AIMS (Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea)
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29 Jun 2011
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24 Jun 2011
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http://www.mcc.gov/...
Good Governance, Policy Reforms Set Positive Example in Region
Washington, D.C. — Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Chief Executive Officer Daniel W. Yohannes joined Cape Verde Prime Minister José Maria Neves and hundreds of beneficiaries and stakeholders today on the Island of Santo Antão to celebrate the results of MCC’s $110 million economic growth compact with Cape Verde.
“Cape Verde has made remarkable strides to become a bastion of economic reform,...
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24 Jun 2011
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http://allafrica....
15 June 2011
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Paulo Drummond visited Bissau June 6–10, 2011. The mission met with President Malam Bacaí Sanhá, Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, Minister of Finance José Mario Vaz, Minister of Public Services Fernando Gomes, other government ministers and representatives of the private sector, the donor community, and other development partners.
At the conclusion of the visit, the mission issued the following...
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24 Jun 2011
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http://www.bbc.co....
3 December 2010
Poor countries as well as rich should look to cut carbon emissions, says Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed.
Continuing to equate the need to develop with the right to emit carbon dioxide is, he says, "quite silly".
Mr Nasheed was speaking to BBC News at the launch of a report on vulnerability to climate impacts, which the authors say shows no nation will be untouched.
He said The Maldives has not received any of the "fast-start" finance pledged by...
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24 Jun 2011
By MATTHEW SALTMARSH
Published: June 11, 2010
PARIS — The government of the Maldives wants its money back — $400 million to be precise.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the former president of Maldives, and his associates are believed to have looted some $400 million from the country’s government.
That is the amount that it estimates was looted by its former president, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, and his associates. Mr. Gayoom dominated politics in the Maldives, a tiny Indian Ocean nation...
