developing countries

A whole new brand of inflation

MSN Money Latest Articles  Thu, 03/25/2010 - 19:00

The version that's overtaking developing countries is threatening to spread to the rest of the global economy, and it's something the developed world isn't used to dealing with.


 

Gates Foundation Launches Campaign to Highlight Success of U.S.-...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Thu, 09/24/2009 - 22:00

The foundation has launched the Living Proof Project, a multiyear campaign designed to show how U.S.-supported initiatives to fight malaria, AIDS, and other diseases are saving and improving the lives of millions of people in developing countries....


 

Gates Foundation Awards $35 Million to Alliance for Financial In...

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 09/14/2009 - 23:00

The newly formed Alliance for Financial Inclusion, which includes more than one hundred central banks and other financial policy makers in sixty developing countries, will work to deliver financial services to millions of the world's poor....


 

International Aid Groups Scramble for Funding

PND - Philanthropy News Digest  Mon, 06/08/2009 - 23:00

A recent spike in humanitarian emergencies in developing countries comes at a time when the balance sheets of foreign governments and individual donors have been battered by volatile credit and equity markets....


 

Congo renegotiates mining contracts

Marketplace  Fri, 02/22/2008 - 14:28

The Democratic Republic of Congo is attempting to revise mining contracts it considers to be unfair to the state.

It's part of a growing trend among developing countries seeking better terms for selling their natural resources.

Bob Moon reports.