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May 28th

From the Archives

A Passage from India: Project Selection

Posted on May 29, 2003
Previously filed under: Field Diaries
A week of selecting the first twelve communities in which the team will undertake their health, youth, and community-group work.
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May 20th

From the Archives

A Raindrop Cleans the Wetlands

Posted on May 21, 2003
Topics: Economic Development, Climate and Environment
Countries: Thailand
Previously filed under: Asia, Environment
In Thailand, an NGO helps impoverished fishermen, and the environment.
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Keywords: non-governmental organizations, fishing

May 19th

From the Archives

Shanty Town Seamstresses Fuel the Fashion Industry

Posted on May 20, 2003
Previously filed under: South America, Success Stories
In a Brazilian shanty town, the women's talents for fine sewing and handmade craftwork have given them change for their pocketbooks, and a new attitude.
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From the Archives

You Can Bank on It: Women are Doin' It for Themselves

Posted on May 20, 2003
Previously filed under: Asia, Individual
The Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank of Mhaswad village is India's first rural cooperative bank of its kind – for and by women.
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May 18th

From the Archives

A Passage from India: The First Installment

Posted on May 19, 2003
Previously filed under: Asia, Field Diaries
Teambuilding and paperclips dominate startup phase of collaborative project on tea farms.
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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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