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Law - Unit on International Law and Organizations

Posted on November 2, 2005

Previously filed under: Lesson Plans

Introduction to the issues of state sovereignty, governance of international institutions and to the debate between internationalists and the rights of sovereign nations.

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IMF/World Bank - World Bank & IMF Lesson Plan

Posted on November 2, 2005

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Students will learn about international organizations, specifically the IMF and the World Bank. They will also be introduced to some challenges faced by these institutions.

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Environment - Unit on Globalization and the Environment

Posted on November 2, 2005

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Students will learn about the impacts of globalization on the environment and how different societies define and try to address environmental problems.

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Culture - Unit on Religion and Globalization

Posted on November 2, 2005

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This unit contains readings, discussion questions, and assignments that teach students about the impact of religious belief on perspectives about globalization.

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Culture - Unit on Culture & Globalization

Posted on November 2, 2005

Previously filed under: North America, Lesson Plans

This unit contains activities for students to explore the spread of American culture throughout the world, including a role-playing exercise on a U.S.-Canada trade dispute.

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The Rebirth of Civil Society in Eastern Europe

Posted on November 2, 2005

Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Success Stories

The new nonprofit sector in Eastern helps lead the way into democracy through education and political thinking and helps fill the gap left by the collapse of communism.

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Keywords: Easter Europe, social entrepreneurship, civil society

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Remittances: Over the sea and far away

Economist - Special Report - Thu, 05/17/2012 - 08:05

For consumers who want to “wire” money to some far corner of the world, not much has changed since the days of the Old West. If you try to send a small amount of money from America to the Philippines, say, or Mexico, you will probably have to queue at a neighbourhood money-transfer agent and pay a fee that could easily reach 10% of the value of the remittance.

Mobile payments: A wealth of wallets

Economist - Special Report - Thu, 05/17/2012 - 08:05

Turn left off the main reception to PayPal’s offices in San Jose, open a nondescript door and you step into a garish living room dominated by a flat-screen television. This is a laboratory for what PayPal calls “couch commerce”: people sit in front of the television buying things with their mobile phones or tablet computers.

Expose, engage, empower: Connecting unlikely entrepreneurs in the mobile era

World Bank: Private Sector Development Blog - Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:48

The infoDev team has taken a closer look at his and the other five finalists’ backgrounds, and we found some helpful insights about new sources of innovation, their promise, and their needs.

Breeding Wheat To Grow Where Other Plants Can’t

Fast Company's Co.Exist - Wed, 05/16/2012 - 14:00

We need to nearly double the amount of food we grow by mid-century if 9 billion people are going to have enough to eat. Yet most of the world’s prime farmland is already planted. The rest of the available land tends to lie under forests, or suffer from problems that keep it fallow. But feeding the world will mean redefining what is "arable" land.