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		<title><![CDATA[Corruption Costs Poorer States Up to $40 Billion a Year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tamara WalidDOHA (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Corruption costs developing nations $20 to $40 billion each year, while emerging markets and financial centers are increasingly havens for stolen assets, a top World Bank official said Saturday.Managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said "concerted global action" by both developed and developing states was needed to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:01:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do Good by Reading Good Books]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=421]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[800CEORead is offering a Three for $30 deal -- for $30, you get three books, including one that was at least a finalist for its Best Books of 2008 list. In turn, it donates the money to Room to Read, a well-regarded educational charity which works in developing countries. by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:13:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Advantages: Business Process Outsourcing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1123547]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Since there are a lot of skilled individuals in developing countries with little chance of employment, outsourcing became one of the best industries considered by a lot of talented and skilled individuals in developing countries. In terms of salary, outsourcing provides cheap labor compared to getting your companies work done...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assurant Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line Jukka Lipponen. Jukka Lipponen - KBW Good morning. Robert B. Pollock - President and Chief Executive Officer Good morning Jukka. Jukka Lipponen - KBW A couple of questions, I am sorry if I missed that I have to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:13:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GE Healthcare IT Extends Collaboration with HP on Solutions for Midsize Hospitals and Developing Countries]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pre-Configured Solutions Expedite Customer Deployment; HP Now a Member in Leading Certified Partner Network for Centricity Enterprise solutions]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Roche and the Institute for OneWorld Health Announce Research Collaboration to Fight Neglected Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO & PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Roche and the Institute for OneWorld Health announced today that they have entered into a collaboration under which OneWorld Health will screen compounds from the Roche library to identify a potential new drug for the treatment of diarrheal diseases, which kills approximately 2...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WTO gets talking again ; Sops to developing countries could break the Doha deadlock.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5644/is_200803/ai_n25274064]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's another attempt to evolve a consensus between the rich and the poor nations at the WTO on the thorny issues of cutting agricultural subsidies and industrial tariffs. Ambassador Crawford Falconer, Chairperson of the Agriculture Negotiation, and Non- AIt's another attempt to evolve a consensus between the rich and the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Developing Countries are Developing Medical Tourism]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=160]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The first time I heard about US folks outsourcing their heart surgery or hip replacement to doctors in India or China, it sounded crazy. But clearly the rise of "medical tourism" -- traveling to different countries to have a medical procedure done less expensively, more expediently, and in some cases...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:22:45 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[REMINDER/Media Advisory: The Government of Canada Announces Support to Improve the Lives of Children in Developing Countries.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5559/is_200711/ai_n22576684]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 20, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- On the  occasion of the Universal Children's Day, the Honourable Beverley  J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, will make an announcement  with the organization Right To Play that will   TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 20, 2007 (Marketwire via...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Government of Canada Supports Sport and Play for Young People in Developing Countries.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5559/is_200711/ai_n22576782]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 20, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- On the  occasion of Universal Children's Day, the Honourable Beverley J.  Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, announced the Government of  Canada's support of $2.9 million to the organiza  TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 20, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Media Advisory: The Government of Canada Announces Support to Improve the Lives of Children in Developing Countries.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5559/is_200711/ai_n22576656]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 19, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- On the  occasion of the Universal Children's Day, the Honourable Beverley  J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, will make an announcement  with the organization Right To Play that will   TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 19, 2007 (Marketwire via...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nestle battles it out with Unilever in ice cream wars gone global; dominance in developing countries as well as USA and Europe at stake. Fight for share of market extends beyond human crowd, as Unilever unit is going to the dogs for sales.(ICE CREAM SCOOP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6630/is_200710/ai_n26581702]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cold War is long over, but the ice cream war is still heating  up, with global giants Nestle and Unilever squaring off for dominance of  a $59 billion international market. And the dogs of war are slugging it  out in the canine trenches for share of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[International Atomic Energy Agency and National Foundation for Cancer Research Launch Major Initiative to Improve Cancer Prevention and Treatments in Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200709/ai_n21914369]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: FOREIGN EDITORSTo: FOREIGN EDITORS]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CHINA: YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS' "TABLE FOR TWO" INITIATIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY TARGETS HUNGER IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND OBESITY IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.(Company overview)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200709/ai_n25738060]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With one billion people suffering from hunger and another billion  suffering from obesity, the "Table for Two" initiative of the  Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum aims to tackle both, at  the same time. The initiative, launched  With one billion people suffering from hunger...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New IAEA Gamma Camera Laboratory]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5979/is_200707/ai_n24154528]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA announced on May 25 the opening of a new gamma camera laboratory that will be used to train medical personnel from developing countries. The launch of the state-of-the-art facility, located at IAEA laboratorieThe International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA announced on May 25 the opening...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[International Aid and GE Healthcare Form Partnership to Distribute Medical Equipment in Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_June_11/ai_n19207765]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SPRING LAKE, Mich. & WAUKESHA, Wis. -- Global humanitarian healthcare agency International Aid and GE Healthcare, a leading developer of transformational medical technologies and services, announced a strategic partnership dedicated to bringing vital, potentially life-saving medical equipment to communities in developing countries.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[VoIP Does Good]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=966]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    ShoreCap Exchange, a non-profit whose board Iâ€™m on, provides and helps fund technical assistance to microcredit institutions in developing countries.  At a recent meeting we heard the story of a successful engagement which was Skype-enabled. The bank receiving assistance is in a remote Asian country....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 11:01:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Utilities Reforms And Corruption In Developing Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316599]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper shows empirically that "Privatization" in the energy, telecommunications, and water sectors, and the introduction of independent regulators in those sectors, have not always had the expected effects on access, affordability, or quality of services. It also shows that corruption leads to adjustments in the quantity, quality, and price...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Whole Foods Market(R) Launches Whole Trade(TM) Guarantee to Source Socially Responsible Products from Developing Countries]]></title>
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