Millennium Promise: Extreme Poverty Ends Here: Millennium Promise: Extreme Poverty Ends Here

June 30, 2009 MacArthur Foundation http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.4196225/apps/s/content.asp?ct=7162229 Professional Training for Future Sustainable Development Leaders The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced grants totaling $7.6 million to nine universities in seven countries to establish new MDP programs, a key recommendation of the ICESDP. Established in 2007, the year-long Commission was co-chaired by John McArthur, Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Promise, and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and comprised of 20 top thinkers in the field of sustainable development from around the world. June 30, 2009 Millennium Villages Blog http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2009/06/30/a-camel-a-tree-and-a-blackboard-dertus-mobile-school/ A camel, a tree and a blackboard: Dertu’s mobile classrooms Living in the expansive countryside around the Dertu Millennium Village, the nomadic people have adjusted to life without a school building by creating a mobile classroom that provides lessons for children on a chalkboard underneath a tree. Millennium Promise's Joelle Bassoul Mojon reports on the challenges of life in rural Kenya and the successes of the mobile classroom. June 26, 2009 The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=Q8nXwkqhxfhpBKSSx5f2hqhmsnyrbYqh Needed: a New Generation of Problem Solvers Last October, the MacArthur Foundation and the ICESDP called on universities to restructure the curricula of the MDP programs to cultivate a new class of sustainability focused problem-solvers. Millennium Promise CEO John McArthur and Jeffrey Sachs reflect on the support that this call has garnered, the challenges ahead, and the role that the Millennium Villages can play in training the next generation of problem solvers. June 13, 2009 Global Brief http://globalbrief.ca/johnwmcarthur/2009/06/13/how-much-progress-in-africa/ How much progress in Africa? In a recent blog post for Global Brief, Millennium Promise CEO John McArthur discusses the considerable economic and social development progress in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years. The success stories he cites show why it is so important to debunk the claims of African regress. June 11, 2009 The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruxin/meeting-the-millennium-de_b_214482.html Meeting the Millennium Development Goals: The best investment we can make In the Huffington Post, Josh Ruxin explains why we must keep our promise to end global poverty, even during the economic recession. He cites Millennium Promise and the Millennium Villages as innovative models for development. June 10, 2009 MDG Centre http://mdg.ei.columbia.edu/east/sitefiles/file/BAACH%20press%20release%281%29%20-%20100609.pdf Kenya takes the lead in business alliance against chronic hunger Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga and a group of CEOs announced that Kenyan leaders will take over an innovative business alliance aimed at reducing hunger in Africa. "Building on successful public investments in the Millennium Villages Project in Sauri, the Alliance has mobilized private sector investment, helped raise household incomes and demonstrated a scalable pathway out of poverty," said Glenn Denning, Director of the MDG Centre in Nairobi. June 8, 2009 Millennium Villages Blog http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2009/06/08/us-editors-stop-in-sauri-on-kenya-tour/ US media editors stop in Sauri on Kenya tour In June, a group of senior editors and producers from US media houses visited the Sauri Millennium Villages to witness firsthand development programs in sub-Sharan Africa. June 3, 2009 Africa News http://www.africanews.com/site/A_visit_to_Mbola_Millennium_Village_in_Tanzania/list_messages/25062ganda-millennium-village-comparison Africa News visits Mbola Millennium Village Africa News visits the Mbola Millennium Village in Tanzania and takes a tour with the team leader. June 2, 2009 The Guardian (UK) http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/katineblog/2009/jun/02/jeffrey-sachs-online-chat Online chat with Jeffrey Sachs about aid for Africa Jeffrey Sachs answered questions about how aid works and whether it can help Africa in an online chat hosted by the Guardian's Katine Chronicles blog site. June 2, 2009 Millennium Villages Blog http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2009/06/02/matt-damon-visits-mayange/ Matt Damon visits Mayange, Rwanda Millennium Village On a recent fact finding mission in Rwanda, Matt Damon and a team from ONEXONE a nonprofit foundation that supports the work of Millennium Promise visited the Mayange Millennium Village. The team produced a short video of Matt talking about the school meals program and locally-owned businesses. May 28, 2009 The New Times (Rwanda) http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13909&article=16074 Aid helps build the foundations for prosperity The New Times in Rwanda outlines President Kagame’s position on aid, saying that he has never called for setting timetables for ending aid and that Rwanda still requires external assistance to develop and prosper. According to the article, he believes initial and temporary support helps build the foundations for prosperity if aid supports the strategic priorities of less developed countries. May 27, 2009 The Guardian (UK) http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine/2009/may/27/uganda-millennium-village Havens of hope and what can we learn from the Millennium Villages A series of articles in the Guardian explores the successes of the Uganda Millennium Villages and how they compare to the Katine project in the northern part of the country. [ link: Katine blog ] [ link: Guardian article ] [ link: Ruhiira gallery ] May 21, 2009 ad-hoc-news.de http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/ericsson-zain-and-the-earth-institute-fight-poverty-in--/de/Unternehmensnachrichten/20239624 Ericsson, Zain and the Earth Institute fight poverty in Millennium Village in Nigeria with mobile technology Ericsson and Zain are partnering with the Millennium Villages in Pampaida to install mobile technology in this part of rural Nigeria. May 20, 2009 KansasCity.com http://www.kansascity.com/402/story/1208005.html Legend rocks NYC rooftop for Show Me charity John Legend held a benefit in NYC on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 for his nonprofit Show Me charity. The organization supports the Millennium Village in Mbola, Tanzania. May 20, 2009 The Daily Ugandan http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/features/Community_health_workers_for_better_health_85117.shtml Community health workers for better health The Daily Monitor discusses the community health worker program in the Ruhiira, Uganda Millennium Village. The program is helping to provide basic medical assistance where there are no qualified health workers. May 13, 2009 GlobalBrief.ca: Global Blog http://globalbrief.ca/johnwmcarthur/2009/05/13/three-tweets-across-the-old-global-divide/ Three tweets across the (old) global divide In a blog post for Global Brief, John McArthur discusses the role of online social networks in the fight to end extreme poverty, hunger and preventable disease. May 11, 2009 African Monitor /mvdocs/ArchbishopNdungane-the_Place_of_Aid_in_Africa.pdf The place of aid in Africa’s solutions to its problems (PDF) Archbishop Njongo Ndungane argues that aid resources are vital for human survival and the development of many people in Africa. He writes that the debate on aid effectiveness should not be confused with aid necessity and its potential benefits. April 21, 2009 MTViggy.com http://www.mtviggy.com/global/innerview-jeffrey-sachs-segment-2 Jeffrey Sachs on MTV: "We are the generation that can end poverty." Jeffrey Sachs speaks to MTV's Innerview about ending extreme poverty 'in this marvelous age of know-how' and the work in the Millennium Villages. He also discusses what people can do to make a difference. April 9, 2009 Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/scidev/123929346729.htm Rural medics to get mobile advice 'hotline' The Millennium Villages project is launching an m-health program in Ghana to connect rural health workers with specially-trained doctors via a mobile phone. The pilot program is designed to support rural health workers who often receive limited support in their daily activities. April 9, 2009 Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040803599.html Keeping Africa’s turnaround on track President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, writes in the Washington Post that “strong action by African governments and robust support from the international community can keep Africa's recovery on track” even in the midst of a global economic crisis. April 8, 2009 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/opinion/09sachs.html?_r=1&ref=opinion Jeffrey Sachs op-ed for NYT: Homegrown aid In response to President Obama’s recent call on Congress to double agricultural support to developing countries, Jeffrey Sachs outlines the importance of a scientific, results-based approach to developing a successful program to boost productivity in Africa. April 8, 2009 Daily Monitor: Ugandan http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/features/Water_source_gives_despised_village_new_name_82809.shtml Water source gives despised village new name An article in the Daily Monitor highlights the successful water interventions implemented by the Millennium Villages project in Ruhiira, stating that residents in the area have waited over 60 years to get clean water. April 1, 2009 Earth Institute Blog: State of the Planet http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/blog/2009/04/01/everywhere-a-hammer-on-a-nail/ Blog Post: Everywhere a hammer on a nail A blog post by John McArthur refutes the claim that aid to Africa has been ineffective and cites evidence of successful programs in agriculture, education and health made possible by foreign aid. March 27, 2009 CNN http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/27/no-aid-for-africa/ John McArthur on CNN: foreign aid has brought tremendous achievements John McArthur discusses the many global successes made possible through foreign aid, including a ninety percent reduction in childhood deaths from measles, two million people newly on AIDS treatment and tens of millions of anti-malaria bed nets distributed across Africa. March 20, 2009 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/20/sachs.global.poverty/index.html Jeffrey Sachs commentary for CNN: 3 Billion Poor People Need World's Help In a commentary for CNN, Jeffrey Sachs discusses the G20 meeting in London, calling on world leaders to combine stimulus with economic development and sustainability to ensure all of the world benefits from a global recovery plan March 11, 2009 podcast.cbc.ca http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/dispatchesdonotusepl_20090309_12926.mp3 John McArthur on CBC Radio about the successes of foreign aid John McArthur talks with CBC Radio One about the global successes made possible by foreign aid support and the need for rich countries to keep their commitments. March 09, 2009 www.reliefweb.int http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7PVTCM?OpenDocument Maama kits promote safe deliveries in Uganda Medically supervised child-births have increased nearly tenfold in Ruhiira, Uganda since December 2007, from 8% to 75% of births. Read about the successes of “maama” kits, which provide essential resources to the hospital bed in order to help provide a safe delivery. February 25, 2009 www.pr.com http://www.pr.com/press-release/134455 Nika Water pledges to support Millennium Promise Read about a brand new company which aims to sell bottled water in the U.S. and donate some of the profits to Millennium Promise in support of our efforts to provide safer drinking water in areas that need it the most. Read more at NikaWater.org February 25, 2009 World Economic Forum http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_YGL2009 Millennium Promise CEO John McArthur recognized as a Young Global Leader The honour acknowledges the world’s most extraordinary young leaders who dedicate a part of their time to jointly address global challenges and who are committed to devote part of their knowledge and energy to collectively work towards a better future. Together the Young Global Leaders work to discover innovative solutions to today’s most pressing problems through various initiatives and workstreams as well as catalysing the next generation of leaders. February 24, 2009 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/health/24hospital.html After a devastating birth injury, hope - The New York Times visits a maternity ward in Tanzania A side effect of obstructed and prolonged labors, fistula causes incontinence and, in some cases, nerve damage. Although wiped out in developed countries centuries ago, experts believe it will take decades to eliminate fistulas in Africa. NYT visits a ward in Tanzania where doctors try to repair the injuries: February 23, 2009 www.sys-con.com http://www.sys-con.com/node/851975 UN Reception highlights Global Partnerships Millennium Promise and the Millennium Villages were noted for their unique partnership with other key organizations working to solve global health issues. February 18, 2009 The Daily Ugandan http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/features/Modern_technology_to_improve_farmers_yields_80025.shtml Modern Technology to improve Farmers' Yields The Daily Monitor talks about the agricultural interventions in the Ruhiira, Uganda Millennium Village that are helping some farmers to produce bumper harvests. February 17, 2009 John Oyuke /mvdocs/17february2009.pdf Equity spreads its wings in Nyanza by John Oyuke Equity spreads its wings in Nyanza by John Oyuke February 13, 2009 YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQyATw3aKDY CareerBuilder.com employees visit the Mwandama, Malawi Millennium Village CareerBuilder.com employees visit the Mwandama, Malawi Millennium Village. They made this video to reflect on their experiences. February 05, 2009 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77c97ad0-f25b-11dd-9678-0000779fd2ac.html Billion-dollar bonuses and the planet’s poorest A letter in the Financial Times from Millennium Promise’s CEO, John McArthur, compares the $4bn in publicly subsidized bonuses Merrill Lynch recently paid its employees to aid for the world’s poorest in sub-Saharan Africa. The letter states, “This government-financed bonus pool at one single firm was on its own nearly equal to the US’s entire bilateral aid budget to sub-Saharan Africa, roughly $5bn in 2008.” January 27, 2009 biology.plosjournals.org http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.1000023 New report on Malawi's agricultural breakthrough A paper just published in the prestigious open-access journal, PloS Biology, documented and analyzed an ambitious input subsidy program in Malawi that has helped lift Malawi from dependency on food aid to being a food-surplus nation. The paper highlights the tremendous success of the agricultural interventions in the Malawi Millennium Villages which have produced unprecedented improvements in maize yields. January 13, 2009 www.nation.co.ke http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/513692/-/i0utmh/-/ Kenya project to star in MTV's Obama Inauguration special MTV’s Obama inauguration special will highlight a student volunteer’s role in bringing internet service to Omindo Primary School in the Lihanda, Kenya Millennium Village. Kenya’s Daily Nation reports on the special.
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“The reason we’re here is to get hands-on to help with and document the amazing work a fantastic organization called Millennium Promise is doing here in Kenya.” November 26, 2008 Daily Monitor (Ugandan) /mvdocs/DailyMonitor_25Nov2008.pdf Isingiro residents embark on saving the environment November 11, 2008 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/giving/11INVEST.html Ensuring That Gifts Go Where They’re Needed November 05, 2008 Daily Monitor (Ugandan) /mvdocs/MonitorOnline_5Nov2008.pdf Ruhiira residents reap wealth from goat rearing November 04, 2008 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ad7f49bc-a9cb-11dd-958b-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 UN village project boosts Africa October 30, 2008 PBS http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2008/10/rwanda_after_th.html Frontline takes a journey to the Millennium Villages project in Mayange, Rwanda October 02, 2008 www.cnn.com http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/10/01/heroes.mwadawa.ruziga.profile.cnn?iref=videosearch John Legend spends time in the Mbola, Tanzania Millennium Villages cluster with CNN hero, Mama Ruziga September 25, 2008 Malaria No More.org http://www.malarianomore.org/news/press_release/092508_MDG_summit.php Malaria No More joins the global community in celebrating the announcement of $3 billion in funding to stop malaria by 2015 September 22, 2008 Financial Times: Blogs http://blogs.ft.com/mdg/ Jeffrey Sachs and Bono blogging for the Financial Times from the Millennium Development Goals meetings in New York September 10, 2008 Associated Press /mvdocs/AP_10Sept2008.pdf Wall St. trader to sell stamps for African project September 08, 2008 ONE X ONE Campaign http://www.onexonecampaign.com/events.htm ONEXONE gala and concert recognized individuals who have dedicated their lives to fighting child poverty September 01, 2008 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/science/02glob.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin Google Leads Effort to Use Weather Data to Fight Disease (Dertu, Kenya) August 25, 2008 Voice of America http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2008-08-25-voa36.cfm Malawi Rural Dwellers Benefit from Millennium Villages Project August 23, 2008 pointsevensnowball.wordpress.com http://pointsevensnowball.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/final-pop-of-the-point-seven-snowball-campaign-not-quite/ The Point Seven Snowball campaign is raising awareness of Canada’s aid commitments and funds for a Millennium Village August 07, 2008 Monitor Online(Ugandan) /mvdocs/MonitorOnline_7Aug2008.pdf Ruhiira brings hope to pregnant mothers August 06, 2008 Financial Times /mvdocs/FT_6august2008.pdf Cash, not subsidies, seen as best help for poor August 05, 2008 New Vision (Ugandan) http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/18/643009 50 Insingiro health workers get boost July 15, 2008 Africa Renewal /mvdocs/AfricanRenewal_July2008.pdf Fighting African poverty, village by village July 01, 2008 MDGAfrica.org http://www.mdgafrica.org/media_kit/PRESS%20RELEASE%20English.pdf Recommendations of the MDG Africa Steering Group July 01, 2008 CNN /mvdocs/CNNMoney_1July2008.pdf How GE gives away its money June 17, 2008 The Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0618/p07s01-woaf.html How a Kenyan village tripled its corn harvest June 16, 2008 www.africaprogresspanel.org http://www.africaprogresspanel.org/english/ourwork.php?sec=2 Africa Progress Panel 2008 Report June 11, 2008 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fae2d7e2-370b-11dd-bc1c-0000779fd2ac.html Sustaining growth is the century’s big challenge June 09, 2008 Financial Times /mvdocs/FT_09June2008.pdf Malawi cultivates cash gains for its farmers By Alan Beattie June 05, 2008 Mail & Guardian /mvdocs/MailGuardian_05June2008.pdf Zuma: Rising food prices are a time bomb June 03, 2008 Financial Times /mvdocs/FT_03June2008.pdf Seeds of change By Alan Beattie June 02, 2008 AllAfrica.com /mvdocs/AllAficaCom_02June2008.pdf Churning Money From Banana Leaves May 29, 2008 AFP http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iiiiez_OtHb8t7UmyJ-O3vNYlsnQ Bono takes the stage with Jeff Sachs at TICAD in Tokyo May 23, 2008 Agence de Presse Sénégalaise http://www.aps.sn/aps.php?page=articles&id_article=43982 Louga : le représentant-résident du PNUD salue l’amorce de développement notée à Léona May 20, 2008 People.com http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20201470,00.html Wyclef Jean Launches Partnership to Help Haiti May 19, 2008 The East African /mvdocs/EastAfrican_19may2008.pdf Celtel to Give Internet Services to Millennium Villages May 19, 2008 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/business/worldbusiness/18focus.html World’s Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut May 11, 2008 The Sunday Times /mvdocs/PedroSanchez_MalawiNews.pdf Malawi shines in small-scale farming May 10, 2008 The Citizen (Dar es Salaam) /mvdocs/TheCitizen_10may2008.pdf Toll-Free Rural Phones Coming May 09, 2008 Kenya Broadcasting Corporation http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=49949 Jeffrey Sachs meets with President Kibaki and P.M. Odinga May 08, 2008 BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2008/05/080506_africafood_wt_sl.shtml The food crisis in Africa By Madeleine Morris May 07, 2008 Panapress /mvdocs/Panapress_07may2008.pdf UN poverty plan ignites mass school enrolments in Ghana May 05, 2008 South African Broadcasting Corporation /mvdocs/SABC_05May2008.pdf UN, economists say locals must aid development April 18, 2008 Financial Times http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto041820082243329713 Scheme for Farmers Finds Fertile Ground April 16, 2008 The Japan Times http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/nn20080416b1.html Soccer philanthropist Nakata signs on for exhibition match April 10, 2008 Boston.com http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/10/a_new_focus_for_networking_students_global_poverty/ Millennium Campus Network to Hold Inaugural Conference April 04, 2008 TimeForKids.com http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/ns/article/0,27972,1726339,00.html Time for Kids features an article by Hannah Sachs March 27, 2008 YouTube http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=823396B4FD363A13 State of the Planet 08 took place on March 27-28 at Columbia University March 20, 2008 Common Wealth Website http://www.sachs.earth.columbia.edu/commonwealth/ An Informative and interactive site for Jeffrey Sachs' book: Common Wealth March 13, 2008 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2008/3/1178591_990.html The Government of Japan through the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security extends support to Millennium Villages December 12, 2007 Associated Press /mvdocs/Rwanda_Genocide_Victims.pdf Rwanda: Genocide Victims, Killers Meet December 09, 2007 Asahi Shimbun /mvdocs/071209_Asahi_MV.pdf Changing Africa December 05, 2007 CNN http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2007/12/05/inside.africa.rwanda.rising.cnn?iref=videosearch Rwanda Rising December 02, 2007 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/world/africa/02malawi.html Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts November 23, 2007 The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa) /mvdocs/DailyMonitor_23Nov2007.pdf Israeli Experts Train Farmers in Hawzen On Modern Beekeeping October 29, 2007 People.com http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20154488,00.html John Legend: Against All Odds in Africa October 23, 2007 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences /mvdocs/PNAS.pdf African Millennium Villages October 16, 2007 Irish Examiner /mvdocs/Africa_Irish_examiner.pdf Rising to a global challenge October 16, 2007 Guardian (Tanzanian) /mvdocs/Tanzania_impresses_UN_chief.pdf Tanzania impresses UN chief Ban Ki-moon October 08, 2007 Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/home/free_forbes/2007/1008/094.html The Forbes One Billion October 08, 2007 ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3701264&page=1 Musician John Legend Visits Millennium Village September 26, 2007 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/7014878.stm Sarah Montague talks to the UN Secretary General’s chief adviser on the Millennium Goals September 11, 2007 Svenska Dagbladet /mvdocs/Svenska_EricssonJeffreySachs9_10_07.pdf Fattiga byar får mobilnä September 10, 2007 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6986804.stm Mobiles for the World's Poorest September 10, 2007 CNN http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0299819.htm Ericsson and Columbia’s Earth Institute join forces to empower Millennium VIllages through communications September 06, 2007 Time http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1659725,00.html A Global Coalition of Good: By Jeffrey Sachs August 19, 2007 Scientific American http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/SCIAM_August19_2007.pdf?docID=1181 Breaking the Poverty Trap July 28, 2007 Sunday Vision /mvdocs/DailyMonitor_23Nov2007.pdf Bitter Water to Sweet July 26, 2007 Time http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/Sachs_Time_072707.pdf?docID=1161 What a Little Fertilizer Can Do July 15, 2007 Vanity Fair /mvdocs/VanityFair_2007July.pdf Jeffrey Sachs’s $200 Billion Dream July 05, 2007 The Economist http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/economist_July5_2007.pdf?docID=1141 The eight commandments July 02, 2007 New Vision (Ugandan) /mvdocs/NewVisionUganda_10may2007.pdf United Nations Praises Country’s UPE June 26, 2007 CNN http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/25/news/economy/sachs_worldbank.fortune/?postversion=2007062606 How I’d fix the World Bank June 21, 2007 Uganda Observer http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/UgandaObserver_june21_2007.pdf?docID=1101 Pilot millennium village gives hope to the poor June 14, 2007 New York Times http://select.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/opinion/14kristof.html?_r=1&n=Top/Opinion/Editorials%20and%20Op-Ed/Op-Ed/Columnists&oref=slogin Africa’s World War June 14, 2007 The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruxin/what-the-tb-scare-teaches_b_52188.html What the TB Scare Teaches Us June 07, 2007 The Economist /mvdocs/Economist_June7_2007.pdf Going up or down? June 01, 2007 Frankfurter Rundschau (German) /mvdocs/FranfurterRund_June1_2007.pdf In Mwandama geht es bergauf May 31, 2007 Der Spiegel (German) /mvdocs/Spiegel_31May2007.pdf Ein Businessplan für die May 29, 2007 www.millenniumpromise.org http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/FT_may29_2007.pdf?docID=1021 How the rich world can help Africa help itself May 26, 2007 Der Tagesspiegel (German) /mvdocs/Tagesspiegel_26May2007.pdf Die Goldene Saat May 20, 2007 Voice of America http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-05-20-voa3.cfm Millennium Village in Senegal Starts Spending Donor Dollars April 20, 2007 Daily Nation (Kenyan) /mvdocs/NationKenyaApril2007.pdf The one hunger-ravaged villages that have plenty of food and glory April 04, 2007 Mail & Guardian /mvdocs/MailGuardian_4April2007.pdf Kenyan Millennium Village tests poverty-reduction goals March 27, 2007 Agence France Presse (French) /mvdocs/AFP_27March2007.pdf Dans l’ouest du Kenya, un rêve devient réalité: la pauvreté recule March 25, 2007 Sunday Standard (Kenyan) /mvdocs/SundayStandard_25March2007.pdf A mission to turn despair into hope March 18, 2007 Scientific American http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/Scientific_American_March18_2007.pdf?docID=942 Rapid Victories Against Extreme Poverty March 13, 2007 Natürlich (Swiss) /mvdocs/Naturlich_March_13_2007.pdf Die Insel der Seiligen March 12, 2007 Newsweek /mvdocs/Newsweek_12March2007.pdf Big Man Walking March 05, 2007 Baltimore Sun http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/BaltimoreSun_05MARCH2007.pdf?docID=921 Horror to hope in Rwanda March 01, 2007 Financial Times http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/FT_March1_2007.pdf?docID=922 Take the guessing out of giving aid to Africa January 23, 2007 Guardian Unlimited http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/Guardian_23January2007.pdf?docID=841 Crib sheet January 18, 2007 The Nation (Kenyan) /mvdocs/Nation_18Jan2007.pdf UN official links poverty to malaria January 17, 2007 Reuters /mvdocs/Reuters_17Jan2007.pdf According to Sachs, Aid for poor guarantees security for rich January 15, 2007 Guardian Unlimited http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/Guardian_15January2007.pdf?docID=821 Tories pledge $1bn a year to wipe out malaria January 05, 2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/Philly_05January2007.pdf?docID=801 U.S. and its stars can help Africa January 04, 2007 Time http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/DocServer/SachsTime010407_2.pdf?docID=781 The $10 Solution December 29, 2006 The Wall Street Journal DocServer/WSJ_TheOtherWar.pdf?docID=761 The Other War December 28, 2006 Die Zeit (German) /mvdocs/DieZeit_28Dec2006.pdf Die Rückkehr der Retter December 21, 2006 Associated Press DocServer/SachsAP_122006.pdf?docID=741 U.N. Advisor Sees Progress in Reaching Goals to End Poverty December 15, 2006 New York Times DocServer/NYT_Dec15_2006.pdf?docID=681 Bush Celebrates Early Victories in Campaign Against Malaria December 10, 2006 Parade Magazine DocServer/PARADE-Magazine_Dec10_2006.pdf?docID=661 Intelligence Report December 07, 2006 The Economist DocServer/Economist_120706.pdf?docID=641 Finally clearing the air December 05, 2006 Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/81452278-8406-11db-9e95-0000779e2340.html Tackling hunger at its roots in rural Rwanda November 27, 2006 The Globe and Mail DocServer/Spin_Master_GlobeMail_Nov27-2006.pdf?docID=601 For today’s employees charity begins at the office October 26, 2006 La Repubblica (Italian) /mvdocs/Repubblica_26Oct2006.pdf Il cantiere della felicità October 19, 2006 Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish) /mvdocs/SvenskaD_19Oct2006.pdf Omtvistat projekt ger nytt hopp October 06, 2006 Hamburger Abendblatt (German) /mvdocs/Hamburger_6_Oct2006.pdf Raus aus der Armutsfalle das Wunder von Sauri September 21, 2006 The Independent /mvdocs/Independent_21Sept2006.pdf In the village where aid makes a vital difference September 17, 2006 Jeune Afrique (French) /mvdocs/JeuneAfrique_17Sept2006.pdf Milliardaires au grand coeur September 13, 2006 New York Times /mvdocs/NYT_Sept13_2006.pdf Philanthropist Gives $50 Million to Help Aid the Poor in Africa September 13, 2006 ABC News DocServer/AB__News__Sept13_2006.pdf?docID=521 A Big Boost in the Fight Against Poverty September 07, 2006 Berliner Zeitung (German) /mvdocs/BZ_Sept7_2006.pdf Das Wunder von Sauri August 26, 2006 Guardian Unlimited DocServer/Guardian_August26_2006.pdf?docID=501 Be here now August 06, 2006 Time DocServer/TIME_com_Madonna_Aug06_2006.pdf?docID=461 Madonna Finds A Cause July 29, 2006 Ausweg der Armutsfalle /mvdocs/suddendeutschezeitung_29july2006.pdf Süeddeutsche Zeitung July 20, 2006 The Philadelphia Inquirer DocServer/Philyy_com_July20_2006.pdf?docID=421 Big changes in poor villages July 06, 2006 Nature Magazine /mvdocs/Nature_6July2006.pdf Development: Harvest of hope July 01, 2006 Good Housekeeping DocServer/MP_GoodHousekeepingJuly-2006.pdf?docID=381 Medicine Woman June 12, 2006 Associated Press /mvdocs/Gazette_12July_2006.pdf African village revitalized by farm program that could teach rich countries how to help poor ones June 01, 2006 Oprah Magazine /mvdocs/Oprah_June2006.pdf To Halve the Have-Nots By R.B. June 01, 2006 ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2032800&page=1 Jeffrey Sachs on 75th Anniversary of the AIDS Pandemic May 29, 2006 Deutsche Presse Agentur /mvdocs/DPA_29May2006.pdf Kenyan village experiments to slash poverty on the cheap May 07, 2006 The Los Angeles Times DocServer/LA_Times_May07_2006.pdf?docID=321 Foreign aid skeptics thrive on pessimism April 27, 2006 The Economist /mvdocs/Economist_27April2006.pdf The Magnificent Seven: How a few simple reforms can lift African villages out of poverty March 06, 2006 People Magazine /mvdocs/People_6March2006.pdf Malawi, Africa: Special Report on Gift Msunzi March 01, 2006 Die Zeit Wissen (German) /mvdocs/DieZeit_6March2006.pdf Endlich gibt es sauberes Wasser September 30, 2005 BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/africa_0millennium_village0_in_kenya/html/1.stm In pictures: ‘Millennium Village’ in Kenya (Slideshow) July 30, 2005 The Japan Times /mvdocs/JapanTimes30July05.pdf Africa: moving beyond chronic emergency July 05, 2005 The Australian /mvdocs/Australian5July2005.pdf From dirt poor to soil rich in just five years July 04, 2005 CNN /mvdocs/CNN_4July2005.pdf Christiane Amanpour special report from Koraro, Ethiopia April 27, 2005 New York Times /mvdocs/NYT_27April2005.pdf In Ethiopian Hills, Five Years to Create Something Out of Nothing April 04, 2005 New York Times /mvdocs/NYT_4April2005.pdf Kenyan Village Serves as Test Case in Fight on Poverty