Economic Growth Key To Unpoverty Goals:IMF

The global financial crisis derailed efforts to slash poverty and hunger worldwide by 2015, but boosting economic growth in poor countries can help restore momentum again, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday last week.

In a position note before a United Nations summit of world leaders next week to take stock of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the IMF said the goals will be difficult to meet without restoring growth.

Leaders are expected to stick to the eight goals but are unlikely to make ambitious new promises including on aid.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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