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Fifteen Minutes with Victoria Hale

Posted on January 19, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, Interviews
MacArthur prize winner and social entrepreneur Victoria Hale reveals her optimistic outlook on creating affordable drugs for the developing world.
Keywords: pharmaceuticals, health, drugs, NGO

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A Million Paths to Peace

Posted on December 15, 2006
Previously filed under: Trade
Michael Strong encourages activists to continue embracing trade as a vehicle for change.
Keywords: NGO, free trade, peace, prosperity, democracy, capitalism, socialism, subsidy

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Marketing Humanitarian Crises

Posted on April 7, 2006
Previously filed under: General Globalization
Needy groups compete to market plights and win global attention.
Keywords: foreign aid, disaster, international aid, relief, help, poverty, NGO, foreign po

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Rising energy costs eroding Asia's competitive edge

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 07/04/2008 - 04:10
Much of Asia's export-based economic miracle has been predicated on cheap transportation and energy, but with oil at $140 a barrel the sums increasingly don't add up.

Weather plays larger role in global fuel prices

Yale Global Online - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 21:00
As the world grows more reliant on crops like corn and palm oil for its fuel supply, it is becoming vulnerable to the many hazards that can damage agriculture, ranging from droughts to plagues to storms.

Agriculture needs green growth

All Africa - Thu, 07/03/2008 - 03:54
Caution needs to be exercised in developing African food production to avoid long-term social and environmental harm.

Bush asks for help, abroad and at home, in sending aid to Africa

New York Times - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 22:15
President Bush called for Congress to renew his global AIDS initiative and urged other nations to live up to their promises to fight poverty and disease on the continent.

Egypt fights to stem rapid population growth

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 07/04/2008 - 13:57
Since President Hosni Mubarak took office in 1981, the population has nearly doubled to 82 million people.
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