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Poverty

 Driving home a point without any solutions

THE BRANDT Commission in 1980 had called for a world "based less on power and status, more on justice and contract; less discretionary, more governed by fair and open rules". Shridath

Publication Date: 
14/07/1992
Amit Mitra
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Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Poverty, United States Of America (US), Global, Developing Countries, Rio Summit
Poverty

 Tears, no funds, for the poor

The chapter on poverty was adopted, but the US voiced its objections loud and clear

Publication Date: 
14/07/1992
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Slums, Aid, Poverty, World Bank, NGO, Brazil, Sustainable Development
Poverty

 Children: victims of war and poverty

WAR HAS emerged as a major child-killer in the 1980s. Some 1.5 million children died in conflicts; Five million were turned into refugees and another 12 million were rendered homeless. War caused

Publication Date: 
Monday, June 29, 1992
Down to Earth
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Urban Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, Children, Poverty, War, Statistics

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