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The Dirt Road to the Information Superhighway

Posted on August 18, 2006

Previously filed under: Technology

Third world innovations may soon find their way into developed countries.

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Keywords: computer, technology, digital divide,

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PCs For the Poor - As Good As Their Hype

Posted on August 18, 2006

Previously filed under: North America, Technology

Technologists are at odds over how to bridge the digital divide.

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Economic Patriotism - Blind Alley in a Globalized World?

Posted on August 18, 2006

Previously filed under: Global Economy

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Nations protecting favorite industries only postpones inevitable and occasionally helpful changes.

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Keywords: trade, tarrifs, subsidies, patriotism, nationalism, Multinational

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When Labor Loses Out to Trade

Posted on August 18, 2006

Previously filed under: Trade

Governments have a range of policies to expand trade while minimizing the loss of jobs.

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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.