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August 29th

From the Archives

What Did the G8 Deliver in Edinburgh?

Posted on August 30, 2005
Previously filed under: General Globalization
The Gleneagles Summit may depend as much on what we do next as what the G8 Leaders promised.
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August 24th

From the Archives

Aiding Poverty in Africa - Giving Until it Hurts

Posted on August 25, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, General Globalization
International commitments to increase foreign aid to African nations ignore the causes of poverty in those countries.
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Keywords: poverty, development, humanitarian aid, Africa

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Africa Needs Fair Trade, Not Charity

Posted on August 25, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, Trade
Allowing producers to export to a subsidy-free world market will lift many out of poverty.
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Keywords: protectionism, G-8, free trade

August 4th

From the Archives

Africa After the Music Stops

Posted on August 5, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, General Globalization
The fine print of promised aid is less than what it is cracked up to be.
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Can Biotechnology Feed the Developing World?

Posted on August 5, 2005
Previously filed under: Interviews
Susan H. Bragdon looks at the roots of poverty through an agricultural lens.
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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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