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# Developing World

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Simply refusing a straw with your cocktail isn't going to do much to reduce the world's plastic consumption
Barry Dunning
1 Feb 2019
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This Young Scientist project aims to revolutionise education in refugee camps
29 Dec 2018
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Irish tax deals costing poorer countries 'millions' in tax revenues
18 Apr 2016
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Trócaire Lenten boxes raise over €6m this year
30 Oct 2014
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Column: Women, the elderly, and the disabled are disproportionately hit by natural disasters
Dom Hunt
13 Oct 2014
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How cooking with coal and wood fires is killing millions around the world
3 Sep 2014
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Opinion: Humanitarian work is intense and all-consuming, but I believe in what I do
Ciara O'Malley
19 Aug 2014
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Facebook's latest app is offering developing countries free access to Wikipedia and Google
31 Jul 2014
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Column: A vaccine could soon be here for one of the most devastating diseases on the planet
Hans Zomer
25 Apr 2014
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"By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world" - Bill Gates
22 Jan 2014
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Column: Our lack of willingness to promote transparency is damaging developing countries
Morina O’Neill
18 Dec 2013
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€3.4m funding from Gorta gives new hope to disabled youth in India
15 Dec 2013
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Costello launches initiative to encourage retired public servants to volunteer
12 Oct 2013
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We should be using more seaweed to power things, MEPs say
13 Sep 2013
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Revelry at second anniversary of South Sudan hides severe poverty
Barry Andrews
9 Jul 2013
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Column: The Ohio kidnap victims are finally free but the nightmare continues for girls across the world
Vanina Trojan
24 May 2013
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Fast fashion, fair wage: What Vietnam can teach Bangladesh
5 May 2013
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In pics: 40 years of the Trócaire Lenten box
5 Mar 2013
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Workers protest 'deathtrap' factories
26 Nov 2012
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Column: How to stop crises becoming disasters
Anne O'Mahony
19 Aug 2012
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Column: Population growth an obstacle to development...
Paul O'Brien
11 Jul 2012
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Column: Dragging heels on climate change hurts the poor
Tom Arnold
18 Jun 2012
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Haiti two years on: finding jobs is now the priority
2 Jan 2012
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Column: The drugs do work - but there are new obstacles in the fight against AIDS
Breda Gahan
1 Dec 2011
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Column: IMF leader selection is not democratic and, frankly, a sham
Jim Clarken
28 Jun 2011
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Study: Two million babies stillborn every year worldwide
14 Apr 2011
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