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                    [Title] => The price of peace and the cost of war
                    [Summary] => 

Her name was Sarah. While hiding behind a tree with her parents, she was hit and killed by stray bullets in an armed encounter. She was eight years old.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133995 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366399 [AuthorName] => Ivo Sieber [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 684306 [Title] => Violence hampers Phl economic progress [Summary] =>

Violence makes Filipinos poorer and ending it will greatly improve their lives, the World Bank said in its World Development Report 2011 (WDR 2011).

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-10 15:24:20 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 675920 [Title] => Poverty bred by political and criminal violence [Summary] =>

The World Bank has pinpointed conflict and violence as a major cause of poverty.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135759 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302306 [AuthorName] => Eladio Dioko [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 550035 [Title] => World Bank forecasts dull economy for developing countries [Summary] =>

The World Bank has released a report that painted a dull picture of pervasive poverty, low standard of living, and impending food crisis for developing countries in the nearest future.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-16 23:00:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 22970 [Title] => WB calls for more agriculture investments in poor countries [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173159 [Title] => Global economic progress seen by 2050 [Summary] => WASHINGTON – The global economy could increase by four times in the next 50 years if governments act now to avert severe environmental damage and social unrest, a new World Bank report said. Poverty could also be reduced significantly.

Within five decades the world could have a gross domestic product of $140 trillion and a total population of nine billion people, up from six billion today, according to the bank’s World Development Report 2003 released on Wednesday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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