Category - global development

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2 Jul 2007

Churches' development agency launches new website

The UK-based churches' international development agency Christian Aid has launched a new website - which it hopes will resource the struggle for global justice and engage more people with its work and that of its partners.
7 Jun 2007

Governments urged to protect poor from disasters before climate worsens

Governments must act immediately to reduce the effect of disasters particularly in poor countries before climate change dramatically increases the number of floods, droughts and windstorms, says Christian Aid.
18 May 2007

Wolfowitz's soft escape infuriates World Bank critics

Staff and critics of the World Bank have reacted with fury to the news that controversial chief Paul Wolfowitz, accused of corruption, will leave at the end of June 2007 with the official blessing of the Bank's Board.
6 May 2007

Corruption and gambling accused of ruining Macau

The small Chinese city of Macau has become the new East Asian Las Vegas, say church leaders and labour activists, claiming that gambling and corruption are leading to social ruin.