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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353095809-11012007>We've just produced
two articles which may be of interest.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353095809-11012007>The first is a
(fairly scathing) assessment of the latest much-hyped poverty projections from
the World Bank, "Whistling in the Dark: Why the World Bank's Latest Poverty
Projections are Meaningless". This is available at <A
href="http://www.jubileeresearch.org/news/Comment%20on%20Global%20Ec%20Prospects%202007.pdf">http://www.jubileeresearch.org/news/Comment%20on%20Global%20Ec%20Prospects%202007.pdf</A>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=353095809-11012007><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>The
second is a comment piece I was invited to write for The Lancet on US
"vote-buying" in the UN Security Council (but actually extending to the IMF,
World Bank and WTO). This is availale on <EM>The Lancet</EM> web-site
(accessible from </FONT></FONT><A
title=blocked::blocked::http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/section?volume=369&issue=9555§ion=Comment
href="blocked::http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/section?volume=369&issue=9555§ion=Comment"><FONT
title=blocked::blocked::http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/section?volume=369&issue=9555§ion=Comment
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/section?volume=369&issue=9555§ion=Comment</FONT></A><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial> - free registration required), or at <FONT
color=#0000ff><A
title=blocked::blocked::http://www.jubileeresearch.org/news/LancetCmtFinal.doc
href="http://www.jubileeresearch.org/news/LancetCmtFinal.doc">http://www.jubileeresearch.org/news/LancetCmtFinal.doc</A><FONT
color=#000000>.</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353095809-11012007>All the
best</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=353095809-11012007>David
Woodward</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG><SPAN
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YOU KNOW? </SPAN></STRONG></SPAN>It takes $166 of global growth to reduce
poverty by $1, up from $45 in the 1980s. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>See <SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG>nef</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
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new report, "Growth Isn't Working" at <A
href="http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/z_sys_publicationdetail.aspx?pid=219">http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/z_sys_publicationdetail.aspx?pid=219</A></FONT></DIV>
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