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January 30th

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What's So Bad About a Warm Winter?

Posted on January 31, 2007
Previously filed under: Environment
A global warming critic suggests warming trends could have a positive impact on well-being in the United States.
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Keywords: global warming, environment, climate change, rising temperatures

January 29th

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The Student Movement for Real Change

Posted on January 30, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, Success Stories
Learn how one student's frustration with the educational system led to a nationally recognized student group.
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Keywords: Africa, student groups, fundraising, education, students

January 28th

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Plato's Republic or Milton Friedman's Market?

Posted on January 29, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, Global Economy
Markets simply work more efficiently with limited government intervention.
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Is India Emerging as an Eastern or Western Power?

Posted on January 29, 2007
Topics: Globalization, Economic Development
Countries: India
Previously filed under: Asia, General Globalization
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean at the LKY School of Public Policy, offers predictions about the direction India is likely to take as an emerging power.
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Keywords: power

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‘Donor Aid Shouldn't Be Tagged to Politics'

Posted on January 29, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Interviews
In reponse to a recent visit to Uganda Jeffery Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, expressed his views on Uganda's future.
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Keywords: Jeffery Sachs, poverty, trade, Uganda, development,

January 25th

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A HandCrafting Justice Story

Posted on January 26, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Success Stories
A success story in the suburbs of Peru tells how a group of 150 women came to work with HandCrafting Justice, a fair-trade partnership.
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Keywords: social entrepreneurship, social justice, Shining Path, Peru, Lima, HandCrafting

January 24th

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Corporate Responsibility and Globalization

Posted on January 25, 2007
Topics: Globalization, Corporations
Previously filed under: General Globalization
A new business structure appears to be on the horizon as large corporations are now integrating activist demands into their business plans.
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Keywords: corporate social responsibility, activism

January 23rd

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Gross Domestic Innovation

Posted on January 24, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Global Economy
Purdue University researcher Balkrishna Rao says that OECD countries will need to be more innovative in order to adapt to a growing global workforce.
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Keywords: OECD, developing countries, innovation, Asian Tigers, trade

January 22nd

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Genetically Modified Farming on the Rise in Developing Nations

Posted on January 23, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Agriculture
A recent report found that over 90 percent of those growing GM crops worldwide were small, resource-poor farmers in developing countries.
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Debt Burden Hindering Development

Posted on January 23, 2007
Previously filed under: Global Economy
Debt repayment continues to block the ability for developing countries to implement social services, say critics.
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Keywords: development, Africa, Debt relief, poverty, international aid

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Getting to the Bottom of "Bottom-Up" Approaches

Posted on January 23, 2007
Previously filed under: Global Economy
The popularity of "Bottom-Up" approaches to poverty are high, but are they properly understood?
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Keywords: Social Enterprise, Grameen Bank, global economy, development

January 21st

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Fairtrade Cotton, Will it Make a Difference?

Posted on January 22, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Trade
Fair trade prices help to alleviate the crushing poverty that affects agricultural workers in the developing world.
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Keywords: cotton, fair trade, developing nations, economics, trade

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Youth & Development - A Window of Opportunity for Developing Countries

Posted on January 22, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Interviews
Emmanuel Y. Jimenez, Director of Human Development at the World Bank, speaks about young people's role in development.
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Keywords: youth, development, developing countries, World Bank, Director, Immaneul Jimenez

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Remember Bird Flu?

Posted on January 22, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Health
While it may appear that bird flu is on the wane, there have been more cases reported in 2006 than in any previous year.
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Keywords: Bird Flu, avarian virus, global health, WHO, Asia, H5N1 virus,

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Six Ways That Changing Your Life Can Prevent Global Warming

Posted on January 22, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, Environment
Combating global warming requires passion, courage and commitment from the people.
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Keywords: climate change, global warming, feminism, action

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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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