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Climate Change in Bangladesh - BBC Photos
Bangladesh is one of the countries that will be worst affected by climate change. Rising sea and coastal water levels and more frequent storms threaten this low-lying country. Adapting Bangladesh to c… more →
Ending World Poverty
Climate Change in Bangladesh - BBC Photos
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Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: Bangladesh is one of the countries that will be worst affected by climate change. Rising sea and coa … more →
Talk the talk - but not walk the walk
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: That’s the way Larry Elliott in The Guardian sums up the donors lack of urgency in meeting the … more →
Global Finance - Doha: What Chance of Success?
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: World economic turmoil sets the scene for the UN Conference on Financing for Development in Doha (29 … more →
The "Dutch Disease" Effects of Aid in Uganda
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: In my recent post on Sorious Samura’s programme for Panorama on BBC One – an expose of a … more →
ONTARIO IS THE CHILD POVERTY CENTRE OF CANADA
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Rainbow Warrior wrote 1 year ago: Poverty is corrosive By MARYANNE FIRTH November 27 2008 Niagara residents were taught that local com … more →
"A fool at 40 is a fool forever"
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: Internationally acclaimed film maker Sorious Samura has a critical article on aid on the BBC News we … more →
Addicted to Aid?
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Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: Next week’s Panorama on BBC One is running a programme on aid to two countries for which Brita … more →
The New Realities of Philanthrocapitalism
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: BWPI’s Mike Edwards’ book on business-led philanthropy, “Just Another Emperor? … more →
A Fun Way to Harness the Energy of Children to Deliver Clean Water
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: In the discussion of my recent post about bottled water I mentioned that sales of bottled water at M … more →
Bottled Water. To Buy or Not to Buy?
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Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: Too few people across the developing world have access to safe water. Too often they end up walking … more →
Like to Know How to Live on a Dollar a Day?
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Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: Then go to the One Dollar Diet Project – you will be shocked at how difficult it is. Christoph … more →
Finns for a Flight Tax
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: To finance the purchase of drugs to combat the main killer diseases in poor countries, France introd … more →
Get Fair on UK Poverty
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Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: The UK has got a lot richer over the last twenty years – we are the world’s fifth riches … more →
Unpacking the Sri Lankan Conflict with PACT
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: Sri Lanka’s conflict is now one of the world’s longest running. Its ramifications spread … more →
Regenerating Kingston, Jamaica
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: You wouldn’t usually connect the Prince of Wales to Kingston’s ghettos. But the Prince … more →
Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: How institutions do and do not work for development is intensely debated, especially the link to eco … more →
3.9 million British Children in Poverty
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: That’s one in three children, according to the Campaign to End Child Poverty, a coalition of m … more →
Happiness is the Peruvian Amazon
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: This week’s Expat Lives in the FT features José “Pepe” Alvarez, a former Spanish friar who mov … more →
Coping with Global Inflation
Tony Addison wrote 1 year ago: Our readers don’t need reminding that Inflation has been on the rise globally (although the pr … more →
