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December 23rd

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Leveling the Agricultural Playing Field

Posted on December 24, 2003
Previously filed under: Agriculture
A primer on the developing/developed country trade dynamic.
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December 22nd

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Legal Robbery and Murder

Posted on December 23, 2003
Previously filed under: Africa, Field Diaries
Despite a commitment to law and order, singularly powerful governments can often lead to the disintegration of human rights.
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December 14th

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A Passage From India: A Fortnight in the Life

Posted on December 15, 2003
Previously filed under: Asia, Field Diaries
The life and times of a development project aged seven and a half months.
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November 24th

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What is Globalization?

Posted on November 25, 2003
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, General Globalization
Coming together - globalization means reconnecting the human community.
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Keywords: globalization, culture

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Globalization And Values - A Contemporary Paradox

Posted on November 25, 2003
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, General Globalization
Globalization values impose a conflicting relation with social values in developing and developed countries alike.
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Keywords: globalization, social values, developing countries

November 18th

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Security and Prosperity in the 21st Century

Posted on November 19, 2003
Topics: Conflict and War
Countries: Iraq
Previously filed under: General Globalization
Former President Bill Clinton expresses his views on globalization at Yale University.
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Keywords: terrorist, security, al qaeda

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Unevenly Yoked

Posted on November 19, 2003
Previously filed under: Africa, General Globalization
Has globalization dealt Africa a bad hand?
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November 6th

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Don’t Sweat It

Posted on November 7, 2003
Previously filed under: Global Economy
Sweatshop protests may hurt, not help, poor workers.
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November 5th

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The Last Thing the Developing World Needs

Posted on November 6, 2003
Previously filed under: Asia, Agriculture
A disturbing trend is appearing in the battle for control of the world's food resources.
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Keywords: Genetically Modified Organisms, food security, hunger, developing countries, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development

November 3rd

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The Pro- and Anti-Globalization Labels just don't Fit

Posted on November 4, 2003
Previously filed under: General Globalization
'Pro' and 'anti' are really only extremes in a complex issue where most of us fall into the broad middle.
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October 30th

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The Globalized Village

Posted on October 31, 2003
Previously filed under: General Globalization
Is Globalization bringing humane progress to developing nations - or not?
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A Spirited Argument in Defense of Global Capitalism

Posted on October 31, 2003
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
In the much acclaimed book In Defense of Global Capitalism Johan Norberg turns his anarchist’s idealism to globalization and its critics.
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October 28th

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A Dynamic Duo

Posted on October 29, 2003
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Technology
Technology brings an American and an Afghan together in a joint effort to help rebuild Iraq.
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October 21st

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Anglosphere - Limits to Globalization

Posted on October 22, 2003
Previously filed under: General Globalization
Does globalization have any limits?
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Keywords: globalization, anti-globalization, trade liberalization, public health, SARS, security issues, terrorism

October 19th

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Breaking the WTO Logjam - Enforceable Special Treatment

Posted on October 20, 2003
Previously filed under: South America, General Globalization
Should developing countries be given special and differential treatment?
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Keywords: wto, developing countries, social justice

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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 08:26
India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

Aid for trade policy rears its ugly head

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
The UK government's dismay at not being granted the contract for Typhoon fighter jets in India is an indication that its controversial aid for trade policy is still very much alive.

Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

Yale Global Online - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:17
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth.
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