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EDUCATION
Universal Education Effort Faces $1.2 Billion Financing Gap
Financial crisis is undermining recent gains in school enrollment in developing countries.
INFRASTRUCTURE
$2.125 Billion for Kazakhstan Roads
Russia-China trade route upgrade will bring economic stimulus to some of Kazakhstan's poorest provinces.
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FINANCIAL CRISIS
Social Safety Nets: Lessons from Rich and Poor Countries
A stimulus that favors poorer people is more likely to have a stronger impact on the entire economy than one that does not.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Development Marketplace 2009
This year’s global Development Marketplace competition is looking for innovative solutions to climate adaptation.
May 6, 2009—GDP growth in Pakistan’s export markets is likely to continue to fall sharply in 2009, according to the Pakistan Economic Update.
"How might ICTs be useful, even transformational, when this status quo is severly disrupted by some other exogenous factor ... like a pandemic disease outbreak?"
Colombia: Natural Gas
34,000 families get natural gas connections, making cooking safer and reducing energy bills.
BBC World Debate: Global Recession: A Developing World Emergency
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