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		<title>The Latest Issue of Innovations Update Is Now Online</title>
		<link>http://bcta-initiative.org/2010/07/13/innovations-update-now-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[INNOVATIONS UPDATE The Business Call to Action’s quarterly newsletter, Innovations Update, provides information and updates on our members and their BCtA initiatives. In this Second Quarter Issue of Innovations Update: Message from the Secretariat Monster.com Joins BCtA and Expands Access to Rural Job Portal across India Coca-Cola Success Story: Lillian Nale Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 World Business and Development Awards Nomination Period Extended to July 15, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 World Business and Development Awards Nomination Period Extended London/New York/Paris —The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) today announced that the application deadline for nominations for the 2010 World Business and Development Awards has been extended until 11:59 pm GMT on Thursday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNDP Says MDGs Can Be Achieved, Puts Forward Action Agenda to Reduce Poverty</title>
		<link>http://bcta-initiative.org/2010/06/17/undp-says-mdgs-can-be-achieved-puts-forward-action-agenda-to-reduce-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNDP puts forward eight-point action agenda to reduce poverty Based on evidence from 50 countries, the MDGs can be achieved, says Report New York —The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched, today, an extensive assessment of what must be done to advance sustainable development and reduce global poverty. The report, titled What Will It Take To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Paper Company to Fight Poverty Through Sustainable Tree Farming</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian Paper Company to Fight Poverty Through Sustainable Tree Farming 5,000 poor farmers join Ballarpur Industries’ supply chain through Business Call to Action initiative New Delhi, India – Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT), an Avantha Group company and India’s largest pulp and paper company, today announced that it is joining the Business Call to Action (BCtA), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 World Business and Development Awards Launched</title>
		<link>http://bcta-initiative.org/2010/05/20/2010-world-business-and-development-awards-launched-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 World Business and Development Awards Launched London, New York —The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to open nominations for the 2010 World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – eight internationally-agreed goals to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monster.com Acknowledged by Business Call to Action for Efforts to Promote Job Opportunities in Rural India</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monster.com Acknowledged by Business Call to Action for Efforts to Promote Job Opportunities in Rural India Monster.com and ITC Choupal joint initiative, Rozgarduniya.com will provide an online recruitment platform to rural jobseekers from 40,000 villages across 9 states in India New Delhi, India, 6 May 2010 – The Business Call to Action (BCtA) and Monster.com, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WBCSD Launches &#8220;Inclusive Business Challenge&#8221; Simulation Tool</title>
		<link>http://bcta-initiative.org/2010/04/26/208/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WBCSD Launches &#8220;Inclusive Business Challenge&#8221; Geneva, 22 April 2010 &#8211; The WBCSD has launched &#8220;The Inclusive Business Challenge&#8221;, an easy-to-use presentation and simulation tool to help companies and stakeholders identify and implement models that profitably engage low-income populations across companies&#8217; value chains and develop affordable products and services that meet the needs of low-income populations. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank-IMF Report Says Poverty Reduction Goal for Developing World Will Be Met</title>
		<link>http://bcta-initiative.org/2010/04/26/world-bank-imf-report-says-poverty-reduction-goal-for-developing-world-will-be-met/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Bank -IMF report says poverty reduction goal for developing world will be met, but predicts serious long-term toll on development from crisis Progress toward other Millennium Development Goals hampered WASHINGTON, April 23, 2010 —The global economic crisis has slowed the pace of poverty reduction in developing countries, and is hampering progress toward the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Hospital Chain Commits to Fight Maternal Mortality with BCtA Initiative</title>
		<link>http://bcta-initiative.org/2010/04/07/indian-hospital-chain-commits-to-fight-maternal-mortality-with-bcta-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://bcta-initiative.org/2010/04/07/indian-hospital-chain-commits-to-fight-maternal-mortality-with-bcta-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian Hospital Chain to Fight Maternal Mortality LifeSpring Hospitals to provide 82,000 women with affordable healthcare through Business Call to Action initiative Hyderabad, India ― The Business Call to Action (BCtA) today announced that LifeSpring Hospitals ― a chain of small hospitals providing low-income clients in India with access to maternal and child healthcare services ― has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch the New BCtA Video</title>
		<link>http://bcta-initiative.org/2010/03/18/business-call-to-action/</link>
		<comments>http://bcta-initiative.org/2010/03/18/business-call-to-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Call to Action:  An Introduction Also available in French]]></description>
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