INSIGHT: Why aid doesn’t sustain poor nations and eradicate poverty

>While to a broad section of the population a question on poverty remains a big puzzle, some people have attributed the situation to poor planning, mismanagement and grand corruption. Even President Jakaya Kikwete himself was once quoted in an interview with a French newspaper in Paris as saying he was equally baffled by the reasons behind the country’s state of abject poverty.

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Jun

INSIGHT: Mutharika: No country can call itself poor

>First of all, I would like to extend a special welcome to Your Excellencies and distinguished guests who have travelled from various countries to witness this momentous occasion. I thank you all for coming to Malawi and it is a great honour to have you here. Your presence is a source of inspiration to us and a demonstration of the confidence and trust that you have in our young democracy.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

10 Dec

Number of poor increases despite a deceleration in poverty level, survey says

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Number of poor increases despite a deceleration in poverty level, survey says
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Despite the poverty level having gone down from the 1990s, Tanzania has been witnessing an increased number of poor from 10 million people to 12.6 million as of 2012, the new findings have shown. According to findings released by Twaweza and the ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Nov

Green climate help for poor nations needed

The UN’s Green Climate Fund announced Friday that it had approved finance for its first projects to help developing countries fight global warming, three weeks before a crucial world summit to ink a climate rescue pact.

 

5 years ago

BBC

16 Apr

Coronavirus: G20 delays poor nations' debt payments

The aim is to help them deal with the pandemic, but campaigners say more assistance is needed.

 

5 years ago

Hindustan Times

03 Apr

Global group calls for Covid-19 clinical research in poor nations

Global group calls for Covid-19 clinical research in poor nations  Hindustan TimesGlobal coalition to accelerate COVID-19 clinical research in resource-limited settings  The LancetCovid-19 Clinical Research Coalition launched in resource-poor nations  New Straits TimesCovid-19 Update: Scientists bat for clinical trials in poor and middle-income countries  Hindustan TimesHealth DG Dr Noor Hisham joins coalition of global scientists fighting Covid-19  The Star OnlineView Full coverage on...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Dec

Tanzania should eradicate Malaria

Although some progress has been made in the fight against malaria in Tanzania, the disease is still a threat. It kills about 60,000 people annually, 80 per cent of them being children under the age of five.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Jul

District moves to eradicate illiteracy

Kalambo District authorities have embarked on the implementation of a plan to eradicate illiteracy among primary school leavers.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Jan

Call for plans to sustain growth

Five years after the global financial crisis, the world economy is showing signs of bouncing back this year, pulled along by a recovery in high-income economies, says the World Bank (WB)’s latest Global Economic Prospects report, issued last week.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Nov

Govt must pay its debts to sustain credibility

Under the principle that bears the poetic-sounding expression, “a gentleman’s agreement”, two parties strike a deal or transact business on the basis of trust. This is anchored in the belief that a gentleman is, by his very nature, a trustworthy person.

 

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