Nigeria's national assembly ended months of wrangling when it passed a controversial bill governing President Olusegun Obananjo's development plans in the oil-producing Niger delta. The bill sets up

A third of the world's six billion people live in a state of extreme poverty, state of "brutal inequality" that mars the dawn of the new millennium, the United Nations has

The Delhi government has announced the setting up of a development board for ensuring the progress of the rural areas of the national capital

The World Bank said on Thursday that "bad governance" and fall in revenues were responsible for increased poverty in

World Bank officials have admitted that some projects in India have failed as resettlement problems remain unsolved and ordinary villagers remain uncompensated for their trials and

A United Nations-appointed study team has labelled the World Trade Organisation a "nightmare" for developing countries and suggested the body should be brought under the UN's purview. The team - in a

The World Bank will extend all possible help and assistance to development projects pertaining to women in Pakistan, said the Bank's gender coordinator, Karin Kapadia. During a meeting

report : Little investment in social sectors, poverty and large families are the main causes of child labour in Pakistan, says a report. The report, prepared by a UK-based organization, has suggested

The World Trade Organisation must not be turned into an international forum for dealing with such sensitive non-trade concerns as social, health and environmental policy issues, a British government

Report: Pace of poverty reduction in the country slowed down after economic reforms began in the ealry 90s despite an average economic growth rate of over 6 per cent per annum during 1990-98.This