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Tunis - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on 29 September 2010 in Tunis, approved a proposal for a multi-donor Governance Trust Fund.

New York: Despite the tough global economy, new commitments by governments give hope that deaths from malaria, which now kills some 1 million people around the world every year, can be eliminated by the target date of 2015, a senior United Nations official said today.

New York: Participants at a United Nations-backed conference in Moscow today adopted an action plan to expand and improve comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the world's most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending up to $250 million to help India develop its tourism sector into a driver of sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping India protect its coastline affected by severe erosion.

KOLKATA: For academics involved or interested in the history of development of socialist ideas of different strains, the Oxford University Press-project., The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism (OHHC), is slated to open up a new window on the vast subject although efforts along identical lines are afoot in West Europe.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Less than a month away from the local bodies elections in the State, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is looking neither united nor democratic. The acrimony that marked the seat allocation talks have proved, if proof were needed, that the UDF is at war with itself.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sold $232.2 million in Clean Energy Bonds to support its renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Asia and the Pacific.

New Delhi: Commonwealth Sports Ministers will meet during the 19th Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on 4 October 2010.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Ms. Valerie Cerra visited Cape Verde during September 15-28, 2010 to conduct the 2010 Article IV Consultation and reach understandings on a policy framework for a new one-year Policy Support Instrument (PSI). The mission met with Finance Minister Cristina Duarte, Central Bank Governor Carlos Burgo, other government officials, labor unions, representatives of the business community, members of civil society, and development partners.