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Roger Groenink

BBC NEWS | Europe | Church leader sparks Georgian baby boom - 0 views

  • "When he announced that he would baptise any child born to parents with at least two children already we could not resist the opportunity to have another baby. To have a child baptised by the Patriarch is so very special."
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      A factor affecting Fertility Rates...
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    Two years after having one of the lowest birth rates in the world, Georgia is enjoying something of a baby boom, following an intervention from the country's most senior cleric.
Matt Podbury

5 Creative Ways Countries Tried To Up Their Birth Rates | Mental Floss - 6 views

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    List of weird and wonderful pro natalist policies from around the world
Kathleen Noreisch

Ancient Italian Town Has Wind at Its Back - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Faced with sky-high electricity rates, small communities across a country known more for garbage than environmental citizenship are finding economic salvation in making renewable energy.
Richard Allaway

YouTube - People & Power - Philippines Baby Boom - 18 Nov 08 - Part 1 - 1 views

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    The Philippines has one of the highest birth rates in Asia. Economists say that unintended pregnancies are stifling growth and driving millions into poverty. However, the government has refused to promote modern contraceptives which have succeeded in curbing population growth elsewhere on the continent.
Kathleen Noreisch

Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve, say experts | Environment | T... - 1 views

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    Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change
Richard Allaway

Suicide rate rises among China's elderly - 0 views

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Richard Allaway

Unintended pregnancy is becoming a problem of the poor, report says - latimes.com - 0 views

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    Unintended Pregnancies in the US (a very quick article to stimulate a discussion about fertility rates in MEDCs)
Sage Borgmastars

Factsheet -- Debt Relief Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative - 3 views

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    "Factsheet Debt Relief Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative September 22, 2009 The Joint IMF-World Bank's comprehensive approach to debt reduction is designed to ensure that no poor country faces a debt burden it cannot manage. To date, debt reduction packages under the HIPC Initiative have been approved for 35 countries, 29 of them in Africa, providing US$51 billion in debt-service relief over time. Five additional countries are potentially eligible for HIPC Initiative assistance. Debt relief key to poverty reduction The HIPC Initiative was launched in 1996 by the IMF and World Bank, with the aim of ensuring that no poor country faces a debt burden it cannot manage. Since then, the international financial community, including multilateral organizations and governments have worked together to reduce to sustainable levels the external debt burdens of the most heavily indebted poor countries. In 1999, a comprehensive review of the Initiative allowed the Fund to provide faster, deeper, and broader debt relief and strengthened the links between debt relief, poverty reduction, and social policies. In 2005, to help accelerate progress toward the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) , the HIPC Initiative was supplemented by the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) . The MDRI allows for 100 percent relief on eligible debts by three multilateral institutions-the IMF, the World Bank, and the African Development Fund (AfDF)-for countries completing the HIPC Initiative process. In 2007, the Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB) also decided to provide additional ("beyond HIPC") debt relief to the five HIPCs in the Western Hemisphere. Two step process Countries must meet certain criteria, commit to poverty reduction through policy changes and demonstrate a good track-record over time. The Fund and Bank provide interim debt relief in the initial st
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