Poverty and inequality in Maldives 2022
In the past two decades, Maldives has achieved remarkable economic progress and reductions in poverty. However, the country faces high exposure to global risks including an . existential threat of rising
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Swine flu to expose global health inequality: WHO
The global swine flu pandemic will expose the failure of the international community to invest in health protection in poor countries, the world's top health official warned here yesterday.
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Broke Maldives cant send prez to climate meet
Male: The Maldives, whose fight against rising sea levels has become a cause celebre for environmentalists, said it would have to skip UN climate change talks in Copenhagen this year to save money.
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Maldives too broke to attend climate summit: Nasheed
The Maldives, whose fight against rising sea levels has become a cause celebre for environmentalists, said on Monday it would have to skip UN climate change talks in Copenhagen this year to save money.
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Maldives To Introduce Green Tax On Tourists
The Maldives archipelago, threatened by rising sea levels blamed on climate change, said on Monday it would introduce a new environment tax on all tourists who use its resorts and provide its economic lifeline.
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Maldives plans $3 green tax on tourists
The president of the Maldives said on Monday he plans a $3-a-day green tax for all tourists at its popular island resorts to help pay for the country
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Maldives too broke to attend climate summit
The Maldives, one of the countries most at risk from rising sea levels, will not attend this year's Copenhagen summit on climate change because the atoll nation is broke, its president said Monday. President Mohamed Nasheed told reporters in the capital Male that his newly-elected government had no money to fund his visit to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December.
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Maldives too broke to attend climate summit
The Maldives, one of the countries most at risk from rising sea levels, will not attend this year's Copenhagen summit on climate change because the atoll nation is broke, its president said Monday. President Mohamed Nasheed told reporters in the capital Male that his newly-elected government had no money to fund his visit to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December.
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Maldives To Introduce Green Tax On Tourists
The Maldives archipelago, threatened by rising sea levels blamed on climate change, said on Monday it would introduce a new environment tax on all tourists who use its resorts and provide its economic lifeline.
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IFC to assist WMC develop waste management system
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of World Bank, has pledged assistance to Waste Management Corporation (WMC) to eliminate waste collected across the country.
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Himalayan nations set to hold first climate talks
South Asian ministers will gather in Nepal next week for talks on the threat that climate change poses to the Himalayas and to the 1.3 billion people dependent on water flowing from the mountains.