Category: Development Report (发展报道)

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. We talked last week about Mercy Corps, a nonprofit group that provides emergency services after disasters. Another organization involved in this kind…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Often, when a natural disaster strikes, one of the first groups to offer help is Mercy Corps. This American nonprofit organization has…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Farmers use different kinds of soil conservation methods to protect their land from damage by farming and the forces of nature. One…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This summer, heavy rains and flooding have caused more than five hundred deaths in South Asia. More than ten million people have…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organization says that breastfeeding is the best way to provide babies with the nutrients and protection against infection they…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Clay is found almost everywhere in the world. It is formed by the action of wind and water on rocks over thousands…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Former South African president Nelson Mandela celebrated his eighty-ninth birthday last week by launching “the Elders.” This is a group of men…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In September of two thousand, world leaders set eight goals for bringing millions of people out of poverty. These became known as…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Soon, more of us will be living in cities than in rural areas. Population experts at the United Nations had thought that…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Scientists say they have made more progress in developing malaria-resistant mosquitoes. The idea is to release genetically engineered insects like these into…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Officials from some of the world’s leading banks were in the Netherlands last week for a conference on microfinance lending. The Dutch…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United States has accused several of its Arab allies of being among the worst offenders of human trafficking. The State Department…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The Asian Development Bank was created in nineteen sixty-six, two years after the African Development Bank. Today both of them are talking…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Robert Zoellick is President Bush’s choice to head the World Bank. He is fifty-three years old and currently a vice chairman at…

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The African Development Bank held its yearly meeting in Shanghai, China earlier this month. The bank’s chief economist announced the economic growth…