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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Take This Job and Love It! :: In a down economy, when your job loses its lustre, it's worth taking a new approach to it. (Source: Psychology Today)
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HSBC profits surge as bad loans fall :: HSBC almost doubles pre-tax profits to $8.4bn (£5.4bn) in the first three months of 2013 after trading conditions in the bank's key markets improve.
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G4S shares fall on tougher trading :: Shares in G4S fall 12% after the world's largest security firm warns about continuing tough trading conditions in Europe.
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Lord Lawson calls for UK to exit EU :: Ex-Chancellor Lord Lawson calls for the UK to leave the EU - but No 10 says the PM remains confident his strategy "will deliver results".
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Commerzbank hit by cost of job cuts :: Germany's Commerzbank reports a 94m-euro ($123m; £79m) loss in the first quarter after being hit by charges related to job cuts at the bank.
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Diageo chief Paul Walsh to step down :: Paul Walsh, chief executive of the Guinness and Johnnie Walker drinks giant Diageo, is to step down, the company announces.
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Societe Generale mulls job cuts :: France's second biggest bank, Societe Generale, tells CNBC it is considering cutting up to 700 jobs as it reports a 50% fall in first-quarter earnings.
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Australia cuts rates to record low :: Australia's central bank lowers its benchmark interest rate to 2.75% from 3%, in an attempt to counter slowing growth in the country's mining sector.
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Nikkei tops 14,000 in five-year high :: Japan's Nikkei index surged on Tuesday, rising above the 14,000 mark for the first time since June 2008.
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Crown Post Office staff go on strike :: Staff at some of the UK's largest post offices are taking industrial action in a growing dispute over closures, franchising, jobs and pay.
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Hong Kong dock workers end strike :: Dock workers in Hong Kong end a 40-day strike affecting one of the world's busiest ports.
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Bright outlook: First Solar sells out of solar panels, inks new deal in China :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/DBhnDd_gdh0/story01.htm
Senate backs online sales tax plan :: An online sales tax bill heads to the US House of Representatives after Senate passage, as brick-and-mortar shops call for a "level playing field".
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Online shops move to the High Street :: The enduring retail power of bricks and mortar
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WTA tennis in business for 40 years :: WTA serves up 40 years of tennis business
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Making apps for not-so-smartphones :: The developers exploiting the market for 'feature phone' apps
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Google keeps fighting for the heart of the iPhone with new Gmail update :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/9Xap1x6URvI/story01.htm
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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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Can Your iPad Save Hyperlocal News? In Britain, It Just Might :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/can-your-ipad-save-hyperlocal-news-britain-it-just-might-1188095
RBS boss Hester 'desperate to lend' :: Royal Bank of Scotland is "desperate" to lend £20bn to UK businesses, the bank's chief executive has claimed.
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VIDEO: Dubai's scandal-hit Godolphin stable :: Described as the biggest crisis to hit horse racing for years, the revelation that 11 horses from the Godolphin stable had been given banned anabolic steroids has rocked the sport.
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VIDEO: Teen buys £105 of groceries for £1.62 :: A teenager is saving his mother hundreds of pounds in grocery bills thanks to his savvy shopping techniques.
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VIDEO: Lobster catches drop 90% after winter :: Fishermen have said the harsh and prolonged winter in Scotland has been disastrous for the country's lobster industry.
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VIDEO: UK households 'borrowing to eat' :: One-in-five UK households borrowed money or used savings to cover food costs in April, a Which? survey says.
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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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VIDEO: Your Money: Lending cash to a stranger :: In this week's Your Money, Declan Curry looks at how changes to the benefits system will change household income and how you could get more for your money by lending cash directly to companies.
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VIDEO: 'I bought a whole Spanish village' :: As people in Spain move out of rural areas and into cities to seek work, entire villages are being sold off at rock bottom prices, drawing buyers from overseas.
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Draft genome sequence of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis :: Conclusions:
The knowledge gained from this genome sequence will aid in the future development of high-yielding clones to keep up with the ever increasing need for natural rubber. (Source: BMC Genomics - Latest articles)<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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