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GLOBAL IDEAS NEWS BRIEF: AFRICA SUMMIT + CLIMATE

A weekly roundup of mainstream news about the context in which Mercy Corps works, focused on economic development and innovations.

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Youth Skills

African Leaders Summit heats up over questions of growth and trade

Is Africa a place of opportunity for its young people, or just for foreign companies?

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GLOBAL IDEAS NEWS BRIEF: UNLIKELY PARTNERSHIPS + CONFLICT

A weekly roundup of mainstream news about the context in which Mercy Corps works, focused on economic development and innovations.

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Value Chains

Why understanding globalization’s roots lets us use it for good

How do we harness globalization so it benefits more people? First, we have to understand it. The University of Texas at Austin's online course gives a solid foundation--the free class starts August 27.

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Value Chains

What the pivoting IMF mandate means for the poor

The International Monetary Fund is known for its multi-billion dollar bailouts of struggling countries, but the watchdog for global economic stability now says narrowing the income gap between the very poor and the very rich is a key tenet of its mission.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Accountability

Staff picks for the week of June 24th, 2014.

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Youth Skills

2014 World Cup by the numbers

Soccer-loving Brazilians have become the loudest protesters against their country's massive spending in preparation for the World Cup. They argue the billions should have been better spent. Let's look at the numbers.

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Social Enterprise

Mapping Change in the Amazon: How Satellite Images are Halting Deforestation

In the Brazilian Amazon, a group of scientists have become unconventional crusaders in the battle to halt deforestation.

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Value Chains

Six foods you thought you knew

The latest fad foods--luscious pomegranates, nutrient-packed quinoa, and refreshing coconut water--have complicated pasts.

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Value Chains

U.S. food safety overhaul threatens global farmers

In the USFDA’s first major overhaul since 1938, new food safety requirements will demand higher standards of accountability than most smallholder farmers can provide.

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Value Chains

Bangladesh: An economic paradox

Rana Plaza pushed for new regulations on garment factories in Bangladesh--but are these changes helping or hurting Bangladeshi laborers?

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Value Chains

Getting Myanmar’s farmers in the game

In Myanmar’s fast-changing, volatile economic landscape, farmers must prove themselves vital to the mainstream economy, or else risk being shunted aside.

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Value Chains

Coffee "rust" is spoiling the global market

A coffee fungus known as "coffee rust" spoils local livelihoods in Mexico and Central America and the coffee market, globally.

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Financial Inclusion

How Typhoon Haiyan opens a door to financial inclusion, and long-term recovery

IDEO.org brings its human-centered design approach to the Philippines to help Mercy Corps and BanKO design a new financial product for those hit by the typhoon.

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Value Chains

Solving the world’s water issues: How focusing on profit can help the poor

When leading water technology company Xylem started manufacturing simple pumps for smallholder farmers, it wasn't for charity, the company expected to profit.