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Now at a Post Office near you: The Rough Guide to a Better World
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Two million free copies of this book are now available from UK Post Offices across the country.
The Rough Guide to a Better World is also being promoted by a media campaign including national press and radio advertisements. Follow the links below to articles about Better World in:
The Rough Guide to a Better World is the essential guide to how the world can be a better place for its poorest inhabitants. Poverty in the developing world is well-known, but less publicised are the efforts of those who combat hunger, disease and illiteracy.
The electronic version
of Better World 
(3.31
MB) is available from this website.
Better World puts into plain words the many different ways people in the UK can contribute to poverty alleviation in developing countries. These include:
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Hilary Benn, Jon
Snow, Lord Alli and Fran Healy were interviewed for
the Rough Guide launch. |
Who's involved?
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Bob Geldof has written the foreword and other contributors include Jon Snow, Chris Martin from Coldplay, Fran Healy from Travis, Parminder Nagra, Beverley Knight and Ronan Keating. It also features people from developing countries telling their own stories.
The Rough Guide to a Better World was launched at Portcullis House, Westminster, on 15 November by Gareth Thomas MP. Kevin Fitzgerald, Director of Rough Guides also spoke at the event, which was attended by MPs, NGOs, journalists and development activist Lord Alli.
What's it all for?
The Department for International Development (DFID), is committed to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Achievement of these goals depends to a large extent on the informed support of the British public.
Public opinion research tell us that lots of people are concerned about poverty, but that they aren't sure what positive action they can take. Many in the UK also feel powerless in the face of the negative images and stories about the developing world carried by television and newspapers.
We have worked with Rough Guides to publish Better World to encourage people to become actively engaged in fighting poverty. Better World explains the challenges, the Millennium Development Goals and highlights progress that has already been made.
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Other links
- United
Nations Millennium Development Goals website
- The
Times: Band Aid II wants to run the world
- Live
Aid DVD
- Gareth Thomas welcomes launch of Live Aid anniversary DVD