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...while online communications are often a time-stealing culprit, some companies are finding relief in them. All the employees at Basex, an information-technology research firm in New York City, use instant messaging. A simple switch to DO NOT DISTURB status signals that coworkers shouldn't phone, email or stop by to chat. "There was never a memo on it. We all just started using the technology," says CEO Jonathan Spira. Finding peace and quiet should always be so easy...
Remember also that there's more to treating arthritis pain than popping a few pills. If you have osteoarthritis (the kind that is the result of wear and tear on the joints), you can also find substantial relief just by building up the muscles that surround those joints--for example, through gentle exercises like Tai Chi, yoga or walking. The point is to keep the joints moving, even if they start the day a little stiff...
...there is plenty more to be done, and debt relief alone won't make it happen. In Uganda's case, debt relief was accompanied by a surge in aid, which funds nearly half the country's $2 billion annual budget. This year, Uganda received $760 million in foreign grants, more than eight times the savings from reduced loan repayments. "Debt relief catalyzed donors to increase their spending," says Keith Muhakanizi, director of economic affairs at the Ugandan Ministry of Finance. Still, Uganda's needs far outstrip its ability to pay. In the past four years, the country has borrowed...
...Debt relief is NOT A MAGIC BULLET. The poor countries still need a lot of resources...
...write-offs and other types of aid. "One dollar of debt relief is the same as one dollar of grants," says a World Bank official. Last week at the G-7 summit, the U.S. Treasury proposed a plan to cancel the debt of about three dozen countries by using money that would otherwise have been earmarked for aid. By swapping aid for debt relief, the onerous repayments would be eased without costing donors anything extra. But another provision of the plan - that all aid should be in the form of grants - has the World Bank worried about bankrupting...