Asia

Avoiding a hard landing in China: IMF

Chinese economic growth has been slowing in recent years, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The agency says part of the slow down is natural as China becomes a more developed economy.

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Lessons in traditional music revitalise indigenous self-identity

Traditional music is being used in the Philippines as a creative way to engage indigenous youth in the dialogue about self-identity.

Julius Ceasar Daguitan is a member of the Igorot people living in the Cordillera Region of the South-East Asian country.

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Small fish, big gains in Bangladesh

The consumption of small fish in Bangladesh is bringing big health gains to local people, thanks to a project supported by the United Nations.

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Jobless growth in India “worrying” for policy makers

The economic growth that India has experienced over the last ten years has, many would say, been impressive, but there are concerns that too few new jobs have been created to meet the needs of the country’s massive population of 800 million.

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Humanitarian crisis in Iraq declared highest of emergency by UN

The humanitarian crisis in Iraq has been declared by the United Nations as its highest level of emergency.

Attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have forced thousands of people, mainly from minority groups to flee their homes.

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Auditing of Afghan votes continue with over 5,000 ballot boxes opened

As the auditing of the votes from the June 14 run-off presidential election continues in Afghanistan, more than 5,000 ballot boxes have been opened.

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Assistance needed for displaced Iraqis, says UNHCR

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, many of them from vulnerable Christian and Yezidi communities, have been displaced by attacks by the rebel fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

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Australia promotes appropriate broadband technology for developing countries

Developing countries that want to boost Internet access should adopt technologies that are most appropriate to their particular situation.

That’s according to Malcolm Turnbull, the Minister for Communications, in Australia.

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UN Asia-Pacific forum calls for inclusive, job-generating growth to bridge region’s income gap

With 743 million people in Asia and the Pacific still desperately poor, it is essential that growth be sustainable, inclusive and job-generating, declared the head of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) as it kicked off its Ministerial Segment in Bangkok today.

Jobless growth in India “worrying” for policy makers

The economic growth that India has experienced over the last ten years has, many would say, been impressive, but there are concerns that too few new jobs have been created to meet the needs of the country’s massive population of 800 million.

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