The U.N. has taken a new look at poverty around the world.
Poverty Around The World
"...The World Bank also adds that the previous $1 a day estimate for the international poverty line would have been $1.45 a day at 2005 prices if only inflation was accounted for.
The revised estimates include a lot more recalculations and the $1 a day measure used in some of the charts below are therefore not to be confused with the old $1 a day measure, and where available, a $1.45 measure is also provided as well as a more current $1 a day measure. (Because some developing countries also have poverty lines at $2 and $2.50 a day, those are also shown, where available.)
At a poverty line of $1.25 a day, the revised estimates find..." (complete article here).
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
UN Biofuels Standard Under Development
Guidelines for bio-fuels development is probably a good idea, however, each country ultimately must address its own internal issues.
UN-backed expert group takes steps to establish new biofuel standard
13 August 2008 – A United Nations-backed group of international experts has endorsed a first draft of a new global sustainability standard for biofuels to assess their economic, social and environmental effects.
The Steering Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB), which includes an expert from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), today signed off on...(complete article here).
UN-backed expert group takes steps to establish new biofuel standard
13 August 2008 – A United Nations-backed group of international experts has endorsed a first draft of a new global sustainability standard for biofuels to assess their economic, social and environmental effects.
The Steering Board of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB), which includes an expert from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), today signed off on...(complete article here).
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
West African Food Security Initiative
More news out of Africa.
West Africa: New UN Initiative Aims to Boost Food Security in Region
UN News Service (New York)
23 January 2008
Posted to the web 23 January 2008
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched projects in five West African countries, considered to be among the world's poorest, to help increase agricultural output and create new markets for products.
Launched as part of the FAO Trust Fund for Food Security, the projects are taking place in Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone, thanks to a...(complete article here).
West Africa: New UN Initiative Aims to Boost Food Security in Region
UN News Service (New York)
23 January 2008
Posted to the web 23 January 2008
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched projects in five West African countries, considered to be among the world's poorest, to help increase agricultural output and create new markets for products.
Launched as part of the FAO Trust Fund for Food Security, the projects are taking place in Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone, thanks to a...(complete article here).
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