1 DECEMBER 2007 – Marking the 20th annual World AIDS Day, top United Nations officials have called for renewed leadership to tackle the global HIV and AIDS epidemic which has already claimed over 25 million lives worldwide.
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This week the UNDP released its Human Development Report in BrasÃlia. It shows how two of the world’s biggest problems, which can eventually evolve into catastrophes, are actually deeply enmeshed in each other and that they need an integrated political approach.
Brasilia, 27 November 2007—With governments preparing to gather in Bali, Indonesia to discuss the future [...]
By James D. Wolfensohn
NEW YORK — The notion of a divide between the rich north and the poor and developing south has long been a central concept among economists and policymakers. From 1950 to 1980, the north accounted for almost 80% of global GDP but only 22% of its population, and the south accounted for [...]