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		<title><![CDATA[New Outcomes Measurement Needed: Henry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The future wellbeing of Australians will be improved by a better method of measuring how effective governments are with their spending and  taxing, Treasury Secretary Ken Henry says.Dr Henry said the Whitlam government (1972-1975) could be seen as being responsible for a permanent increase in the scope and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Pros and Cons of the Public Option]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the public health care option and how would it work? CBS News' Kelly Cobiella, Mark Strassmann, and Anthony Mason provide a special report.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:51:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[As Welfare Need Increases, States Strain to Cope]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-three of the 30 largest states report welfare caseloads that are higher than a year ago; 26 states overall have shown an increase. But states are struggling to keep up with the need. Cynthia Bowers reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:09:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[An End to the Recession?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his first 100 days, President Obama has attacked the worst financial crisis since the Depression. The verdict from the Federal Reserve: the economy "has improved modestly."]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:47:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Eradicating Poverty Takes Private Enterprise]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=1790]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[About 40 percent of the world's 6 billion inhabitants earn $2 a day or less. Typically we have tried to wipe away poverty through initiatives by government, non-governmental organizations and philanthropists.Â  Despite their efforts poverty remains widespread.    What more can be done? Harvard Business School senior lecturer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:00:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Middle Class Taps Public Aid System]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sandra Hughes looks at how some middle-class families have found navigating the public assistance system to be a full-time job.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:45:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The World Of Micro-Loans]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The difference between prosperity and poverty could very well lie in what's called "micro-loans." As Daniel Sieberg reports, these loans are having a big impact on the more than 99 million borrowers.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:16:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Measuring Microfinance's Effectiveness]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A major issue for microcredit, one of the main efforts to fill the holes in market economics, is the lack of a consistent way to measure its impact. For instance, how many of the people who get microcredit are lifted out of poverty, for instance. Does it work as well...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:25:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[San Francisco Fed Study Examines Poverty in West Fresno]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Oct_27/ai_n30936305]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- The challenges facing high poverty communities around the nation are the focus of a recently released Federal Reserve System report, "The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America: Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S." Each of the 12 Reserve Banks examined a high poverty area in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jamaicans out pace poverty]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200808/ai_n28016150]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON AFP &#8212; Shelly-Ann Fraser can thank her mother's uneasy relationship with the Jamaican police for helping her become an Olympic Games sprint champion.  Maxine Fraser, who brought up her daughter in one of the Caribbean's meanest ghettos, believes her quickfire genes have been passed on to the 21-year-old...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHOE LEATHER: Ron Hunter, who coaches basketball at Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis, is taking his players to Nigeria this month to hold basketball clinics and to deliver nearly 200,000 pairs of shoes. This past season, Hunter responded to a challenge from Samaritan's Feet by coaching a game barefoot to encourage...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[SOUTH AFRICA: MOODY'S ASSIGNS BAA2.ZA RATING TO LEPHALALE MUNICIPALITY.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200805/ai_n25744733]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Moody's Investors Service has assigned a national scale issuer  rating of Baa2.za with stable outlook to the Lephalale Municipality in  South Africa. The rating on Lephalale takes into account a moderately  diversified local  economy and its revenue bas  Moody's Investors Service has assigned a national...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SOUTH AFRICA: MOODY'S ASSIGNS BAA1.ZA RATING TO MOGALAKWENA MUNICIPALITY.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200805/ai_n25744747]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Moody's Investors Service has assigned a national scale issuer  rating of Baa1.za with stable outlook to the Mogalakwena Municipality in  South Africa. The rating on Mogalakwena takes into account a moderately  diversified  local economy and its revenue  Moody's Investors Service has assigned a national scale...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[High food prices could last three years: World Bank official]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25441123]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE AFP &#8212; The prices of staple foods such as rice could stay high for the next three years, hindering the battle against poverty, a top World Bank official said Tuesday.  Food prices had risen at a "startling" speed, giving governments and communities little time to respond, the bank's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU, Latin America leaders stress trade, environment at summit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA AFP &#8212; EU and Latin American leaders vowed to do more to further trade between their regions and tackle global warming and poverty as they wrapped up a summit late Friday in the Peruvian capital Lima.  The 50 heads of state and government pledged in a joint statement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asia fears rising poverty, social unrest from soaring food prices]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25387495]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MADRID AFP &#8212; Soaring food prices could push millions of people in Asia back into poverty and lead to social unrest, regional leaders warned Sunday at the Asian Development Bank's annual meeting in Spain.  "The recent hike in the price of rice will hit Asian countries particularly hard. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Annan urges Kenya to implement urgent economic, social reform]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI AFP &#8212; Former UN chief Kofi Annan has urged Kenya's new coalition government to address long-standing issues like poverty and regional inequality that fanned the violent political unrest of recent months.  In an article carried by Kenyan newspapers on Friday, Annan said the power-sharing deal that resulted in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Catholic Charities USA Takes Message of Hope to Capitol Hill; Hosts Hill Briefing Examining Strategies to Help Low-Income Youth]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_April_15/ai_n25153960]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Catholic Charities USA took its Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America to Capitol Hill today, hosting a briefing for members of Congress and their staff on the challenges facing low-income youth and their families. The briefing also presented innovative solutions for creating hope by reducing generational poverty. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ben & Jerry's Launches Partnership with the ONE Campaign to Bring New Voices to the Fight against Global Poverty]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ice Cream Maker's ONE Cheesecake Brownie to help raise awareness  BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Dedicated to making poverty history, the ONE Campaign welcomed Ben & Jerry's as a partner, announcing a joint endeavor today to fight extreme poverty and preventable disease around the world. The partnership was announced at the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[King dream not yet fulfilled]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080406/ai_n25144893]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Late in the evening of April 5, 1968, the sky over Washington was empty except for our Air Force jet tearing north. On board was the delegation that President Lyndon Johnson had sent to Memphis before dawn that day to convey his condolences and those of the nation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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