But the government is stressing that countering the rebels will not work without efforts to simultaneously draw the tribal groups into the development process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

He said discussions with the Iranians could continue, but not about Iran's nuclear development.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

"It not only will affect the growth and the economic development, but it will have a severe consequence especially on the disaster emergency relief funding that will be required,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

But some questions remain. Activists say, for example, that the G-20 promised $100 billion for multi-lateral institutions like the African and Asian Development Banks, but did not specify where the money would come from.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

"We're talking about the livelihoods of millions of people but we're also talking about a huge potential resource of hydropower which can not only provide foreign revenues to the countries, but can those revenues can then be used to finance other development programs and help countries meet their targets on poverty alleviation and millenium development goals,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.11