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A Chinese education policy researcher has suggested holding local officials accountable if they fail to invest enough in education, an approach likely to help the nation meet its 4-percent-of-GDP target for education investment this year. “I am optimistic the target can be met this year, if an accountability system is strictly implemented,” said Xu Zhiyong, a professor with the Beijing Normal …


Egyptian Foreign Investment Falls, Making Target Hard to Reach (Bloomberg)

Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — Foreign direct investment in Egypt slumped 35 percent in the first half of the fiscal year, making it hard for the government to meet its target of attracting $10 billion by June 2010.


UNAIDS Welcomes South Africa’s New US$ 1.1 Billion Investment On AIDS For 2010 (Medical News Today)

UNAIDS welcomes the increased investments by South Africa to the AIDS response. In his 2010 budget speech, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has proposed an allocation of US$ 1.1 billion, a 33% increase from 2009 levels. This is the biggest domestic investment made by any developing country on AIDS to date. “South Africa can directly change the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic with such bold …

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