Investing in Kids Isn't Rocket Science :: The Millennium Development Goals challenged the world to cut extreme poverty in half, dramatically reduce child mortality, and make primary education universal, but Jody Heymann and Kristen McNeill say the world can do more.
In their report, “Changing Children’s Chances”, released by the World Policy Analysis Centre on Wednesday, Heymann and McNeill map the world’s commitment to essential development needs of children in terms of the official laws, policies, and programmes that exist at the national level.
Based on an extensive understanding of international agreements and norms, Heymann and McNeill identify eight critical areas of need – poverty reduction, quality education, protection from early labour, protection from early marriage, quality health care, po...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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SSE fined record £10.5m by Ofgem :: Energy supplier SSE is fined £10.5m by Ofgem for "prolonged and extensive" mis-selling, the regulator's biggest ever fine for a supplier.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22011717#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
US to send missile-defence unit to Guam :: North Korea has threatened to target Guam, a US territory and one of the key US military bases in the Asia-Pacific region, amid escalating rhetoric
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The number of cord cutters is steadily growing :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/5CLsKIqtkfw/story01.htm
A Tableau IPO could validate the big data visualization push — or not :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Q34kGFpGrQU/story01.htm
Ex-Goldman trader pleads guilty :: Former Goldman Sachs trader Matthew Marshall Taylor pleads guilty to defrauding the bank with an $8.3bn (£5.5bn) unauthorised futures trade in 2007.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22019424#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Bundesbank launches Deutsche probe :: Central bank investigates claims lender hid up to $12bn in losses during financial crisis by misvaluing credit derivatives
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Bitcoin bubble grows and grows :: Buying frenzy has sent the value of the total stock of virtual currency past $1.5bn and the price of a single unit has doubled in less than two weeks
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Gulf states bemoan lack of top-grade ratings :: Saudis and Qataris believe their economies are not being accorded the status they deserve by Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch
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Twitter plays its platform hand, and it is the one holding all the Cards :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/A55E2i_EMv0/story01.htm
Salz attacks warped top pay at Barclays :: Review of bank's culture and practices recommends that the lender be more transparent and candid, and for the board to engage more closely with the business
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What is SignalFuse and why should we care? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/HWgTLIGxrW8/story01.htm
Spanish princess is suspect in fraud case :: Cristina to be formally questioned by judge investigating corruption allegations against her husband, in latest blow for country's royal family
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Hollande promises to root out corruption :: French president plans to ban convicted politicians from office and stiffen wealth disclosure rules for ministers and members of parliament
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Cyprus to receive €1bn from IMF :: Three-year loan is part of €10bn bailout deal agreed with lenders last month that prevented the meltdown of the country's banking sector
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Moleskine shares close down on debut :: Shares in upmarket notebook-maker Moleskine closed lower on its first day of stock market trading in Milan, after the company's flotation raised 488m euros.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22013321#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Here is an IPO you didn't expect: Moleskine :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/XN0QDwLr_bg/story01.htm
Web discovery engine Trapit launches publisher tools, with Here Media as first client :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/MAOOlWDBnys/story01.htm
VIDEO: Osborne: 'Damning indictment of SSE' :: The Chancellor, George Osborne, says he wants to change the law as a record £10.5m fine is imposed on the energy firm SSE for misleading customers.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22017497#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Electronic trading to muscle in on corporate debt :: Computer-based trading is muscling in on one of the last bastions of telephone trade between dealers and investors
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From London to Lisbon: The woman reshaping skylines :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BL59zV-xrbE/index.html
Barclays report blames bank culture :: Barclays became too focused on short-term profit and bonuses in the run-up to the Libor-rigging scandal, a review commissioned by the bank says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22012261#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Universal Credit 'fraud risk' fear :: MPs demand a "swift assurance" from ministers that the introduction of Universal Credit will not lead to a rise in benefit fraud.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22005446#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Cisco wades deeper into small cell waters with $310M Ubiquisys purchase :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/LihrEVOywVU/story01.htm
IMF and Egypt discuss $4.8bn loan :: International Monetary Fund officials are holding talks in Cairo with the Egyptian government about authorising a $4.8bn (£3.2bn) loan for the country.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22013318#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
China losing virtual propaganda war :: In the past few years it has become fashionable to be anti-establishment and senior party officials worry they have lost control of public discourse
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VIDEO: Welfare reforms: Winners and losers :: The Chancellor claims 9 out of 10 working families will be better off as a result of the changes to tax and benefits, coming into effect this week.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22014188#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
SPL pursue Rangers legal costs :: The Scottish Premier League pursue costs for their investigation into undisclosed payments to Rangers players.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22012125
Don Valley Stadium closure date set :: Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium is to close at the end of September, it is revealed.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-22009124#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO: Egypt in new IMF loan talks :: The International Monetary Fund is in Egypt negotiating a possible $4.8 billion loan to the government.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22012276#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
AUDIO: SSE: 'We are very sorry' :: SSE apologises for the company's behaviour after regulator Ofgem fines the energy company a record £10.5m for mis-selling.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22011939#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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