One of the Millennium Development Goals is to reduce by half the number of people living in extreme poverty by twenty fifteen.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

The advice comes from information written by Jenny Dean of the Intermediate Technology Development Group in Britain.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

His work has made possible the development of communications carried around the world by the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

The award recognizes the work of individuals who have helped human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Today we tell about the development of what scientists are calling a synthetic cell - a cell produced by people instead of by nature.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

And that's the VOA special English development report written by June Simms, tell us about the situation of women where you are and will there be a local celebration of International Women's Day?

VOA: special.2010.03.08

So therefore, these kids are at higher risk for the development of plaque in their arteries as time goes by."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Immigration specialist Georges Lemaitre, of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, is not surprised by these reports.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

The president said Ghana has become an example for the rest of the continent a country where development is spurred by good governance.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

He says his decision was guided in large part by new intelligence that shows Iran is focusing on the development of medium and short-range missiles.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The country had hoped to bring that figure down to 140 deaths per 100,000 births by 2015 as part of its commitment to its Millennium Development Goals,or MDGs.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Millennium Development Goal of cutting child deaths by two-thirds by 2015.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

But this is no reason for complacency. Our figures for 2009 and 2010 will decide whether Europe meets its target of official development of 0.56 percent of gross national income by 2010."

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

"In recent years, the development of rapid, diagnostic tests for malaria, also known as RDTs, which can be performed by healthcare workers after a brief training has made the extension of diagnostic testing to rural health facilities possible."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

U.S.President Barack Obama has already outlined Washington's new strategy, to deal strategically with Afghanistan and Pakistan together, to focus on both military and civilian development efforts and to step up diplomacy by bringing in neighboring countries as part of the solution.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Addressing a conference of prospective donor countries organized by the Haitian government and the Inter-American Development Bank, the secretary said Haiti may be at a historic turning point and that countries around the world have a stake in whether the government of President Rene Preval succeeds.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14