SCOTLAND’S population has risen to its highest level for nearly three decades, with migrants from Eastern Europe playing a significant role in the changing demographics.

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NEW YORK, April 28 (Reuters) – Brazil has no plan for secondary market trading of any potential bonds that it buys from the International Monetary Fund, issued as part of the lender’s efforts to boost its capital base, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Tuesday.

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KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) — The government is in the final stage of drafting a Bill on fair trade practices which is expected to be tabled in Parliament, the latest, at the end of the year.

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The population of Scotland has risen to its highest level since 1981, according to official figures.

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Kampala — THE World Bank has earmarked $11.7b to finance African economies hit by the global economic crisis, a senior official has said.

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A friend asked, “Can economic development and social justice be achieved simultaneously’” I think the answer is, “Yes, they always develop together but are always…

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The World Bank is ready to increase funding to Mexico and any other developing country around the world to deal with swine flu, a senior Bank official said on Monday.

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The IMF and World Bank have warned that the global economic crisis is turning into a “human calamity” and called on members to speed up pledged aid and give even more to help the most vulnerable.

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The global economic crisis is turning into “a human and development calamity,” with poorer countries being hit increasingly hard, the IMF and World Bank said Sunday.

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The IMF said it was time to talk exit strategies since all members now endorsed stimulus measures taken to combat the global financial crisis and the need to clean up banks’ bad assets.

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The World Bank on Saturday launched a 55-billion-dollar infrastructure investment program as part of efforts to help developing countries weather the worst global slump in decades.

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BANGKOK, April 25 (Bernama) — The World Bank on Saturday said it is mobilising up to US$3.1 billion this year in health financing to help poor countries battle threats to their social services during the global economic crisis, triple than its support of US$1.0 billion in 2008.

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(Adds details on ways to boost IMF capital, byline)

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Lagos — Talking about the Niger Delta region often makes me to wonder if there is anything else that people do not know or have not said about the region.

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Dr Myles Munroe, an internationally recognised motivational speaker, pastor, author and business consultant has identified globalisation as the major cause of the current world economic crisis.Munroe who made this known at seminar entitled: World Economic Crisis: The Solution” organised by the City of David Business Network, an arm of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, explained that …

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The new U.S. ambassador for global women’s issues pledged Thursday the Obama administration’s “deep commitment” to a U.N. blueprint aimed at slowing the world’s population explosion and empowering women.

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There really is a pot of gold. It belongs to the International Monetary Fund — $95 billion worth. And poor nations are chasing after it.

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The World Bank, seeking to bolster efforts to fight the worst global economic downturn since the Great Depression, said Thursday it would provide $45 billion over the next three years to support road building and other infrastructure projects in poor nations.

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Asian economies could see a modest recovery next year, boosted by stronger export demand and stimulus spending, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.

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Bolivian President Evo Morales on Wednesday accused the World Bank of trying to “blackmail” his country several years ago by demanding free-market reforms in exchange for aid loans.

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–”Ecologica” Combines Quality and Affordability With a Social Conscience and Healthy Living–

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An improved strategic partnership between Africa and the Arab world is urgently needed for checking the negative effects of globalization on the two blocs, President Umaru Musa Yar’adua said yesterday in Abuja.

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The International Monetary Fund has raised its estimate of losses from the global financial and economic crisis to more than four trillion dollars due to writedowns on soured credit.

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Over the past decade, Asia has been the preferred destination for many people seeking less expensive but high quality medical treatments.

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The World Bank said Tuesday it would triple its social safety net investments to 12 billion dollars over the next two years to help developing nations weather the global financial crisis.

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(Adds details, currency market)

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Lagos — One of the key speakers at the forthcoming 1st South-South Economic summit is Tom Craig, Managing Director of The Monitor Company.

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A number of countries still have fertility rates above 3.0 children per woman, among them Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Tajikistan and Timor-Leste.

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Population growth in the Asia-Pacific region has slowed to the lowest rate in the developing world, a United Nations report showed Tuesday.

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BANGKOK, April 21 (Bernama) — With fewer children being born and people living longer, the population of the Asia Pacific region is steadily growing older.

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Each summer, Julia Karstens of Germany has her teeth seen to in Serbia, where authorities are eager to lure tourists seeking cheaper medical bills amid the global economic crisis.

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WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) – Long-term Chinese economic growth prospects depend on recovery of private investment, the focus of public spending and the details of infrastructure projects, the World Bank’s China director said on Monday.

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The governors of the six South-South states in the country have announced their plans to partner with the private sector to ensure the growth and development of the region, through a summit that is targeted at promoting the competitiveness of the region among the global economic landscape.

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By Nevzat Devranoglu

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Abuja — As part of efforts towards tackling the global economic meltdown, six governors from Nigeria have been selected to participate in the 2009 Spring meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) holding in Washington between April 23 to 28.

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* Turkey’s Erdogan says talks with IMF continuing

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The International Monetary Fund approved a 47-billion-dollar credit line for Mexico Friday under a new scheme designed to throw a cash lifeline to countries hit by the global economic crisis.

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Maputo — The World Bank has announced a loan of 44.6 million US dollars to support the implementation of the Mozambican government’s Health Service Delivery Project (HSDP) for the period 2009-2014.

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Abeokuta — The World Bank has reiterated its commitment towards providing additional fund for Ogun State government to meet the cost of the on-going rehabilitation of water projects in the state.

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Fair Trade skincare has many benefits. They go beyond younger-looking skin, and can impact everything from the quality of the products we buy to the quality of life in developing countries.

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A major Sydney development has been put on hold, due to the economic downturn, putting more pressure on the state’s rising unemployment levels.

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The global economic meltdown may be starting to wind down, and recovery could emerge in 2010 if countries act together and immediately adopt policies aimed at ending the recession, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.

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The medical needs of the aging adult population will increase the market for robotics to assist in health care, according to a speaker at the RoboBusiness Conference in Boston.

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California and Florida, both beacons of the housing boom and subsequent bust, dominate the list of top 20 counties for the highest increases in median home value from 2000-07, as well as the list of highest decreases from 2007-09, according to an analysis of the 2009 Nielsen Claritas Update Demographics.

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Kigali — The 21st century has been accompanied with debate over whether the term ‘globalisation’, in reality, projects what it expresses.

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A Lancashire jail is one of the most overcrowded in the country.

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Washington, DC — In a dramatic turn of events, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scrapping some of the stringent harmful conditionalities that has caused lingering mistrust and stigmatised the Fund’s operations in developing countries, particularly in Africa.

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SenditCertified (www.SenditCertified.com/Medical) has announced a specialized version of their patent-pending technology platform, the ePackage(TM), developed for the Medical Tourism Industry. From April 27-29, top executives from SenditCertified will travel to Monterrey, Mexico to showcase the technology at the 2009 Latin America Medical Tourism and Health Tourism Congress.

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CATTLE are a coveted livestock species among people in Southern and other provinces in Zambia used mainly in agriculture upon which the livelihood of many people depends.

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