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Providing Refugees and Immigrants the Skills to Thrive

Posted on December 14, 2007
Previously filed under: North America, Interviews
Drew Katz discusses his experience working with local refugee and immigrant farmers in Portland, Oregon, USA.
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Notes From the Congo

Posted on October 12, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Field Diaries
Matthew De Galan spent five weeks as part of an assessment team in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where resurgent violence is causing widespread displacement and hunger.
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My Journey to Um Dukhun

Posted on October 5, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Field Diaries
Rod Volway, Mercy Corps' program coordinator for Sudan, visits several refugee camps in west Sudan to assess the situation of displaced people.
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The Effect of Migration on HIV Rates

Posted on September 21, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
Studies show that increased migration serves as a catalyst for HIV/AIDS.
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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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