VOA标准英语2012--Spain Struggles as Europe Questions Austerity Drive

Spain Struggles as Europe Questions Austerity Drive Protest marches have become a common sight in Spain - but this was one of the most colorful. Wearing masks and exotic costumes, prostitutes demonstrated in Barcelona Friday against the city's plans

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澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-28

The Organization of Economic Development has warned the global financial crisis still has a long way to go. The OECD is expecting global growth of just 1.4 per cent. It also says the Eurozone will stay into recession well until 2013 and it's calling

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VOA标准英语2012--Optimism Over Euro Crisis Eases Market Pressure

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An unidentified resident stands in front of a poor apartment in Lagos, Nigeria Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. The International Day of the Eradication of Poverty is marked worlwide Tuesday with the aim of eradicating absolute poverty and reducing overall po

VOA标准英语2009-More Money to Help Africa Weather Financial Cris

Africa's biggest investors and lenders are making available another $15 billion to help the continent weather the global financial crisis. President of African Development Bank Donald Kaberuka in Dakar, 12 May 2009 The $15 billion is meant to promot

VOA标准英语2013--European Recession Now Longer Than 2008 Financial Crisis

European Recession Now Longer Than 2008 Financial Crisis Of the 17 nations that make up the common currency bloc - nine countries are now in recession. While not as steep as the recession that came after the 2008 financial crisis - Commerzbank chief

G20 Leaders Commit to Helping Debt-Strapped Europe

Leaders of the world's top economies ended a two-day summit in Cannes committed to boosting growth and staunching Europe's spreading financial crisis, though leaving the specifics of how they will do so unclear. In one significant step, leaders of th

Europe's Economic Crisis Intensifies

Europe's financial and political problems deepened, as stock markets tumbled, Italian bond yields rose over the political turmoil in Rome, and a new coalition government prepares to take over in Greece. The eurozone crisis has risen another notch wit

EU in urgent need of structural reforms, Barroso says

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IMF: Eurozone Crisis at 'Critical Stage'

The International Monetary Fund says the eurozone's debt crisis has reached a critical stage, and that European leaders need to move quickly toward greater financial unity. The IMF's executive board said Wednesday that the 17-nation currency union ne

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Leader Warns of Increasing World Food Demand

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 03 June 2008 World leaders are gathered in Rome at the headquarters of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization. They are discussing ways to deal with soaring food prices and how to improve ways to provide food to the

VOA标准英语2009年-Global Financial Instability Expected to C

A leading expert on economic development and poverty alleviation says the panic that followed the eruption of the financial crisis last year is probably over. But he warns global financial instability is likely to go on for years because nations hav

VOA双语新闻：萨克斯：全球金融市场将持续动荡

A leading expert on economic development and poverty alleviation says the panic that followed the eruption of the financial crisis last year is probably over. But he warns global financial instability is likely to go on for years because nations have

VOA双语新闻：世界粮食峰会呼吁紧急行动解危机

World leaders are gathered in Rome at the headquarters of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization. They are discussing ways to deal with soaring food prices and how to improve ways to provide food to the world's hungry. The U.N. secretary-genera

Russia Must Reduce Oil Dependence, Diversify

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that Russia, the world's largest oil producer, needs to reduce its reliance on oil revenues and diversify its economy to keep it stable. The IMF's managing director, Christine Lagarde, said Tuesd

2016年CRI G20 Meeting Participants Stresses Structural Reforms

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, says China is not the only economy in need of structural reforms as they are fundamental for the success of every G20 economy. lagarde says the reforms are not only necessary, b

2016年CRI China Sets Flexible GDP Target to Gain Steam for Structural Reform

In his annual government work report at the NPC session, Premier Li Keqiang announced a flexible GDP target, calling it a reasonable growth range as China is gearing up its structural reforms. The main development targets for 2016 are as follows: GDP