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The Global Economy Reluctantly Turns Toward Sustainability

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Chelsea Wieber
Topics: Corporations

Last month, IPS news reported on recent trends toward sustainability and green business within the global economy. According to the January "State of the World 2008" report released by the Worldwatch Institute, "innovative green efforts by governments and business are becoming commonplace." It seems that almost daily, large corporations are announcing their green efforts, however Worldwatch's report warns, many of these announcements are greenwashing.

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Business is Key to Solving Africa's Public Health Problems

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Leah Hazard
Topics: HIV/AIDS, Health

Want to know the hot gossip in a small Rwandan village? It's not the latest developments in AIDS treatments. Instead, it's the recent $2000 foreign order for coasters and place mats.

Read The New York Times' guest columnist Josh Ruxin's great article about the importance of supporting business opportunities to combat AIDS and other health problems in Africa.

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Fall 2007 Essay Competition Winners

Posted on February 20, 2008
Previously filed under: Contests
The Global Envision staff is proud to announce the winners of our Fall 2007 essay competition.
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Fall 2007 Essay Contest: Honorable Mention

Posted on February 20, 2008
Previously filed under: General Globalization
Amanda Osborne shares her reflections on trends in globalization.
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Fall Essay Contest 2007: Second Place

Posted on February 20, 2008
Previously filed under: General Globalization
Bethney Ross takes a look at the organizations that use globalization in positive and negative ways.
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Fall 2007 Contest Winning Essay

Posted on February 20, 2008
Previously filed under: General Globalization
William Bruns argues that globalization isn't a new phenomena as many claim, but part of the natural evolution of humans.
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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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