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Europe–Too Soon for An 'All Clear'
The economic crisis that once seemed poise to rip the euro zone apart more recently appears to have receded.
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Global Food Security and the American Interest
Senator Mike Johanns delivered the keynote speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on global food security.
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Aid to Developing Countries Reached Record Level in 2013
Development aid rose by 6.1% in real terms in 2013 to reach the highest level ever recorded, according an annual survey of donor spending plans by the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
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USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah testifies before Congressional committees
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah testified before Congressional committees this week. According to the administrator, Feed the Future assisted more than 7 million farmers to increase their yields and helped to improve the nutrition of 12 million children in 2012.
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Green Meets Brown: The Many Colours of a Food Revolution
Dr. Norman Borlaug, "the Father of the Green Revolution" would be turning 100 this week. Influential figures in the fight against hunger gathered in his honour in Mexico, to celebrate his work in wheat improvement that saved more than a billion people worldwide from starvation.
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Putin and the Ukrainian Crisis Are Not Our Fault
There’s a theory, held by some American pundits, that Vladimir Putin’s menacing of Ukraine is all our fault.
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Photo of the Week
A farmer in Milani, Kenya, measures fertilizer with a One Acre Fund planting scoop and pours the microdose of fertilizer into holes his group members have dug for his maize.
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Roger Thurow's Book, The Last Hunger Season, Recommended by Bill and Melinda Gates
Roger Thurow’s book, The Last Hunger Season, was picked by Bill and Melinda Gates as one of 10 recommended books.
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Bill and Melinda Gates: Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we've done...
A conversation with Chris Anderson, Bill and Melinda Gates.
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Commentary- Investments in Women Can End Global Hunger
Ending hunger and ending poverty are goals on which we all agree. The world has thousands of schemes to attempt to achieve these goals, but we often overlook the simplest, most direct and effective method to change the world: investing in women.