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Aiding Poverty in Africa - Giving Until it Hurts

International commitments to increase foreign aid to African nations ignore the causes of poverty in those countries.

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Africa After the Music Stops

The fine print of promised aid is less than what it is cracked up to be.

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European Integration and the Proposed EU Constitution

Failure to ratify the constitution does not mean an end to the EU.

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Europe in Disarray – Part II

With difficulties at home, European leaders struggle to muster a cooperative spirit.

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Seizing the Moment Against Global Poverty

We can indeed end extreme global poverty in our lifetime.

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Europe in Disarray – Part I

When whiners become winners, everybody loses.

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Reviving an Old Dream of Afro-Asian Cooperation

Fifty years after the Bandung meeting, a prosperous Asia is better placed, but many hurdles remain.

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Marching in Europe Will Not End African Poverty

A criticism of Sir Bob Geldof's upcoming Live 8 concerts around the globe.

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Private Education in India can Benefit Poor People

Poor parents, concerned with the quality of state run schools, are turning increasingly to private education in India.

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The Pitfalls and Consequences of Development 'Pornography'

The use of ‘shocking’ images of Africa creates negative stereotypes, unwittingly turning good intentions bad.

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Understanding International Development Issues

Simplistic, unreal images of poverty will never convey the full reality of developing countries.

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The Globalized World Responds to the Tsunami Disaster

The first global natural disaster in modern times demonstrates that we are indeed, one human family.

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Can China Be Contained?

In a close-knit world, pressuring Beijing could have unintended consequences.

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Global Blogs

Various views on the global economy and other important issues related to globalization.

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Globalization Is Not Made in the West

Historically rooted, globalization's latest challenge is to widen and deepen democracy.

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