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Ethical Investing

Posted on August 3, 2006

Previously filed under: Business

Socially responsible investment allows people to put their money where their morals are.

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Keywords: investment, social entreprenearialism, entreprenear, philanthropy

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A Recipe for Job Creation in India

Posted on August 3, 2006

Topics: Women
Countries: India
Previously filed under: Asia, Success Stories

Lijjat Papad, a cooperative papadam business, has improved the lives of 41,000 members, mostly iliterate women, through an innovative business model.

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Keywords: rural poor, empowerment

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Winning One for the GIPper?

Posted on August 3, 2006

Previously filed under: Asia, Trade

The Gaeseong Industrial Park is the centerpiece of new inter-Korean economic cooperation. Will the US play along?

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Keywords: trade, korea, North Korea, protectionism

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PanAfrica - Aid for the Poor, Not for the Consultants

Posted on August 3, 2006

Previously filed under: Africa, Global Economy

A new report reveals that aid funding is often diverted back into its country of origin, or spent inefficiently on foreign consultants.

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Keywords: humanitarian aid, development, Africa

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Career Counseling for the Twenty-First Century

Posted on August 3, 2006

Previously filed under: Student Opportunities

Yale University's Chief Econmist, Robert J. Shiller, offers career advice for the new global labor market.

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Keywords: education, students, Careers

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Challenges Facing Europe in a World of Globalization

Posted on August 3, 2006

Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Environment

Helle C. Dale of the Heritage Foundation discusses how a lack of economic liberalization is besetting European countries with profound problems.

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Keywords: globalization, economy, Europe,

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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.

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Breeding Wheat To Grow Where Other Plants Can’t

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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.