Today we talk about a method that helps provide low-income people with the financial services they need to improve their lives.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

But he says some countries including Botswana, Mauritius and Cape Verde have worked hard to improve their governance.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

Teachers at the writing center at Purdue University in West Lafayette,Indiana work with students to improve their writing.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

He laughed with the cheering crowds and told them that the New Deal had helped improve their lives.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

Many colleges and universities in the United States have writing centers to help students improve their skills.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

There are also two movies about African-American teenagers and the people who help them improve their lives.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

He wants to give poor people in developing countries a simple way to improve their lives.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

But it also made it difficult for them to earn enough money to improve their condition.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Many universities now provide language training to foreign teaching assistants to help them improve their English.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Over the centuries,scientific thinkers worked to develop these devices and improve their accuracy and complexity.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

They think these products, called vitamin supplements, will improve their health and protect against disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

Ms. Streeter and other therapists help people face problems and improve their relationships with others.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Women usually spend their money in ways that improve their families' nutrition, health and education.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Organisms that are genetically modified,G.M.O.s, have had their genes changed to improve their characteristics.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Ms.Bientema says countries must improve their higher education systems to get more qualified researchers.

VOA: special.2011.05.03

They tried to improve their towns with churches,schools and the rule of law.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

Another goal is to help manufacturers of antivenom medicines improve their products.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Professor Popkin says American schools also need to improve their nutrition.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

She says for developing countries to improve their crop output, investment needs to be made in promoting traditional farming techniques.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

While many actors think plastic surgery will improve their chances of getting a part, Marlowe suggests it could actually hurt them.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

They say if mental health care is included in standard care for patients with traumatic brain injury, it could improve their outcome.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The U.S.has agreed to establish a $147 million dollar fund to help cotton farmers in Brazil and other countries improve their production.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Tribal elders,however, call on state and federal governments to improve their swine flu strategies for Aborigines.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

As part of their efforts to improve their exposure and relationships with people worldwide, the Inuit and other native peoples of the region are hosting Canada's Northern House in downtown Vancouver.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Professor Ahmed Abdul-Karim Saif, who teaches at the University of Sanaa, says that both the government and the Houthi rebels are trying to "improve their positions" in the build-up to what appears to be an imminent ceasefire.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

"I think that the Americans want to improve their relations with Syria to weaken Iran and to further isolate it in the region, so I don't think the Americans need Syria as a mediator with Iran, because that would improve relations between Tehran and Damascus,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.18