Women Bear Brunt of Population Growth The global population is expected to rise to nine billion by 2050. Most of that growth will be in developing countries. However, many are asking whether such growth is sustainable, considering the amount of resou...
Corruption in Asia Slows Economic Growth From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report in Special English. Many Thais joined protests in Bangkok last year. They urged Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to deal with growing corruption in Tha...
By Naomi Schwarz Bo, Sierra Leone 22 October 2007 As Sierra Leone's recently elected president, Ernest Koroma, begins governing, many observers are watching to see how he will tackle corruption. Some say corruption is the reason the country's huge di...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 October 2007 A new report finds growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year was the largest since 2000 and occurred in all regions of the world. In its annual World Investment Report , the U.N. Conference on Trade an...
From NPR News, this is All things considered. Im Robert Siegel, and Im Melissa Block. There were some unexpectedly good news today about the economy. Late last month, businesses created more jobs than economists projected and the increases were spre...
By Melinda Smith Washington 24 April 2007 One of the largest groups of milk producers in the United States has set an August first deadline for its members to stop treating their cows with a growth hormone, or pay more to get their milk to market. Th...
By Caty Weaver Broadcast: July 18, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Environment Report. A study says wind power will lead the growth in the use of 1)renewable energy in the United...
By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: September 11, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. About one-in-four people age three and older in the United States is a student. The g...
Broadcast: Mar 24, 2003 In Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, known as "Lula", is struggling to expand his nation's economy and his government's programs for the poor even as the war in the...
Lesson 9 Is It a Good Idea to Control Population Growth in the World? Text What Overpopulation Feels Like We moved slowly through the city in a taxi and entered a crowded slum district. The temperatur...
