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Who Should Foot the Bill on Climate Change?

Posted on March 6, 2007
Previously filed under: Environment
Debate heats up over whether developing or developed nations should bear the costs.
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Chronic Diseases and the Developing World

Posted on February 13, 2007
Previously filed under: Health
While the impacts of infectious diseases such as AIDS are well known, few are aware of the ways chronic diseases affect populations in the developing world.
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Keywords: WHO, malaria, health, developing, Chronic Diseases, cancer, HIV/AIDS

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Communication is Key to Development, Say Experts

Posted on November 27, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Technology
The Rome Consensus was formulated at the first World Congress on Communication for Development and outlines the need to enhance communication services in developing regions.
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Poor Man's Hero

Posted on November 17, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Interviews
Controversial writer Johan Norberg champions globalization as the best hope for the developing world.
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Soros Targets Global Warming and the War on Terrorism

Posted on August 2, 2006
Previously filed under: Book and Film Reviews
In his latest book Soros offers insight as to the true meaning of freedom, and how societies can achieve it.
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Asia Holds the Key to the Future of Genetically Modified Food

Posted on December 7, 2004
Previously filed under: Asia, Agriculture
Wary Asian consumers may decide how much genetically modified food will reach the world's dinner tables.
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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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