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Hollywood Still Seduces the World

Posted on January 30, 2008
Previously filed under: North America, Culture and Society
Despite growing resentment of US foreign policy, Hollywood continues to experience record growth internationally, perpetuating both negative and favorable views of the US.
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Keywords: Film, culture, US, trade, markets

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Workers Suffer Continent-Wide Under NAFTA

Posted on August 13, 2007
Countries: Canada, Mexico
Previously filed under: North America, Trade
A new three-country report shows that NAFTA has not lived up to its promise of better jobs and faster growth for Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
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Cultivating Energy

Posted on May 16, 2007
Countries: Brazil
Previously filed under: North America, Technology
Jean-Michel Severino, a former World Bank Vice President, argues that humanity can no longer afford to ignore the looming global energy crisis.
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Keywords: US, poverty, hunger, fuel, food, energy alternatives, biomass, biofuel

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Sahelian Cotton Farmers on Their Knees

Posted on January 17, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Trade
The cotton market in Burkina Faso and other African countries has faltered considerably in the last few years forcing farmers and companies to search for alternatives.
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Keywords: West, wages, US, UN, trade, subsidies, poverty, cotton, Burkina Faso

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Private Philanthropy Highlights Need for U.S. Foreign Aid Changes

Posted on September 28, 2006
Previously filed under: North America, Global Economy
At a time when the private sector is making huge strides in global philanthropy, the US government is going in the opposite direction.
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Keywords: Global Philanthropy, foreign aid, Millennium Challenge, HIV/AIDS, investment, US

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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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