- Fourth U.N. Conference on Least Developed Countries convenes next week in Istanbul,
- Two-thirds of developing countries are on track to meet Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); for others, challenges remain.
- Despite setbacks due to conflict, Nepal, Solomon Islands and Rwanda have made progress on issues such as primary education, reducing maternal mortality.
Bahadur Magar once had to borrow to put food on the table. Then, with seed money and training from a World Bank-backed program, he started a vegetable business, earning enough money to feed his family year-round and send his eight children to school.
“Instead of collecting money, the man I used to borrow from comes over to buy vegetables,” says the farmer from a remote district in eastern Nepal.
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