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Brazil's Energy Windfall

Posted on March 20, 2008
Topics: Energy and Oil
Countries: Brazil
Previously filed under: South America, Global Economy
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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Keywords: Venezuela, OPEC, economics

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Flowers for Sale

Posted on February 21, 2008
Previously filed under: South America, Trade
Imported flowers, like other internationally traded commodities such as coffee, require ethical business practices to ensure worker-friendly and sustainable industries.
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Keywords: trade, agriculture, development, globalization, import/export

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Can Crops be Climate-Proofed?

Posted on January 29, 2008
Previously filed under: South America, Agriculture
Climate change threatens food crops across the world. Now scientists are re-focusing their efforts on crop resilience, rather than yields.
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Keywords: climate change, technology, rice, food security, environment

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Building for the Future in a Disaster Zone

Posted on January 3, 2008
Previously filed under: South America, Interviews
By focusing on risk prevention, Mercy Corps responds to the immediate as well as the long-term needs of those affected by the Peru earthquake.
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Keywords: Peru, earthquake, Reconstruction, marginalized populations, risk reduction

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Cosmopolitan Masala - Enriching Diversity

Posted on December 19, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Culture and Society
Technological innovation and economic advances today require work done by groups of people who share different viewpoints, working together to create new ideas.
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Keywords: immigration, culture, diversity, technology

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Climate Change Resources

Posted on November 29, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
As we become increasingly aware of our potential to harm the environment, learn more about how you can make a positive change.
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Keywords: climate change, resource page, environment, globalization

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Historic Election in Argentina

Posted on November 7, 2007
Countries: Argentina
Previously filed under: South America, Culture and Society
Cristina Fernandez, former first lady and senator, has become the first women to be elected president in Argentina.
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Argentina's Scientists Return to their Roots

Posted on September 5, 2007
Countries: Argentina
Previously filed under: South America, Global Economy
Argentinian organizations such as Raices are working to bring foreign-educated scientists and researchers back home.
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Water Borne Poverty - A Story in Photos

Posted on August 27, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Health
Jake Lyell, a photographer from Virginia, documents dire living conditions in Iquitos, Peru, the largest city in the world unreachable by road.
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Keywords: water, South America, sanitation, poverty, Peru, health, disease

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Disaster Relief in Peru

Posted on August 17, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Field Diaries
Mercy Corps is on the ground in Peru to help tens of thousands of individuals affected by Wednesday's earthquake.
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Poverty and Corruption Fuel Tropical Forest Fires

Posted on July 20, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
An analysis of satellite data shows that tropical countries with widespread poverty and corruption are less effective at protecting their forests from fire hazards.
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Keywords: Forest Fires, Tropical, NASA, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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The Double Edge of Globalization

Posted on July 2, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, General Globalization
Intensified international trading affects the environment but also raises global awareness.
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Keywords: environment, deforestation, globalization, climate change

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Peru Creates Online Biodiversity Register

Posted on May 25, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
The new system will allow Peru to maintain control over its native genetic history.
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Keywords: Peru, environment, biodiversity, scientific research

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Biofuel Surge Could Have Severe Downside, Warn Experts

Posted on May 16, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Environment
As the United States looks to biofuels to solve dependency on foreign oil, it must be careful not to create a more serious problem.
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Keywords: biofuel, biodiversity, forest destruction, agriculture, food security,

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Biofuel Cooperation Marks First Step toward Energy Security

Posted on May 16, 2007
Previously filed under: South America, Agriculture
In Latin America U.S. President Bush is pursuing alternative energy alliances to enhance energy security at home and abroad.
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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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