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Globalization Tames the Left in Brazil

Posted on October 2, 2006

Countries: Brazil
Previously filed under: South America, General Globalization

Brazil has missed a golden opportunity provided by a robust global economy to chart a new and vibrant economic trajectory.

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Keywords: Neoliberalism, Lula da Silva, high interest rates, globalization

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African Continent Tops World Bank Priorities

Posted on October 2, 2006

Previously filed under: Africa, Global Economy

Africa risks subjection to a serious economic stagnation if the donor community fails to live up to their pledge to double aid to the continent by 2010.

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Keywords: Africa, poverty, international aid, World Bank, wolfowitz, IMF

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Americanization or Globalization?

Posted on October 2, 2006

Previously filed under: North America, Culture and Society

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ARTICLE IS FROM 2006. VISIT OUR HOMEPAGE FOR NEW CONTENT.

A Ugandan writer explores the meaning of globalization and the growing influence of American culture around the world.

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The Dark and Noisy Ocean Depths

Posted on October 2, 2006

Previously filed under: North America, Environment

Increased sound levels off the coast of Southern California may affect marine life.

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Keywords: whales, water, navy, pollution, environment, noise, noise pollution, california

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Energy Cooperation and Confrontation in the Western Hemisphere

Posted on October 2, 2006

Previously filed under: South America, Trade

Cooperation and Disagreement over energy trade and politics take center stage in Western Hemisphere relations.

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Keywords: oil, South America, energy, mercosur, natural gas

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Man and His Endangered Home

Posted on October 2, 2006

Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Environment

The notion of sustainable development may pose a problem as the contradictions of fast human development and the slow conditions of evolution are combined.

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Keywords: global warming, technology, Sustainable Development, Population Growth

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The U.S. House of Representatives Says No to Neutrality

Posted on October 2, 2006

Previously filed under: North America, Technology

Some internet watchdog organizations predict the Internet's downfall, should the COPE ACT of the House be passed in the U.S. Senate.

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Keywords: technology, U.S., internet, FCC, Net Neutrality, Internet Service Providers

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Remittances: Over the sea and far away

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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.

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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.