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		<title>INDIA: Advancing Economy Reveals a Hungry Underbelly</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By K.S. Harikrishnan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Jan 21, 2012 (IPS) &#8211; Even a year after Rani, a three-year-old tribal girl in the backward Wayanad district of southern Kerala state, was treated in a government hospital for gastroenteritis she remains grossly underweight and suffers from frequent bouts of diarrhoea. Rani [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHINA: Only Business Occupies Shanghai</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Antoaneta Becker SHANGHAI, Nov 16, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; As China&#8217;s financial centre and a pinnacle of domestic wealth, Shanghai could have been in the forefront of a home-grown movement against income disparity of the like sweeping New York&#8217;s Wall Street and London&#8217;s City. Instead it remains a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Poor Need Insurance Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Inés Benítez VALLADOLID, Spain, Nov 15, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; Poor families are well aware of the devastating effects of unforeseen expenses on their lives. Microinsurance, a recent microfinance tool, has the potential to limit their vulnerability and combat poverty, experts say. The death of a family member, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India Can Do Much More</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy By Devinder Kumar IDN-InDepth NewsReport MUMBAI (IDN) &#8211; Some soul-searching mingled with self-praise and encouragement from abroad as the India Economic Summit 2011 wrapped up after intensive discussions on November 14 in Mumbai, the commercial and entertainment capital of India. &#8216;Linking Leadership with Livelihood&#8217; was the overall theme of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.: Homeless Fall Through Health Care Cracks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Joe Nolan* NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA, Jul 14, 2011 (IPS/ The Contributor) &#8211; While Americans are taking sides in the ongoing battle about the future of American healthcare, one underrepresented group is especially vulnerable to the change &#8211; or lack of change &#8211; that may be afoot: the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRAZIL: More Community Input Needed in Relocation of Favelas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Clarinha Glock * PORTO ALEGRE, Jul 5, 2011 (Tierramérica) &#8211; José Luiz Ferreira, 60, was born poor and is still poor, but was able to get an education. Known as Seu Luiz (Mr. Luiz) in Vila Nova Chocolatão, the Porto Alegre neighborhood where he lives, he earns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MALAWI: Tax on the Poor Is to Compensate for Tariff Revenue Loss</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE, Jun 23, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; The decision by the Malawian government to introduce value-added tax (VAT) of up to 16.5 percent on products such as bread, meat, milk and dairy products is being blamed for losses incurred by small-scale businesses. The move comes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor Countries Host Largest Share of Refugees</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IDN Poor Countries Host Largest Share of Refugees Credit: UN &#160; By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsReport&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; NAIROBI (IDN) – The United Nations has taken the wind out of the sails of world&#8217;s rich countries that never tire of complaining about the citizens of developing lands burdening their rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8: &#8216;Arab Spring Could Lead to African Drought&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By A.D.McKenzie DEAUVILLE, France, May 28, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; Stressing that there is only so much money to go around, development experts worry that the aid package the Group of Eight (G8) has announced for North Africa may mean fewer funds for the rest of the continent. During [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Price Hike Worsens Poverty in Asia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, May 1, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; An annual meeting of Asian finance ministers and central bank governors in Hanoi is set to address the fate of 64 million people in the region on the brink of extreme poverty. They are the worst affected by soaring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenyan Women Pulling Together Against Poverty</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Geopolitics &#38; Political Economy / IPS By Isaiah Esipisu KIAMBU DISTRICT, Kenya, Apr 13, 2011 (IPS) &#8211; When it works, it&#8217;s spectacular: Esther Ngonyo Njuguna&#8217;s dairy project stands as testimony to the potential of microcredit schemes to boost rural incomes. Eight years ago, Mama Njoki &#8211; &#34;Njoki&#8217;s mother&#34; as Njuguna is affectionately called in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combating Poverty With &#8216;Poor Economics&#8217;</title>
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