VOA慢速英语2010-Development Report - World Bank Sees Prog

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank says most developing countries have made important progress toward the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. Last week the international lender released its yearly World Devel

VOA标准英语2012--Indicators Show US Economic Recovery Slow, Uneven

Indicators Show US Economic Recovery Slow, Uneven Economists say trucks haul nearly 70 percent of the freight used in the United States. The American Trucking Association says freight is a measure of the economy, because manufacturers have to move ra

NPR 2011-06-18

There are more reports of indiscriminate killing by the autocratic regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Activists say security forces fired on thousands of protesters today, killing a teenage boy and at least 15 other civilians. The three-mont

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 24 November 2006 watch Matchmaking report Afghanistan's road to reconstruction depends critically on its ability to re-build its economy. Experts say the best way to do that is to develop new opportunities by creating

VOA标准英语2013--Developing World Investment to Rise

Developing World Investment to Rise The developing world is poised to become a major player in global investment. The World Bank says in fewer than 20 years half the global stock of capital will be in developing countries. That compares to about one-

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The government will devote more efforts in 2017 to implement the new assessment mechanism of local officials that focuses more on environment than economic growth, said the top economic planner. 国家最高经济规划部门近日表示，2017年，政

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Stock prices just keep going up and up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high yesterday, and so did a closely watched broader index, the Samp;P 500. To help explain what's behind the latest surge on Wall Street, w

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Urges Greater Investment in Maternal, C

By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 16 September 2009 The United Nations says maternal and child mortality rates in the Asia-Pacific region are not improving fast enough because of poor access to reproductive health care. U.N. officials say more resources are

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VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week - World Bank Data

Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. The World Bank lends money to promote development, and to help achieve its goals it collects a lot of data. For years, the World Bank has been on

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European Economy Shrinks

PARIS Europe's two biggest economies have managed to dodge recession, but newly published statistics offer grim news for the region as a whole. New figures released by Eurostat statistical agency show the economies of both the eurozone and the 27-mem

Europe Faces More Negative Economic Indicators

The 17 eurozone nations are facing a new wave of negative economic indicators, a further signal that Europe's currency bloc is headed toward a recession. The European Commission said Friday that executive and consumer confidence dropped in December t

奥巴马承诺美国新的发展目标

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday committed the U.S. to achieving global development goals at a United Nations summit, vowing to reduce inequality and create opportunities around the world. In doing so, we rec

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The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) publishes the only global university ranking that measures the quality of education and training of students as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without rely

China expects steady, rapid growth in 2012

BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- China's economy will maintain steady and rapid development momentum this year though facing downward pressures, said a senior official on Friday. The overall economic conditions are good and growth rates are within the exp

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Three new-generation BeiDou navigation satellites were launched last year, and 98 percent of the components were Chinese made. BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has been in operation since 2000, making China the third country with an autonomous nav-

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How do you gauge a country's well-being? The usual approach is to look at economic indicators like GDP or employment figures, or social ones like literacy levels or crime rates. But in Britain politicians are seeking a much more basic measure of the