global economic crisis

The EU-IMF team's arrival in Dublin was watched by both local news and civilian protestors. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/5190474666/in/photostream/">William Murphy (flickr)</a>

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Dublin's Turn to Accept an IMF Bailout

As of November Ireland joined the ranks of Greece and Portugal as the latest European country to accept a bailout.

A revolutionary microbicidal gel can reduce a woman's chances of acquiring HIV by 54 percent. Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps.

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AIDS Funding in Peril

Funding was a huge topic of concern at this year's International AIDS Conference, which took place last week in Vienna.

An estimated 8.4 million payroll jobs were lost during the recession. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irees/6054169/">wools (flickr)</a>

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What does it take to escape poverty?

What's most effective in helping people climb out of poverty? Jobs and education, according to New York Times columnist Nick Kristof, who cites several recent studies by economists.

A Detroit street. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/msgemini3/2085969697/">NoneOther... {Captured In Lights}...(flickr)</a>

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Unemployment in Detroit Nearly 50 Percent

Officially, Detroit's unemployment rate is 27 percent. But this number doesn't factor in people that are underemployed or are unemployed and have given up on the job search more than a year ago.

Unemployment is already high in Mexico. It could be even higher if Mexican workers in the U.S. went back. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eneas/3749031327/">Aneas (flickr) </a>

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Cash That Goes Back Across the Border

Mexican workers often come to the United States to earn money and send it to their relatives back home. But NPR reports that as the U.S.

A street dentist in India. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisluna/2813819116/">Christian Luna (flickr)</a>

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It's Not What You Think: India's Informal Economy and the Global Crisis

Would you want an unlicensed dentist working on your teeth?

A cracked and dry river bed. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brtsergio/113503786/">Sergio Bertolini (flickr)</a>

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Remittances to Guatemala Drying Up

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What will the growth of the Mongolian mining industry mean for the country's nomadic herders? Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps

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Mines in Mongolia

Mongolia could soon be home to the largest copper mine in the world.

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Farming Boom Goes Bust

After two boom years, The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. agricultural sector is expecting this year's profits to be below the 10-year average.

The July 18 issue of <em>the Economist</em></a>. Photo: <a href="http://www.economist.com"><em>The Economist</em></a>

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Don't Count Out Economics

During the boom years of the 1990s, economists like Alan Greenspan became celebrities. Their speeches and writings were closely studied by those hoping to know where the market was going next.

Managing Director of IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks at the World Bank/IMF spring meeting of 2009. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/3477828444/">World Bank Photo Collection (Flickr)</a>

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The International Monetary Fund Boosts Financial Aid to Poor Nations

Earlier today the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced plans to provide up to $17 billion in desperately-needed assistance to poor nations over the next five years.

People protest government bailouts and exorbitant executive pay on New York City's Wall Street. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wotba/2889148729/in/photostream/">Walking Off the Big Apple (flickr)</a>

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Forty Lifetimes Isn’t Enough

This has been reposted from the Mercy Corps blog.

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Iceland's Economic Crisis

The collapse of Iceland's three largest banks earlier this year sent ripples through the country's economy.

Rooftops of a Mumbai slum. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrolondon/2154067134/">Kaustav Bhattacharya (Flickr)</a>

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India's goal: Slum Free Nation

One in every five people living in Indian cities live in slums.

"Greed is ok when you let others profit from it, but greed for oneself is bad, it makes you ill," the Dalai Lama said in an interview with Welt Online. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/giando/2212005314/">Giandomenico Ricci (flickr)</a>

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A socially responsible world economic order?

At the beginning of July, two influential religious and spiritual leaders made statements within days of each other about the financial crisis and the responsibility of the wealthy to help the poor: Pope Benedict XVI and the Dalai Lama.