Eric Swanson is a program manager for the World Development Indicators.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

The World Bank says most developing countries have made important progress toward the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

The United Nations Development Program, the World Bank and other private, public and international groups supported the project.

VOA: special.2009.09.07

But South African President Jacob Zuma says holding the World Cup has brought development that will help the country for many years.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Mister Quinn says world leaders will discuss the issue later this year at a meeting on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Doctor Bernadette Daelmans is an expert on newborn and child health development for the World Health Organization.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

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

VOA: special.2009.12.08

These include the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Asian and African development banks.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

And,they show that women are the answer to successful economic and social development in the world.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

It also works with the World Food Organization and the Pan American Development Foundation to help Haitians,especially after the food shortage riots last year.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

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

The World Bank and two European development banks agreed last week to provide up to thirty-one billion dollars in aid to central and eastern Europe.

VOA: special.2009.03.06

Peter Smerdon at the World Food Program says emergency aid must include development assistance.

VOA: special.2010.10.18

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the world's goals for peace,security, and sustainable development are at risk until women and girls are freed from poverty and injustice.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

The aim is to help fight world hunger through agricultural development programs.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

Development Report. Clay is found almost everywhere in the world.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

Reports from the region have suggested the staff members worked for the World Food Program and the U.N.Development Program.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Then he trucked a sailboat through South Africa, coordinating that journey with the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

But she said the U.S.Agency for International Development, will be rebuilt into the world's premier development agency.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

"European countries have been leaders in addressing the economic and social development challenges of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The national budget has not been passed, the economy is stagnant, and development is at a standstill in one of the world's poorest nations.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

State-owned investment company Dubai World,which manages much of the city-state's massive development projects, is asking creditors for a delay in repaying about $60 billion in debt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

But he said the downturn also provided an opportunity to forge a new relationship whereby Africa drives its own development agenda in partnership with the world community.

VOA: standard.2009.06.10

"Be very clear, the issue of climate change is connected to development, it is connected to growth, and no country in the world can accept a freeze on its development,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Where the world's poorest countries are concerned, the G20 says that narrowing the development gap and reducing poverty are integral to a broader objective of achieving strong,sustainable and balanced growth.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

In December, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticized Rosneft, the state run company that owns the world's largest oil and gas reserves, for spending only of its revenues on research and development.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

"I think we are recognizing that the Washington consensus on economic policy is over - that the old world has gone, that we have got to build a new consensus on economic development for the future,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.25