"For most African countries, that are still highly indebted and dependent on aid for their revenues, the continuation of the current crisis will mean increased starvation, poverty and child mortality,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.10

In December, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticized Rosneft, the state run company that owns the world's largest oil and gas reserves, for spending only of its revenues on research and development.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

"We're talking about the livelihoods of millions of people but we're also talking about a huge potential resource of hydropower which can not only provide foreign revenues to the countries, but can those revenues can then be used to finance other development programs and help countries meet their targets on poverty alleviation and millenium development goals,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.11