC trade financing line for Kotak Mahindra

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) International Finance Corp (IFC), a member of the World Bank group, will provide trade financing of $51 million to Kotak Mahindra Bank as part of its effort to help small and medium enterprises hit by the global meltdown.In a statement released Monday, IFC said the trade finance facility would ...
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• For worlds women, recession goes on

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 507
  (My thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this guest post about my scholarship on women and international economic law) Goldman Sachs may be out of the woods, but the Great Recession is not over for the world’s women. Will it ever be? Consider these " Facts & Figures on Women, ...
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• Are FHA Loan Limits Going Higher?

  
  Loan News — Authority: 122
  Will FHA loan limits go even higher? Thanks to the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, maximum FHA loan limits were pegged at $729,750 for a separate family residence and were recently extended for another year. And there is at least one legislator who wants to increase these limits even more – to … national finance ...
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• Bihar to cash in by investing in maize sector

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 445
  PATNA — The Bihar government has formed Maize and Poultry Task Force (MPTF) under state Agricultural Competitiveness Partnership (ACP) to encourage investments and enhancing maize production in the state, . Agriculture deaprtment director Rajender said today that about a dozen potential investors from New Delhi, ...
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• Desperate Spending

  
  Conservative Thoughts — Authority: 430
  Is anyone scared yet? Do you think we are going to make it through all this nonsense without being totally destroyed? Do you think Government has their priorities all wrong?   Democratic Senate Passed their Health Tax Bill Upper Bracket May Be Needed For Afghan War  Jobless rate to rise in ...
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