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                    [Title] => UN finds rising prosperity in southern nations
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The proportion of the world's middle class living in developing nations more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 and is expected to rise to more than 80 percent of the globe's total by 2030, a United Nations report said Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-15 10:43:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/2220/unmexico.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 834478 [Title] => Governments can slash costs with e-payment programs: World Bank [Summary] =>

Electronic systems that make government payment programs more efficient, safer and transparent can slash administrative costs by up to 75 percent, the World Bank said Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-02 23:02:12 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 744691 [Title] => Experimenting with cash transfers [Summary] =>

There is an adage that if you want to help the poor you do not give them fish but teach them how to fish.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 702206 [Title] => CCT: A mendicant policy? [Summary] =>

Undeniably, poverty is the most overused, if not, the most abused word in the country today.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134218 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1317599 [AuthorName] => Fidel O. Abalos [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 695165 [Title] => Petilla w/ PNoy's officials to study cash transfer program [Summary] =>

Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho Petilla is in Mexico this week, together with a crack team handpicked by President PNoy Aquino, to observe for themselves how Mexico implemented its "conditional cash transfer" program and succeeded, the local counterpart of which is commonly known as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino or 4Ps.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1447313 [AuthorName] => Lalaine Jimenea [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 646715 [Title] => Global success stories of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program [Summary] =>

Our legislators deserve praise for funding the Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCT) of the President Noynoy Aquino (P-Noy) administration which will be operated through the DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development).

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 630422 [Title] => Political cash transfer? [Summary] =>

Our senators appear to be the target both of pressure from and emotional manipulation by defenders of and apologists of the controversial P21-billion conditional cash transfer (CCT).

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 623035 [Title] => WB doubles aid to RP [Summary] =>

Philippine initiatives on good governance have prompted the World Bank (WB) to double its assistance to the country next year.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 622789 [Title] => Debt to the poor [Summary] =>

If President Aquino wants to save the conditional cash transfer (CCT) to the poor from failure, he might need to put someone else in charge of the program.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 511635 [Title] => 2016 Olympics a crowning glory for Brazil leader [Summary] =>

He is the Pele of politics, knighted the "most popular politician on Earth" by another contender for the title — Barack Obama.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-07 04:30:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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