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The Wall Street Journal reports on a possible negative effect of granting food aid to developing countries.

It is an article about Iraq which explains a development in Iraq's economy.

The article discusses instances the WTO has failed to improve the lives of the poor.

This article is about the life expectancy in the UK. Life expectancy is an important signal of the development. This article shows that the UK is well developed.

This article is about the development in terms of the environment and also we can call it 'green' economic growth.

This article is about the Botswana Bureau of Standards working on developing a new quality of standard for bottled waters (both domestically produced and foreign imports). This is a form of trade barrier as foreign exporters may have to raise their quality of bottled water to the new standard in order to export.

Japan, as we know, was devastated by the earthquake last year. This article is just thanking the world for all the aid. This article indirectly shows that the right sort of aid to a country with a stable political sector will ultimately help the country. 

The article discusses the measures taken to ensure developing countries get the most out of their natural resources.

the new development give access for people with mobility problems.

Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world. It has a life expectancy of 40 years, half that of many of the developed countries.

This article talks about Obama (US) submitting a free trade agreement to Panama, Columbia and Korea (South, I believe). The free trade agreement would benefit the different nations, as well as raise issues in different ways as two of the countries are developing and one is a developed country.

This article discusses China's income distribution gap. It also relates to the methods used and the dishonesty China has presented previously. Philosophically, there should be no income gap because of the basic concepts of communism, but this is not the case.

This is an interesting article relating the amount of infections in a society and the poverty rate. 

the article is related with the report of government related with Japan population.

This article discusses China's development and cites its Gini index.

The article is about the fear that the decrease in imports and exports will slow down the economic growth of China.

This article is about how China's exports have decreased and this small decrease has proportionally decreased the economic growth rate. 

This is an article about how there is more FDI going towards Nigeria and other parts of Africa. This will help the African nations if the politics around the investment are controlled. Usually there will be a increase in the wealthier population and an increase in the poorer population without much growth to the middle class

I think that this article is very relevant to our Week 5 topic demand not only because it is about Apple but the fact that they constantly develop new technologies to increase consumer demands.

This article is about Shanghai (China) setting a record of having the average life expectancy up to 82.13 years of age from a previous record of 81.73 years of age. It is also said in the article that the mortality rate of infants, and adults have both decreased.