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• The facts: India plans “ultra-mega” plants but needs help on CCS

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 127
  According to the Energy Information Administration’s 2009 International Energy Outlook, India’s use of coal for electricity is projected to grow by 1.9 percent per year to 9.3 quadrillion Btu in 2030, as an additional 65 gigawatts of coal-generated capacity is...
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• What Are Some Ways That I Can Earn Passive Income?

  
  Earn Passive Income — Authority: 149
  The best way to earn passive income is to invest. You can invest in a number of different things depending on how much you have to invest and how much risk you are willing to accept: - Municipal bonds: are good if you are already making a good amount of money at your job because they are tax-exempt. They are a very ...
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• Bihar will be top state: Nitish Kumar on completing 4 years

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Patna, Nov 24 (IANS) Bihar is poised to be one of the leading states in India, asserted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar whose NDA government completed four years in power Tuesday.“Our state is poised to be counted as one of the leading states in the country. The central government and other state governments have not ...
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• IFC Promotes Coordinated Support to Liberia’s Private Sector for Rapid Development

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 519
  IFC Promotes Coordinated Support to Liberia’s Private Sector for Rapid Development  MONROVIA, Liberia, November 24, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today affirmed its commitment to expanding activities in Liberia to contribute to the country’s development through ...
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• OECD Report: Thanks to China, the world economy resumed

  
  Politics Forum and Political Blog discussing and debating political and social issues. — Authority: 154
  The OECD had released its twice yearly economic outlook on Nov. 19. The organization cautiously assessed the economic performance of the world and said that China has helped to pull its member countries out of the recession although it is not an easy task to sustain the growth. OECD said that “Growth in the ...
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• Strategic Defaults: It Depends How Far Under Water You Are

  
  Loan News — Authority: 123
  The term “Strategic Default” has been actively reported on for the last few months as more homeowners who can afford their mortgage payment just “walk away” for various reasons. And the #1 reason they walk away is considering they owe more than the home is worth. And accordin… unsecured personal loans ...
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• This week in review … World Bank roundtable discusses indigenous peoples climate fund, President points to TK relevance

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 130
  World Bank Affirms Support to Indigenous Peoples in Designing Climate Change Responses World Bank press release , 18 November 2009 WASHINGTON, USA: A roundtable discussion on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change was organized by the World Bank and First Peoples Worldwide at World Bank headquarters in ...
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• $51-mn IFC trade financing line for Kotak Mahindra

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) International Finance Corp (IFC), a member of the World Bank group, will provide trade financing of $51 million to Kotak Mahindra Bank as part of its effort to help small and medium enterprises hit by the global meltdown.In a statement released Monday, IFC said the trade finance facility would ...
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• For worlds women, recession goes on

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 507
  (My thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this guest post about my scholarship on women and international economic law) Goldman Sachs may be out of the woods, but the Great Recession is not over for the world’s women. Will it ever be? Consider these " Facts & Figures on Women, ...
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• Are FHA Loan Limits Going Higher?

  
  Loan News — Authority: 123
  Will FHA loan limits go even higher? Thanks to the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, maximum FHA loan limits were pegged at $729,750 for a separate family residence and were recently extended for another year. And there is at least one legislator who wants to increase these limits even more – to … national finance ...
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• Bihar to cash in by investing in maize sector

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 444
  PATNA — The Bihar government has formed Maize and Poultry Task Force (MPTF) under state Agricultural Competitiveness Partnership (ACP) to encourage investments and enhancing maize production in the state, . Agriculture deaprtment director Rajender said today that about a dozen potential investors from New Delhi, ...
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• Desperate Spending

  
  Conservative Thoughts — Authority: 430
  Is anyone scared yet? Do you think we are going to make it through all this nonsense without being totally destroyed? Do you think Government has their priorities all wrong?   Democratic Senate Passed their Health Tax Bill Upper Bracket May Be Needed For Afghan War  Jobless rate to rise in ...
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• ‘Aggressive’ development must to prevent return of terror in FATA: Zardari

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Islamabad, Nov.21 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that it is important to follow the military action in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with an ‘aggressive’ development programme to prevent extremism from raising its head once again and bring a visible change in the ...
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• Recession Slows Growth of “Boomburbs”

  
  Loan News — Authority: 123
  Some of America’s fastest growing suburbs are now seeing slower growth due to the recession. Of the 53 cities with populations of 100,000 and up that grew at least 10% every decade since 1970, 24 have lost population by the last two years, according to USA Today. Of these “boomburgs… bank of the west ...
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• RSVP: Keeping the Promise, Investing in the Future

  
  ONE — Authority: 535
  As you might know, December 1st is World AIDS Day. To commemorate this annual event, the World Bank will be hosting a forum in Washington, DC on “Linking HIV/AIDS, Food Security and Maternal and Child Health.”Speakers and panelists will include US Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby, Executive Director of the ...
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• After billions in aid, Kosovo still poor and idle

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  ...For decades the poorest part of socialist Yugoslavia, Kosovo is weighed down by the destruction of the 1998-99 war and a legacy of waste and corruption, illustrating the limitations of international help. Over the past decade it has received 3 billion euros in aid, according to the World Bank, and is expecting ...
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• Are private foundations and investors reshaping the funding landscape in microfinance?

  
  Microfinance Blog — Authority: 119
  If you’ve been to any microfinance conference lately you would think that retail investors, through Kiva , have completely taken over financing MFIs or that the Gates Foundation is the only mover and shaker in this industry. But is this really the case? The microfinance funding landscape is definitely evolving ...
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• Britain’s aid donation won’t tackle root cause of Ethiopian famines

  
  Woolly Days — Authority: 467
  Britain announced the release yesterday of a food package of $316 million (US) to support the provision of basic services, social protection and humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia. The UK Minister of State for International Development, Gareth Thomas made the announcement on a visit to Addis Ababa saying there was ...
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• Neoliberalism and the Dynamics of Capitalist Development in Latin America By James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 540
  Dandelion SaladBy James Petras and Henry VeltmeyerAxisoflogic.comThursday, Nov 19, 2009Editor’s Note: All those interested in the political, economic and social directions being taken by the people and governments of Latin American states will do well to invest time in reading this treatise by James Petras and Henry ...
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• Wondering whether You Should Keep Making Your House Payment?

  
  Loan News — Authority: 123
  As I have traveled all through the country by the last year, I have noticed that citizens in different places have different attitudes about foreclosure.  Jimmy Buffet’s song Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes could fit nicely into that scenario – humans in Miami, Florida seem t… auto financing ...
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