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The $50 Billion Question

Posted on July 24, 2006
Previously filed under: General Globalization
Suppose you were given $50 billion. You are to spend it on projects that would best foster global development and alleviate human suffering. How would you spend it?
Keywords: copenhagen consensus, World Economic Forum, globalization, priorities, challenge

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Who Should Be Helped First?

Posted on July 13, 2006
Previously filed under: Health
With a new disaster or disease seemingly every week, the issue of prioritizing becomes more and more important.
Keywords: priorities, global warming, armed conflict, HIV/AIDS

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Surplus Rice in Japan 'Could End Rice Crisis'

OneWorld Daily Headlines - Thu, 05/15/2008 - 17:44
Selling excess rice held in Japan and imported from the United States would incite a rapid drop in the global price of rice but requires immediate action from Tokyo and Washington, write former editor of The Rice Trader, Tom Slayton, and policy analyst, Peter Timmer.

Half in Ten

OneWorld Daily Headlines - Thu, 05/15/2008 - 17:44
Four prominent American social justice groups are launching a campaign to halve poverty in the United States in 10 years.

Myanmar Farmers May Miss Harvest

New York Times - Thu, 05/15/2008 - 18:27
The timing of Cyclone Nargis, which disrupted farmers as they were preparing to plant, could not have been worse.

Quake Toll Rises Amid Struggle to Reach Survivors

New York Times - Thu, 05/15/2008 - 14:07
Officials in China warned that the death toll, raised now to 19,500, could reach as high as 50,000, as dozens of villages remained cut off from rescuers Thursday.

The Caucus: Edwards to Endorse Obama

New York Times - Wed, 05/14/2008 - 15:38
The Obama campaign is hoping that John Edwards’s endorsement will be taken as the start of a coalescence around Mr. Obama as the nominee.

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