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January 30th

From the Archives

In Defense of Globalization, Free-Trade and Free-Market

Posted on January 31, 2005
Previously filed under: Trade
Isolation will only hurt poor countries in today's world.
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Keywords: globalization, free trade, isolationism, free markets, global economy

January 25th

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How an Addiction To Sugar Subsidies Hurts Development

Posted on January 26, 2005
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Trade
Politically vital farm support, especially in the EU, throttles exports from poor nations.
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Zapatistas - Rebels with a Confused Cause

Posted on January 26, 2005
Previously filed under: North America, Global Economy
Indigenous liberators or enemies of progress?
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Trade & Protectionism

Posted on January 26, 2005
Previously filed under: Trade
Illegal drugs -- scourge or globalization’s great equalizer?
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January 13th

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How Wall Street can Aid the Poor of the World

Posted on January 14, 2005
Previously filed under: North America, Global Economy
Reducing risk in poor countries around the globe.
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Time To Cancel Tsunami Countries' Debt

Posted on January 14, 2005
Previously filed under: Asia, Global Economy
In the wake of the natural disaster, the real need is to go beyond a freeze on payments and to promote debt cancellation for impoverished countries.
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January 10th

From the Archives

Trends in Latin American Business

Posted on January 11, 2005
Previously filed under: South America, Interviews
Q&A with Gustavo A. Herrero, Executive Director of Harvard Business School’s Latin America Research Center.
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An Entrepreneur's Journey in Africa

Posted on January 11, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, Interviews
An interview with author Monique Maddy -- insights into the challenges of entrepreneurship in developing countries.
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Globalization and 'Contract Culture'

Posted on January 11, 2005
Previously filed under: General Globalization
Global convergence and exposure to contracts have huge imacts on non-Western cultures.
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January 9th

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The Testing Ground of Tax

Posted on January 10, 2005
Previously filed under: Global Economy
How multinational corporations have come to determine their own level of taxation.
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Africa's Hungry Are Fed Bad Policies

Posted on January 10, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, General Globalization
Incorrect IMF advice and the US push for genetically modified food only worsen existing food crises.
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Europe's China-Play

Posted on January 10, 2005
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Global Economy
An uneasy EU, juggling human rights and business interests, may lift its arms embargo against China.
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January 6th

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Mixed Blessings of the Megacities

Posted on January 7, 2005
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
A byproduct of globalization, urban aggregates will be the arena of confrontation between 21st century prosperity and enduring poverty.
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A Partnership for Prosperity in Latin America

Posted on January 7, 2005
Previously filed under: South America, Global Economy
How the US and Latin America are together achieving prosperity for the future.
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January 5th

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Social Entrepreneurs

Posted on January 6, 2005
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Success Stories
The rebirth of civil society in Eastern Europe.
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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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