Several people are credited with being the first to use microfinance as a tool for social improvement.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

With the gold they found in the mountains came a desire for further improvement.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

Aside from the high jobless rate, Mr.Obama credits his $787 billion economic stimulus plan with the recent improvement in the nation's economy.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

During the exercises, military observers stay in the background taking notes with suggestions for improvement.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

But with prices still falling, realtors predict an improvement for March and April.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

But Maryland Democrat Elijah Cummings noted what he called a major improvement with job losses going from 700,000 per month at the start of the recession to 11,000 in November.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

President Obama has said he would be willing to speak with Cuba's leaders, but would maintain the embargo as leverage to push for democratic change and an improvement in human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.04.07

Borlaug remained involved with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico, even after his research took him to other parts of the globe, where he replicated the success he had had in Mexico, building his reputation as father of the "green revolution" in the 1960's.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13