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/ 28 February 2007
Does the presence of Heineken beer in Sierra Leone contribute to reduction of child mortality? How does chemicals company Akzo Nobel help prevent environmental damage? The Dutch have set up an "MDG Scan" to keep score on what multinational companies do towards realisation of the United Nations’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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/ 13 December 2006
By 2030, 1,2-billion people in developing countries will belong to a global middle class, up from 400-million today. The increase in wealth will make income inequality and environmental pressures more acute, predicts the World Bank in a report titled <i>Managing the Next Wave of Globalisation</i>.