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WORLDCHANGING: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

Posted on March 28, 2008
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
A book that serves as a comprehensive starting point to changing the world.
Keywords: book review, Worldchanging

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Not One Less

Posted on February 5, 2008
Topics: Migration, Culture
Countries: China
Previously filed under: Asia, Book and Film Reviews
Not One Less is a film about a determined little girl hoping to triumph over ignorance and poverty in modern-day China.
Keywords: youth, Film

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It's a Semiglobalized World

Posted on January 4, 2008
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Book and Film Reviews
A book demonstrating a worldview where apocalypse is not imminent and differences still matter.
Keywords: book review, Pankaj Ghemawat, semiglobalization, globalization, global economy

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2007 Global Envision Reader

Posted on December 14, 2007
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
The 2007 Global Envision Reader features some of the best new titles for learning more about the global economy.
Keywords: best books, book reviews, books of 2007, book recommendations

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The Bottom Billion- A Book Review

Posted on December 5, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Book and Film Reviews
According to his latest book, the developed world has failed its poorest brethren writes Paul Collier.
Keywords: poverty, Paul Collier, solutions, failure of aid

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Book Reveals What the World Eats

Posted on November 1, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, Book and Film Reviews
What's on the World's Dinner Table?
Keywords: food consumption, food security, malnutrition, nutrition, globalization

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How Soccer Explains the World

Posted on September 25, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Book and Film Reviews
In his latest book, Franklin Foer examines the relationship between globalization and soccer.
Keywords: Soccer, globalization, Franklin Foer, alternative history, book review, sports

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American Jobs

Posted on August 6, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Book and Film Reviews
Film uses the power of personal experience to call into question the effects of outsourcing practices on United States workers.
Keywords: labor, outsourcing, film review, protectionism, offshoring, Manufacturing

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Poor People

Posted on July 12, 2007
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
Through interviews, author William T. Vollmann;s book explores why people think they are poor.
Keywords: Vollmann, Poor People, book review, poverty

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Global Envision Film List

Posted on July 12, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Book and Film Reviews
Global Envision, in partnership with The Film Connection, highlights important feature films, documentaries and shorts on the themes of globalization.
Keywords: Films, International Films, Movies

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New Film Focuses on Life and Debt in Africa

Posted on June 19, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Book and Film Reviews
This gripping movie explores the trials and tribulations of Africa's relationship with the West.
Keywords: Africa, health, education, Bamako, Mali, African Film

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Bound Together

Posted on June 4, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Book and Film Reviews
The editor of YaleGlobal Online writes about religious, economic and cultural influences of globalization throughout history and today in latest book.
Keywords: nayan chanda, history, income disparity, health

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Making Globalization Work

Posted on April 17, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Book and Film Reviews
Where Globalization and Its Discontents was the primer on globalization, this book is the comprehensive user's manual.
Keywords: globalization, book review, Making Globalization Work, Joseph Stiglitz, World Bank, Americanization, economic growth, IMF

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Globalization and Its Enemies

Posted on April 17, 2007
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Book and Film Reviews
In new book, French economist Daniel Cohen turns common knowledge about globalization upside down.
Keywords: globalization, Daniel Cohen, book review, Globalization and Its Enemies, economy

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Microinsurance Key to Protecting the Poor

Posted on March 26, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Book and Film Reviews
Protecting the Poor is a book of lessons learned and technical guidance for insurance professionals and practitioners.
Keywords: microfinance, microinsurance, corporate social responsibility, book

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All Africa - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 07:31
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