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		<title>UNRISD criticized progress towards MDGs</title>
		<link>http://bilalmirza.com/2010/09/04/unrisd-criticized-progress-towards-mdgs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["An excellent book!"&#160; &#8212; Paul Wilmott Principles of quantitative development A recent surprising criticism from UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) in its 360 page report, Combating Poverty and Inequality, surfaced stressing &#8220;A number of critical issues and obstacles to overcoming poverty have not been addressed (in MDGs)&#8221;. The report focused on the need [...]<br /><div><img src="http://bilalmirza.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0.0" /></div><div>Rating: 0.0/<strong>10</strong> (0 votes cast)</div><br />


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		<title>Philippines get $400m in Anti-Poverty Loan by ADB</title>
		<link>http://bilalmirza.com/2010/09/03/philippines-get-400m-in-anti-poverty-loan-by-adb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philippines &#8211; a country struggling to meet its poverty alleviation goals set in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), received $400m as anti-poverty loan from the Asian Development Bank. The government will have 25 years to pay the loan, which carries an interest rate based on the ADB’s London interbank offered rate-based lending facility. There will also [...]<br /><div><img src="http://bilalmirza.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=9.0" /></div><div>Rating: 9.0/<strong>10</strong> (1 vote cast)</div><br />


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		<title>President Lula to fight poverty in Africa and Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I intend to take the knowledge acquired in the implementation of successful social programs to many African and Latin American countries that still fight extreme poverty and hunger, It’s sharing the good we’ve learned, to have solidarity with our brothers from other countries.”, these were the words of President Lula in his weekly newspaper column [...]<br /><div><img src="http://bilalmirza.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=0.0" /></div><div>Rating: 0.0/<strong>10</strong> (0 votes cast)</div><br />


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		<title>UK to drop poverty eradication programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the times where actors across different fronts are uniting to eradicate the menace of poverty from globe, UK&#8217;s Department for International Development (DfID) is planning to drop the poverty commitments that previous Labor government made in its era. In a similar step, the new coalition government scrapped £6.5m global development engagement fund, a scheme [...]<br /><div><img src="http://bilalmirza.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=10.0" /></div><div>Rating: 10.0/<strong>10</strong> (1 vote cast)</div><br />


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		<title>Pakistan Floods: World Bank&#8217;s Viewpoint</title>
		<link>http://bilalmirza.com/2010/08/30/pakistan-floods-world-banks-viewpoint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachid Benmessaoud, the Country Director for Pakistan discusses the devastating impact of Pakistan floods and the World Bank&#8217;s response to it. Check it out (Video credits: World Bank) Rating: 10.0/10 (2 votes cast) Related posts:$900 million financial support from the World Bank Pakistan, a country struck with set of perpetual problems that... Pakistan Floods: Calamity [...]<br /><div><img src="http://bilalmirza.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=10.0" /></div><div>Rating: 10.0/<strong>10</strong> (2 votes cast)</div><br />


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		<title>Poverty and Mother&#8217;s Depression linked</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<title>We need lynching at Societal Level</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After viewing the live public lynching and later murder of two innocent brothers from Sialkot &#8211; my hometown, many things became clear to me. Firstly, we don&#8217;t have any external threat from enemies, as we are the worst or may be the best enemy of ourself. We want to crush each other without any sympathy [...]<br /><div><img src="http://bilalmirza.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=9.5" /></div><div>Rating: 9.5/<strong>10</strong> (2 votes cast)</div><br />


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		<title>Literate turned into Illiterate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apart from health and rehabilitation issues arising from recent floods in Pakistan, one of the biggest problems that I can foresee is for those who have earned their academic degrees with their hard work in past, cannot prove it now and in future, in and around flood-hit areas of Pakistan. The result is that the [...]<br /><div><img src="http://bilalmirza.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=10.0" /></div><div>Rating: 10.0/<strong>10</strong> (1 vote cast)</div><br />


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		<title>$900 million financial support from the World Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan, a country struck with set of perpetual problems that are unique in the world is going to receive the financial support from the World Bank for the Damages and Need Assessment in the flood-hit areas. According to the World Bank, it is going to cooperate with the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations [...]<br /><div><img src="http://bilalmirza.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=9.0" /></div><div>Rating: 9.0/<strong>10</strong> (2 votes cast)</div><br />


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		<title>Pakistan Floods: Calamity for Millions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bilal Mirza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer, monsoon brought the most deadliest flood ever came in the 63 years history of Pakistan, killing almost 2000 people and effecting nearly 4 million people. These devastating floods have left around 650,000 families homeless, resulting in one of the biggest challenges for disaster management, including rehabilitation and access to food and clean drinking [...]<br /><div><img src="http://bilalmirza.com/wp-content/plugins/gd-star-rating/gfx.php?value=9.5" /></div><div>Rating: 9.5/<strong>10</strong> (2 votes cast)</div><br />


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