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The Global Competitiveness Report 2011

Just released by the World Economic Forum

7th SEP 2011

Kofi

Conflicts around the world are both changing and, in some measure, declining. One big reason: The art of conflict resolution and the numbers of people practicing it have risen.

17th AUG 2011

Bill Gates

Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has weighed in to Australia's pre-budget debate, urging the federal government to hold firm on its plan to double foreign aid in the next

9th MAY 2011

AppsDevelopment

The winners of the World Bank's Apps for Development competition have been announced.

27th APR 2011

slideshow

More than 1.5 billion people live in countries affected by violent conflict. The WDR2011 focuses on Conflict, Security and Development in the 21st century, and how conflict impacts a regions

20th APR 2011

Children in Delhi, next to a billboard for a comic book fair

The 2011 Global Monitoring Report, a joint report of the World Bank and the IMF, finds that the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015 will drop to 883 million, down from 1.4 billion in

20th APR 2011

Handout picture released by TEPCO via Jiji Press on 21 March shows smoke rising from reactor No 3 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

The latest on the situation in Japan is stabilising, according to the IAEA

23rd MAR 2011

China-and-greater-Asia-Pacific

5 ways in which the international community has mobilised to help Japan through its current crisis.

16th MAR 2011

IncomeInequality

The Economist take a look at increasing regional income inequality in rich nations in a post financial crisis world.

14th MAR 2011

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