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September 27th

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Make Poverty History

Posted on September 28, 2005
Previously filed under: General Globalization
This is our chance to establish a new relationship between the developed and the developing world on the issues of debt, foreign aid and trade. Will we blow it?
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Mercosur - Demystified

Posted on September 28, 2005
Previously filed under: South America, Trade
Is Mercosur a Free Trade Agreement, or is it a customs union and common market? This enigmatic trade agreement is explained here.
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September 25th

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2005 Global Envision Film Resources

Posted on September 26, 2005
Countries: Argentina, Jamaica
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
Wondering what movie to see or rent? Check out our list of recommended documentary films on globalization.
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Keywords: work conditions, South Africa, Robert McNamara, nokia, music, Fog of War, documentary, debt, Control Room, business ethics, Baraka, Amandla, Al-Jazeera

September 22nd

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Growing up in Kenya: June Arunga's Stories

Posted on September 23, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, Field Diaries
June tells powerful first person stories about her country’s struggles, and how it can prevail over them.
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September 21st

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Wake up and Face the Flat Earth

Posted on September 22, 2005
Topics: Globalization, Corporations
Countries: India, China
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
Author Thomas L. Friedman says globalization has outpaced its critics.
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September 20th

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The Ins and Outs of the Central American Free Trade Agreement

Posted on September 21, 2005
Previously filed under: North America, Trade
CAFTA is widely considered to be a stepping stone to the larger Free Trade Area of the Americas that would encompass 34 economies.
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Keywords: trade

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CAFTA's Close Call A Warning to US Policy Makers

Posted on September 21, 2005
Previously filed under: North America, Trade
The narrow passage of the Central American trade agreement calls for a stronger, proactive approach to WTO.
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September 19th

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Sudan - A Story of Legal Robbery and Murder

Posted on September 20, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, General Globalization
On June Arunga's travels around Sudan, she found that people desire for more than an absence of war.
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Keywords: Sudan, war, Africa

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Letter from Nairobi

Posted on September 20, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, Field Diaries
Why the world’s poor are no longer willing to remain “indigenous”.
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September 14th

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Norman Borlaug - A Billion Lives Saved

Posted on September 15, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, Success Stories
Most people don't know Norman Bourlag, although he is widely recognized as the father of the Green Revolution.
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Keywords: Norman Borlaug, social entrepreneurship

September 7th

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<i>Freakonomics- A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side

Posted on September 8, 2005
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
According to this review, everywhere a conventional economics text might get dry, Freakonomics gets, well, "freaky."
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Keywords: economics, Freakonomics, Stephen J. Dubner

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Students: Global Envision Wants You

Posted on September 8, 2005
Previously filed under: Student
Coming in October 2005, a “For Students” section of the Global Envision Web Site.
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Responding to Hurricane Survivors' Needs

Posted on September 8, 2005
Previously filed under: North America, General Globalization
The Global Envision community of more than 300,000 readers from over 100 countries is responding to Hurricane Katrina.
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September 6th

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Books for the Global Citizen Reading List

Posted on September 7, 2005
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
This is a list of both fiction and nonfiction writing that provides a fascinating historical backdrop to current debates about globalization.
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An Interview with June Arunga

Posted on September 7, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, Interviews
June shows the world not only that Africa is a continent in need but also that Africans themselves have the resourcefulness to confront their own hardships.
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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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