Global Economy

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Marrying cash and change: social 'stock markets' spread worldwide

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A woman from the Konso district of Ethiopia makes shoes. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mercycorps/5512259779/in/photostream">Joni Kabana for Mercy Corps(flickr)</a>

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Different strokes for different folks: Why young entrepreneurs need customized assistance

One size doesn't fit all: Facing a youth unemployment crisis, a new report offers NGOs guidance on tailoring entrepreneurship programs to the specific needs of aspiring youth business owners.

Impact investment has to grow up before the serious cash can flow. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amagill/3367543094/">AMagill (flickr)</a>

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Too little data, too few opportunities: Impact investment's difficult adolescence

Impact investing faces serious obstacles before reaching its market potential.

The World Bank is accused of helping foreign companies to purchase productive land in Africa and Asia. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeteavendre/5505956967/in/photostream/">Planète à Vendre (Flickr)</a>

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Groups claim World Bank aids land grabs

Development aid is meant to support marginalized populations. But sometimes that aid can hurt the very people it was intended to help.

The supply chain of microfinance. Photos by Miguel Samper for Mercy Corps.

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Amid the ashes of the financial crisis, cross-border microfinance warms up

Even as problems with microfinance continue to spread, cross—border microfinance is firing up.

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Five clear steps we can take to fight food insecurity

Four years after a global crisis sent food prices soaring, the world continues to struggle with hunger and food price volatility. To combat global hunger, we clearly need a new strategy.

Trujillo, Honduras is currently a quiet backwater town, but the Honduran government has grand visions for its future growth. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wanaku/1929533564/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Wanaku (flickr)</a>

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Honduras envisions a Caribbean Hong Kong, but 'charter city' plan meets criticism

Picture this: a nearly independent city-state -- a Hong Kong in one of the western hemisphere’s poorest countries. Sound far-fetched? Maybe so, but one country has high hopes for a changing urban future.

Cafes in Tunisia have become a common hangout for unemployed college graduates, but now that educated youth may be able to get back to work. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clurross/4543646129/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Flickr (clurross)</a>

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A new model for Middle East economic practices starts with Tunisia, Libya

Sitting in cafes all over Tunisia are unemployed youth with college degrees and nothing better to do.

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Five things to know about the 7 billionth human

Gap opens in Shanghai. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kreep/">kreep (flickr)</a>

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Made in China: A slowly emerging consumer class

What would happen if you took off every article of clothing not made in America? asks ABC at New York’s Grand Central Station (video).
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An Inflation Reality Check

While Zimbabwe demonstrates record breaking inflation, one may also look at Russia, Vietnam, Argentina, and Venezuela to see double digit inflation.

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Brazil's Energy Windfall

Brazil recently discovered billions of barrels of oil off its shores - and immediately started reorganizing its trade policy on the world market.

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Taiwan's Textile Presence in Africa

Swazi textile workers have taken to the streets, unsatisfied with wages and treatment.

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Russia and the New Great Game

Russia appears to be perfectly situated in the global scramble to secure energy resources. This position is giving rise to a more assertive and possibly antagonistic Russia.

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China's Internal Migrants

This Council on Foreign Relations backgrounder reveals the impact of China's household registration system, the hukou, on rural-to-urban migrants.

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