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Tony Blair's desire to save Africa is admirable; his ideas are not

Debt campaigners welcomed Gordon Brown's announcement today of a "modern Marshall Plan" for Africa, but expressed concerns that the initiative was deficient and fraught with problems for poor countries.

As Blair and Bush close in on deal over debt, UN report reveals human cost

The UK and EU are keeping the poorer nations exactly where they want them: beholden to their patrons

The world's most developed nations have reaffirmed the need to provide debt relief to poor countries.

The fight against extreme poverty can be won, but only if Bush recognises that military might alone won't secure the world

Jeffrey Sachs, a prominent US economist and a special adviser to the UN secretary general, argues in a new book that extreme poverty could be eradicated by 2025.