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• West is urged to cancel further $400bn of poor countries' debt

  May 16 2008:

  Report calls for removal of major obstacle to the battle against global poverty, and reform of lending system

• Our man in Africa

  May 11 2008:

  Jamie Drummond lobbies the richest people on behalf of the poorest. Tim Adams meets the man with a direct line to the most powerful leaders

• At last, Africa is starting to see a green revolution. Let's hope it's not too late

  Apr 21 2008:

  Madeleine Bunting: After decades of ruinous western meddling, donors now realise the key to feeding this starving continent is small farmers

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• Alexander resists demand by aid agencies for World Bank boycott

  Apr 14 2008:

  Campaign groups say Britain should use its power to stop policies such as privatisation

• Another poor year for overseas aid

  Apr 5 2008:

  OECD report show developing countries are betrayed by richer nations failing to fulfil their pledges

• Aid to developing world falls for second year

  Apr 4 2008:

  OECD figures show G8 Gleneagles target looks likely to be missed

• HSBC poised to write off $17bn debts

  Mar 2 2008:

  Banking giant HSBC is this week expected to reveal that it is writing off $11bn (£5.5bn) of its US mortgage and consumer lending, as part of a $17bn write-off against bad debts across its global operations

• Darkness that grows as fast as your debt

  Dec 9 2007:

  When money problems lead to depression, the downward spiral can be difficult to arrest, writes Margaret Dibben

• Regulator punishes mortgage brokers over poor advice

  Nov 27 2007:

  The Financial Services Authority, the City regulator, is taking action against seven unnamed mortgage brokers after a wide-ranging review that revealed a quarter of the brokers it surveyed were giving poor quality advice

• The World Bank and conditionality

  Nov 20 2007: Letter: Your article about World Bank loans (Charities want UK to withhold World Bank cash over loans to poor, November 13) would have benefited from the bank's voice

• Vultures in pursuit of £1bn threaten debt-relief deal

  Oct 22 2007:

  Legal action worth almost £1bn by "vulture funds" against some of the world's poorest countries poses a threat to the debt cancellation deal agreed by the G8.

• Vultures leave the developing world hungry

  Oct 20 2007:

  Letters: The article tucked away in your Financial section (How top London law firms help vulture funds devour their prey, October 17) was astonishing in its depiction of man's capacity for greed.

• How top London law firms help vulture funds devour their prey

  Oct 17 2007:

  Indebted poor countries are being taken for millions of dollars in the courts.

• UN a million miles from meeting development goals, says Brown

  Jul 31 2007: Gordon Brown has used his first speech to the UN as prime minister to warn the world that it is a 'million miles' from meeting its promises to relieve poverty, HIV and illiteracy in poor countries.

• Anti-poverty targets in Africa will not be met, UN warns

  Jul 2 2007:

  · Millennium goals within reach for much of world
  · Unsafe water undermines educational reforms

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