Developing World

Hello, Mr. Obasanje? The Doctor Will Text You Now

Shari Cohen | Posted 12.05.2008 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Telecommunications, Developing World, HIV/AIDS Africa, Mobile Phones, Cell Phones, Cell Phones Africa, Cell Phones and Public Health, Mobile Phones Africa, Cell Phones Around the World, World News
Shari Cohen

People in Asia and Africa are leading the way in how they access and use their cell phones. It's amazing to see someone living in a mud hut, with oil lamps for lighting, and there's a cell phone on the table.

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The Good Doctor Prescribes Health Care for the World's Poor

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Developing World, Paul Farmer, Haiti, Marc Kielburger, Universal Health Care, Tuberculosis, Craig Kielburger, Home News

We met Paul Farmer sitting on the steps of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. He is a very busy man. But today, he spent the afternoon talking with u...

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Seeing Ability through Disability

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Marc Kielburger, Developing World, Education, Disability, Craig Kielburger, Home News

Ingrid Ioan says her wheelchair is not a disadvantage - just a small bump in the road. "I don't see disability as an obstacle," says the University o...

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$12 Laptop Proposed By Researchers For Developing World

ABC News | ASHLEY PHILLIPS | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Laptops, 12 Dollar Computers, Computers, Developing World, $12 Computers, Business News

As the prices of educational laptops for children in developing countries creep upward, a group of researchers attempts to create a new, even lower-te...

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The Big Green Gamble

Daniel Keeler | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Environmentally Friendly, Developing World, Working Conditions, Green Consumers, Sustainability Practice Network, Eco-Friendly Production, India Poverty, Environmentally Friendly Products, Conscious Consumerism, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, Economic Growth, Fair Trade, Green Corporations, Business News
Daniel Keeler

Allowing the corporate world to colonize, own and brand the environmental and social awareness movements is a dangerous strategy.

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This Videogame Makes You Smarter and Helps the Hungry: The FreeRice Phenomenon

Dan Brown | Posted 01.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Hunger, Developing World, Videogames, Nintendo Wii, Vocabulary, Freerice, Living News
Dan Brown

On FreeRice.com, you get smarter and do a free good deed from the comfort of your computer chair! And you'll impress your pals when you drop "abjure" or "loquacity" in conversation.

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For the IMF, Failure is Impossible . . . To See

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Imf, Developing World, World Bank, Development, International, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

A version of this column appeared in the International Herald Tribune on October 19, 2007. In the Spring and Fall of each year the International Mone...

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The New Meaning of "Small is Beautiful"

Alan Patricof | Posted 10.04.2007 | Business

Read More: Developing World, Small Business, Small Is Beautiful, Business Trends, Business News
Alan Patricof

Today many more countries have developed trained entrepreneurs awaiting the opportunity to implement well thought-out business plans to meet the enormous commercial opportunities which are available.

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U.S. Remains Largest Arms Dealer In Developing Countries

New York Times | Posted 09.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Small Arms, Developing World, Small Arms, Politics News

he United States maintained its role as the leading supplier of weapons to the developing world in 2006, followed by Russia and Britain, according to ...

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