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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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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Huge payout for US disabled workers :: A US jury awards $240m to 32 mentally disabled men who suffered decades of abuse while working for a turkey processing company in Iowa.
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Silver Spring Networks closes its first quarter as a public company :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/X0ssJpnjIf8/story01.htm
Getting used to a slower pace of growth in China :: Why Chinese growth can't carry on breaking records
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Watch your data caps: Kaleidescape starts offering Blu-ray-quality movie downloads :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/9gw76z7cScs/story01.htm
iPad is top selling tablet, but Android now most common tablet OS, says IDC :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/_2imKq-spI4/story01.htm
Facebook beats revenue estimates for Q1 earnings with $1.46 billion, misses on profit :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Cuk0WneTBMs/story01.htm
Skinny RFID tags could soon show up embedded in paper :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/LWRAW4Ormic/story01.htm
Ukraine 'worst abuser of patents' :: The US names Ukraine as the country with the worst record on protecting intellectual property and calls on its government to reverse the situation.
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VIDEO: Books still rivalling e-readers :: British publishers have reported record sales for 2012, despite the recession and the rise of e-readers
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It's official: Tom Wheeler is the nominee for the FCC chair :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/AoeL2u1IFzU/story01.htm
More offline Chrome apps arrive: Chrome Web Store previews Packaged Apps :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/74VsvWjzmGI/story01.htm
Precog launches with a plan to simplify analytics on unstructured data :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/lERSqQ0KrJY/story01.htm
US central bank to keep buying bonds :: US central bank keeps interest rates steady and sticks to its quantitative easing bond-buying programme.
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With Dailymotion out of reach, what's Yahoo's next move in online video? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/paSzTGARxTM/story01.htm
What's trending on Twitter among African Americans? The Root's new tool will tell you :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/vVDYjxJbzHI/story01.htm
With MetroPCS, T-Mobile could help Apple reach 9 million new potential iPhone buyers :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/WS9zvIWwPAU/story01.htm
Martha Stewart on Match.com? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/DZPF5GgxEDo/index.html
Millionaire quits Microsoft to teach :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BEhXLTg9khk/index.html
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