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Agency for International Development
Agency for International Development (AID), federal agency created (Sept., 1961) to consolidate U.S. nonmilitary foreign aid programs. Originally an agency in the State Department, it has been a component part of the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency, along with the Overseas Private...
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United Nations Development Program
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), agency of the United Nations, established in 1965 to unify the operations of the Expanded Program of Technical Assistance and the United Nations Special Fund, which continued as separate components of UNDP until full unification in 1971. The UNDP is a majo...
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International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) or World Conservation Union, international organization founded in 1948 to encourage the preservation of wildlife, natural environments, and living resources. Its members include private individuals, nongovernmental...
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Gambia
The Gambia , officially Republic of The Gambia, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,593,000), 4,361 sq mi (11,295 sq km), W Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and surrounded on the remaining three sides by Senegal. The capital is
Banjul
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Land and People
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Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield 1919-2004, British electrical engineer. A radar expert for the Royal Air Force during World War II, in the 1950s Hounsfield began developing computer and X-ray technology for EMI, Ltd., an international electronics and entertainment corporation. He built the prototype...
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bioethics
bioethics in philosophy, a branch of ethics concerned with issues surrounding health care and the biological sciences. These issues include the morality of abortion , euthanasia , in vitro fertilization , and organ transplants (see transplantation, medical ). In the 1970s bioethics emerged as...
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Maurice Allais
Maurice Allais , 1911-, French economist. After working in the French mine administration, he joined the École National Superieure des Mines in Paris (1944-) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientific (1946-), where he developed his economic theories of how large, state-owned monopoli...
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water power
water power mechanical energy derived from falling or flowing water, e.g., rivers, streams, and the overflow of dams. The wooden water wheel , long utilized for driving machinery in flour mills and factories, was largely supplanted by the steam engine in the early 19th cent. In modern practice, wa...
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microcredit
microcredit the extension to poor individuals of small loans to be used for income-generating activities that will improve the borrowers' living standards. The loans, which may be as little as $20 for very poor borrowers in some developing countries, typically are for a short term (a year or less),...
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war
war armed conflict between states or nations (international war) or between factions within a state (civil war), prosecuted by force and having the purpose of compelling the defeated side to do the will of the victor. Among the causes of war are ideological, political, racial, economic, and religio...
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