Global Envision | The Confluence of Global Markets and Poverty Alleviation

Malaria nets. Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/delamaza/462827603/">Tomas de la Maza (flickr)</a>

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Malaria's Moment

Is malaria's reign of terror coming to an end?

Photo: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

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Food Crisis Called 'Silent Tsunami'

For months we have been following increasingly urgent reports about food scarcity, rising prices and vulnerable populations.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vox/277489128/">voxphoto (flickr)</a>

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Cubans Swarm to Cell Phones

In a span of just ten days, 7,400 Cubans signed new mobile phone contracts. On April 14, President Raul Castro lifted a ban restricting ordinary citizens from purchasing personal cell phones.

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Food or Fuel?

Alternatives to Plastic: Home Gardens. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/keylimepie/751582008/">key lime_pie (flickr)</a>

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Life Less Plastic

I recently came upon a blog by a Chicago woman committed to living as close to a plastic-free life as possible.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenhem/2234201934/"> greenhem (flickr)</a>

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Growing Trend: Bans on Bad Bags

Plastic bags have long been associated with litter and waste. The world uses tens of billions of plastic bags every year – bags that end up hanging from trees, traveling along freeways, escaping garbage cans and waste dumps.

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Southern Africa Refuses Chinese Arms

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has declared that a recent shipment of arms from China to Zimbabwe is completely unrelated to the current post-election tension in the country and is part of “perfectly normal tr

Photo: Jeremy Barnicle/Mercy Corps

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Fortune in the Tea Leaves

There's at least one commodity in the world whose rising price is benefiting rural families rather than bankrupting them.

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Will India be the One?

A scramble for Africa’s resources and major manufacturing outlets has begun. India and China are emerging as competitors as each country looks to make its mark on the continent.

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Declining Dollar Hurts Remittance Recipients

What impact is the U.S. economic slowdown having on developing countries? Matt Homer of the World Politics Review writes that the weakening U.S.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barbaradoduk/2425562257/in/photostream/">unity.project</a>

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Champions of Earth

April 22 marks the 38th celebration of Earth Day. In honor of the day, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is presenting its Champions of Earth award.

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Arab States Make Biggest Leaps in 'Tech-readiness'

A World Economic Forum report found Arab states made the greatest improvements in technology readiness last year — an important precursor to business development.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaysha/2094182389/">kaysha (flickr)</a>

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South America Weathers the Economic Storm

As Haitians take to the streets over rising food prices and Americans fret at the gas pump, South Americans seem to be weathering the hemisphere's economic storm fairly well.

Photo: Geoff Oliver Bugbee for Mercy Corps

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Will East African Drought Doom Pastoralist Lifestyle?

A few months ago, I wrote about a team of journalists reporting on water issues and conflict in Kenya and Ethiopia, where a tremendous drought is spreading across the region.

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Taxing Financial Markets to Aid the Poor

Previous posts have examined how private enterprise can fight poverty through "creative capitalism" and corporate

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