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24 May 2013: Education technology 'most effective' when tailored to pupils; Technologies for education can help to advance learning in developing nations, but need to be carefully targeted at pupils, says a study.

24 May 2013: Jaffna aquifer depleting from overuse; Researchers are calling for regulation of groundwater use in Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula to prevent a future crisis.

23 May 2013: Focus on Disability: Anti-polio drive needs to be universal; Efforts to eradicate polio by 2018 must ensure that people with disabilities are included in elimination strategies, says Sue Coe.

23 May 2013: Fun and games help communicate disaster science; Games can help people to see disaster risks and effects with their own eyes, helping them to engage with complex science, a conference hears.

22 May 2013: Konzo 'affects cognitive ability too'; Konzo also affects children's mental ability, even in those who do not display the physical symptoms associated with the disease, says a study.

01 May 2013: Airports and Hotels in Emerging Markets Outpace the West; Expansion of airports, hotels and other infrastructure for travelers has been buoyant in emerging economies, a testament to their dynamism and growth prospects.

20 April 2013: Free to Spend, Developing Economies Recover Quicker; International Monetary Fund data shows that developing economies are growing more quickly than advanced economies, which have adopted austerity programs.

19 April 2013: Competition Designed to Spread Basic Technologies; The World Bank is organizing a competition to find solutions that address access to technology in developing countries.

14 April 2013: Medical Care, Aided by the Crowd; Watsi, a start-up founded by a former Peace Corps volunteer, is using crowdfunding to provide health care to patients in third-world countries.

11 April 2013: Politicians Courting the Privileged; The Indian middle-class awakening has quickly evolved from a rage against politics to a passion for politics.

23 May 2013: FAO expands support for national food security information systems in South Sudan; FAO has launched a $9 million project on information for decision making for food and nutrition security. This initiative will assist the Government of South Sudan to achieve its goal of ensuring food security for all.

15 May 2013: Contribution of forests to food security and nutrition needs more attention; Governments, civil society and the private sector should ensure and strengthen the contributions of forests, trees and agroforestry systems to food security and nutrition, said participants in the first-ever International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition (13-15 May), organized by FAO.

14 May 2013: Slow Food and FAO join forces; FAO and the international Slow Food organization agreed today to develop joint actions to improve the livelihoods of smallholders and others working in rural areas. Under a three-year Memorandum of Agreement signed here the two organizations will join forces to promote more inclusive food and agriculture systems at local, national and international levels.

13 May 2013: Forest products critical to fight hunger - including insects; Forests, trees on farms and agroforestry are critical in the fight against hunger and should be better integrated into food security and land use policies, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition in Rome (13-15 May).

10 May 2013: Extraordinary UN conference takes historic strides to strengthen chemical safety globally; The three conventions that govern chemicals and hazardous waste safety at the global level concluded their first ever jointly held meetings of the parties late Friday night in Geneva. The historic meeting, attended by nearly two thousand participants from 170 countries, as well as 80 Ministers, adopted 50 separate decisions aimed at strengthening protection against hazardous chemicals and waste.

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