How much would it cost to banish ignorance, to deaden lust, to shame rape, to stop war, to enrich the poor, to empower women, to defend children, to make decent medical care as globally ubiquitous as Coca-Cola -- in short, to get rid of all the underlying causes of the epidemic in the third world?
One in three people globally live without decent toilets, and one in 10 are without clean water.
In ascending order of selfishness because we're a rich and decent nation, because tackling disease globally prevents future outbreaks here, and because AIDS is massive drain on the world's economy, which we're a part of, and because it boosts Britain's medical expertise and reputation.
On the other hand, we are only on track for shipments of some 200 million tablets globally this year — a decent increase but nothing near critical mass when you consider that the worldwide population is now over 7 billion.
I recently caught up with him to speak about why businesses should work with unions, the status of unions globally and why creating decent jobs is of critical importance.
Such a decision makes a mockery of any half-decent educational establishment, never mind one as globally respected as Cambridge.
These goals call for, among other things, an end to extreme poverty, and significant improvements in health, decent work and girls' education as underpinning sustainable development globally.
Globally, the Telefonica-backed network of incubators has a fairly decent rate — of circa 40% — for graduating startups securing their next tranche of cash.
First, we have to prioritise growing those sectors that are globally competitive and can deliver the high-skilled, secure jobs at decent rates of pay for people that we desperately need – a global race to the top (not the bottom).
