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    Putting food security back on the table

    The good intentions of governments and donors to ensure long-term food security for all may be melting away in the face of the current global financial and economic crisis.

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    Arrested development

    There are just six years to go to the deadline set by the international community for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The trouble is, reports now indicate that no sub-Saharan African country will attain all the goals by 2015.

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    Into Africa

    Africa did not cause the economic crisis, but will suffer from it. What are the prospects?

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    Bill of health

    Everyone puts off visits to the doctor and dentist at one point or another; but how often do people forego a check-up, treatment, or decide not to fill a prescription just because it costs too much?

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  • Development aid: The funding challenge

    Development aid rose to a new record in 2008. While good news in a crisis, how can the trend be maintained?

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    Food for innovative thought

    More than two billion people in developing countries rely on agriculture to meet their basic food and income needs. While the development community has long recognised the importance of investments in agriculture to fuel economic growth, the strategies employed have been erratic, sometimes misdirected, and often ineffective. As a result, benefits that poor people might have derived from a vibrant agricultural sector have not materialised.

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  • Africa Partnership Forum

    Will the Millennium Development Goals launched in 2000 be met by the agreed deadline of 2015? This question is at the top of discussions in government and development agencies around the world. There have been several initiatives to help focus minds and boost international progress towards meeting the goals, not least by the G8.

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    How to make development partnerships work

    Imagine a type of nut that could save hundreds of thousands of people in poor countries from starvation. In fact, imagine one that costs about $20 per child for a month, roughly the same as therapeutic milk, but which, unlike most other therapeutic foods, does not require preparation, is packaged, keeps fresh after opening, and can be easily transported and distributed directly to parents and children.

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