2007-08-27 Mercy Corps Seeks to Expand Its Services
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Often, when a natural disaster strikes, one of the first groups to…
2007-08-20 Building a Windbreak to Protect Crops
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Farmers use different kinds of soil conservation methods to protect their land…
2007-08-13 UN Reports on Extreme Weather and Climate Events
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This summer, heavy rains and flooding have caused more than five hundred…
2007-08-06 Should HIV-Infected Mothers Breastfeed?
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organization says that breastfeeding is the best way to…
2007-07-30 Working With Clay: A How-to Guide
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Clay is found almost everywhere in the world. It is formed by…
2007-07-23 Mandela Forms ‘Elders’ to Work on World Problems
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Former South African president Nelson Mandela celebrated his eighty-ninth birthday last week…
2007-07-09 Seeing Pressures but Also Possibilities in Urban Growth
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Soon, more of us will be living in cities than in rural…
2007-07-16 Progress Mixed Halfway to Development Goals for 2015
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In September of two thousand, world leaders set eight goals for bringing…
2007-07-02 Researchers Work on Malaria-Resistant Mosquitoes
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Scientists say they have made more progress in developing malaria-resistant mosquitoes. The…
2007-06-25 Banks Look to Expand Microfinance Services
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Officials from some of the world’s leading banks were in the Netherlands…
2007-06-18 US Lists More Nations as Worst for Modern-Day Slavery
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United States has accused several of its Arab allies of being…
2007-06-11 ‘Two Faces of Asia’ Test Future of Development Bank
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The Asian Development Bank was created in nineteen sixty-six, two years after…
2007-06-04 Newsmaker: Robert Zoellick, Nominee to Lead World Bank
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Robert Zoellick is President Bush’s choice to head the World Bank. He…
2007-05-28 Are the World’s Institution Lenders Ready to Reform?
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The African Development Bank held its yearly meeting in Shanghai, China earlier…
2007-05-21 Bringing Color to Life With Natural Dyes
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Dye can bring a little color to life. Most clothing is colored…