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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Ticket machine card fraud rise in EU :: Several European countries have reported a rise in card crime at ticket machines and petrol pumps, says a study.
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Qatar flexing its regional clout :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ZqSdmcYcOGA/
Latecomer wins FIFA goal-line deal :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/P-B9Xe45y-Y/index.html
With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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From Apple CEO Tim Cook to Ted Nugent, entrepreneurs rock at State of the Union VIDEO :: Who are you going to call when you want to show you're committed to building an economy where innovative companies thrive?
The CEO of Apple, of course. That's what President Bill Clinton did when he invited John Sculley to sit in first lady Hillary Clinton's box at his first State of the Union address in 1993. And it's what President Barack Obama did when he invited current Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit in first lady Michelle Obama's box at tonight's speech.
For Cook's sake, let's hope this honor works… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
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Quiz: Destination Dubai :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/cett7x86gGI/index.html
Local Couple Creates Fertility App To Help Couples Get Pregnant :: var WNVideoCanvas_vid8297947 = new WNVideoWidget("WNVideoCanvas", "WNVideoCanvas_vid8297947", "1");
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The Open and Rocky Road Post-2015 :: What values does a Yemeni journalist who fuelled the Arab Spring hold in common with a former principal of the U.S. National Security Council? And how in turn will they see eye to eye with a Jordanian queen, or the president of Indonesia?
The subjects of this riddle are meeting in Monrovia as part of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's 27-member High Level Panel of Eminent Person's on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (HLP).
The purpose of the HLP is to lead the discussion around a new framework, the post-2015 development agenda, to replace the expiring Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The HLP's work will culminate with an advisory report to Ban in May 2013.
The meeting, which takes place between Jan. 30 and Feb. 1, is the third in a series of four. Previous meetings took place in Lon...
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Nepal's battle with drug traffickers :: Nepal fights to avoid being called a haven for drug trafficking
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European markets at close: 04.04.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/n8ARkFv8rss/
EU suspects state aid in football :: The EU is studying allegations that some top football clubs, including Real Madrid, received state aid in violation of EU competition rules.
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Pension reform 'needs explanation' :: The government should do more to explain the new state pension system to the public, a cross-party group of MPs says.
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Qatar's spending spree :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/KlCVG9hz45o/
How science confounded the year's gloom :: Higgs boson and landing Curiosity on Mars are just two of the great achievements of the past 12 monthsIn a year that saw Britain suffer double-dip recession; when crippling debt has risen to threaten a record number of households; when the nation faces losing its triple A credit rating; and the economy of the entire planet continues to flounder, it is hard to find many reasons to be cheerful. The human species, which has made so much of its sparkling intellect in recent decades, could fairly be accused of having made a recent hash of global affairs. It is a justifiable criticism, though it ignores some intriguing contradictory evidence. We forget that some affairs went well in 2012. Indeed, when it came to scientific achievements, the year turns out to have been a sparkling one. Interplane...
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Central banks move into riskier assets :: Near-zero interest rates and large-scale money printing cut returns on US government debt and the bonds of safer eurozone sovereigns to record lows
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We need a data democracy, not a data dictatorship :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/7M9W11z1P3k/story01.htm
Calpers to battle zombie boards :: The $255bn pension fund has identified 52 directors who have failed to win shareholder votes but either stayed in place or have been reinstated
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Chinese thirst for formula spurs rationing :: Rampant Chinese demand for foreign-made baby milk has forced UK and Australia grocers to limit sales to two tins of infant milk formula at a time
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Flipboard is a giant iceberg lurking in the path of the media :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/e1WTb6dDySw/story01.htm
Cyprus reaches end of a long, sleazy road :: The island's economic collapse is not the result of a shift in axis, but is the end of a path traced in an arc of ease, David Gardner says
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VIDEO: Washing cars without water in Dubai :: Middle East Business report met two brothers who have shaken up the car-washing business in Dubai by doing away with the most obvious ingredient - water.
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The regulators are alright: Why it's time for tech to give the feds a break :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/j9Pia9xzBmA/story01.htm
Luxembourg 'considers' open banking :: Luxembourg would consider greater transparency of its banking sector to help curb tax evasion, the finance minister tells a German newspaper.
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Last week on Pro: smart meters, smart watches, and more :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/8oNBBAD1Kcc/story01.htm
Takeaways from The Raven, and other online shorts that went Hollywood :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/EnZ5D8ZBvVg/story01.htm
Has this blog changed your life? | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics :: If so, please tell me, so I can inform the REF. Also: JUICE and CDF bumps.I spent most of today writing about the environment. Not in the recycled wind-farm rainforest sense, but in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) sense. The environment in question is UCL Physics. Not just the Department of Physics & Astronomy, but the Department of Space and Climate Physics (at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory) and the London Centre for Nanotechnology (UCL wing). Does this environment encourage research excellence? They have questions. All around the country, academics are dropping whatever else they were doing to answer them.While it's not the way I would have chosen to spend part of my Saturday, I can't grumble too much as (a) I did agree to be head of department and knew this was part of th...<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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Bad weather hits British wheat crops :: Britain will become a net importer of wheat for the first time in a decade this year because of bad weather, the National Farmers' Union says.
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How to build your own Adobe Creative Suite with cheaper Mac app alternatives :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ze4l7jILZiU/story01.htm
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