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Continental Divide; Asia has been growing rapidly for 25 years. So why does half it s population live on $2 a day? Inside the Asia you don't see.(Cover Story)
Byline: George Wehrfritz, Joe Cochrane and Jonathan Ansfield (With B. J. Lee in Seoul and Ron Moreau and Sudip Mazumdar in Bangalore)
Asia doesn't have Bono, Bob Geldof and Jeffrey Sachs, the tireless trio that has made eradicating misery in Africa their personal crusade. But one leader acts as if he's bucking for the job: South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun. As host of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit this week in Busan, he plans to put Asian poverty at the top of the agenda. "I wish to draw attention to the gravity of the social disparities permeating both within as well as between nations," he told journalists during a Blue House luncheon in ...
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- Magazine article from: Reproductive Health Matters May 1, 2004 700+ words
...different settings in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. It documents levels...and 13-78% in East Asia and the Pacific. In sub-Saharan Africa, low levels of condom...current evidence from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia and the implications...
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- Magazine article from: Reproductive Health Matters May 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Hopes and Realities: Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and Their Reproductive Experiences January 1, 1995 700+ words
...DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC AND LIVING CONDITIONS IN 42 COUNTRIES Sub-Saharan Africa % annual Total % growth in population, population food 1995...Tunisia, 1988 50 83 Yemen, 1991-1992 34 (4) 37 (2) Asia % annual Total % growth in population, population food 1995...
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- Newspaper article from: Hopes and Realities: Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and Their Reproductive Experiences January 1, 1995 700+ words
...EDUCATIONALAND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AMONG WOMEN IN 42 COUNTRIES Sub-Saharan Africa % of women % of women 20-24 with 20-24 [greater than...1990 80 10 Tunisia, 1988 77 13 Yemen, 1991-1992 18 7 Asia % of women % of women 20-24 with 20-24 [greater than...
Source: HighBeam Research, Continental Divide; Asia has been growing rapidly for 25 years. So...