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Artificial intelligence can find, map poverty: Researchers

A new technique using artificial intelligence to read satellite images could aid efforts to eradicate global poverty ...

UNICEF finds dramatic inequality among world`s poorest, richest children

The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of ...

Richest 62 people own same as half world`s population: Oxfam

The wealthiest 62 people now own as much as half the worlds population, some 3.5 billion people, as the super-rich ...

In line with strategy to mature into an emerging economy, Nepal joins the Better Than Cash Alliance

- As part of its national vision to graduate from its Least Developed Country status, Nepal has announced an ...

Gates Foundation Commits $50 Million to Support Emergency Response to Ebola

- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that it will commit $50 million to support the scale up of ...

Pope Francis calls for promoting peace initiative in Syria, Ukraine

Pope Francis called for launching peace initiatives in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and Venezuela, elaborating on the ...

IFC Exercises Convertible Bond in Wintermar Offshore Marine (IDX:WINS) for 4.92% of Enlarged Capital

PT Wintermar Offshore Marine Tbk (WINS) is pleased to announce that IFC, a member of the World Bank Group focused on ...

Bill and Melinda Gates: Three Myths that Block Progress for the Poor

- Today, Bill and Melinda will share their co-authored 2014 Annual Letter. This year's letter, "Three Myths that Block ...

IFC Partners with MAIPARK to Provide Earthquake-Index Insurance for Indonesian Banks

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed a cooperation agreement with PT Asuransi MAIPARK Indonesia, a specialist ...

IFC Invests Record $438m in Indonesia to Support Infrastructure Development, Expand Access to Finance

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, sees attractive investment opportunities in Indonesia in the long-term, despite ...

First Global Vaccine Summit Highlights Remarkable Progress Towards Vaccinating Every Child

- More than 300 global leaders, health and development experts, vaccinators, celebrities, philanthropists, and business ...

UN HLP recommends bold framework for Post-2015 Development

Members of the United Nations High-Level Panel (UN HLP) of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda issued ...

Indonesia racing against time to achieve MDGs

Many developing countries including Indonesia have just less than three years to make significant progresses in ...

British focus on fragile states in reaching MDGs

With just over 1000 days left to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), British government is focusing on ...

Private sector can stimulate sustainable development: British PM

British Prime Minister David Cameron expected that the private and investment sector as the best way to stimulate ...