Global Development Program
President Chris Elias leads the Global Development Program which combats extreme poverty through grants including:
Read more about this topic: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Famous quotes containing the words global, development and/or program:
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—Eric J. Hobsbawm (b. 1917)
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—For the State of Kansas, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)