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A rural corner of India gets a slice of the outsourcinig boom
Legal Ruralism —
Authority: 131
The headline from todays New York Times is "Rural India Gets Chance at Piece of Jobs Boom," and in it Lydia Polgreen tells of an experiment by some Indian entrepreneurs to give remote parts of the country an opportunity to share in the economic boom that has been largely limited to urban areas. The company, Rural ...17 hours ago -
The Untapped Energy Riches of Uzbekistan
The Lay Scientist —
Authority: 522
While many Western investors remain fixated on somehow acquiring a slice of Turkmenistan’s natural gas riches, despite a recent scandal over the country’s actual reserves, there is another country further east whose energy and mineralogical reserves have been overlooked – Uzbekistan. While a number of factors ...1 day ago -
Poor nutrition stunting growth
Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com —
Authority: 158
Poor nutrition is still causing major problems in the developing world - despite some progress being made.2 days ago -
Bhopal Disaster Site Opened for Publicity Stunt
The Lay Scientist —
Authority: 522
A little under 25 years ago, before midnight on December 2nd 1984, a major venting of lethal methyl isocyanate occurred at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. Thousands were killed, and toxic waste continues to contaminate the local water supply to this day. To mark the anniversary and to "dispel ...2 days ago -
Rwandans find few physical scars from past war
Ars Technica —
Authority: 754
War and civil strife have a lasting effect on the societies that they strike. Although many attempts have been made to quantify the impacts, a recent PLoS One study shows just how difficult this can be. In 1994, some 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda as ethnic tensions exploded into an attempted genocide. Now, ...4 days ago -
Four Dead in South Africa Over Measles Vaccine Fears
The Lay Scientist —
Authority: 522
South Africa is in the grip of a Measles epidemic that has affected over 2,000 people and killed four, with the majority of cases occurring in the Guateng region. But an unusual feature of this outbreak is that it isnt necessarily poorer families being effected. The South African Department of Health have noted ...4 days ago -
Ushahidi: realtime social media lessons from crises (and a model for slow news?)
Open (minds, finds, conversations)... —
Authority: 513
Yesterday, at the Legatum Institiute ’s Next Generation Philanthropy Forum I got to meet Juliana Rotich , programme director at one of the most interesting open source projects in the world, Ushahidi . If you don’t know it, Ushahidi is an open source platform for communicating in a crisis. At simplest, it ...4 days ago -
World population and agricultural aid
Commodity Corner —
Authority: 119
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Pill does not cure gender inequality
The Lay Scientist —
Authority: 522
There’s a very illuminating leader in The Lancet last week about maternal mortality and the fact that despite sustained global campaigning efforts there has been little progress on the Millennium Development Goal to reduce maternal deaths by 75% by 2015. The article makes some good suggestions for why this has ...4 days ago -
Divisions Remain Ahead of Climate Change Conference in Denmark
American Conservative Daily —
Authority: 502
In Washington, progress on climate change legislation is slow-moving. But even wider differences between the developed and developing world kept climate change negotiators from reaching an agreement Friday, in the last meeting before the December summit in Copenhagen.4 days ago -
My good deeds trump your history
The Lay Scientist —
Authority: 522
Martin posted a link to a debate here . The motion of the debate was "The Catholic church is a force for good in the world". In favour of the motion; Ann Widdecombe and Archbishop Onaiyekan. Against the motion; Christopher Hitchens and Steven Fry. When youre up against Hitchens in a debate about religion, you can ...4 days ago -
Fry/Hitchens on Catholic Church
The Lay Scientist —
Authority: 522
Recently, Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens took on Anne Widdecombe and Archbishop John Onaiyekan (of Abuja, Nigria) in an Intelligence Squared debate on the statement: "The Catholic church is a force for good in the world." Here is the video (Hat tip: Pod Black ). __________________ Martin is the editor of ...5 days ago -
YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 431
A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...6 days ago -
Al Gore on climate change and rural-urban difference
Legal Ruralism —
Authority: 131
Listen here to an interview with Al Gore on NPRs "All Things Considered." Several references are made to rural-urban difference with respect to climate change.1 week ago -
The Economic Gap Between Ethiopian Co-operatives, Coffee Farmers, and Large-scale Multinationals
Socyberty —
Authority: 559
The American dream has expanded. In addition to the white picket fence, two cars in every driveway, and a 401k in every retirement plan, we have now added to the mix. A part of the ideal existence is the obsessive infatuation with personalizing everything. We personalize the colors of our laptops and ultra thin ...1 week ago -
US High Speed Rail Is A National Embarrassment. A Global Comparison
CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com —
Authority: 477
The first series of this column was written on high speed rail in America . With an introduction to all the nation’s proposed corridors covered, this series will focus on the state of high speed rail around the world. An examination of already established high speed networks in industrialized countries and ...1 week ago -
Fiji: Reality, brand, mirage
...My heart's in Accra —
Authority: 630
What do you know about Fiji? Before getting involved with Global Voices, I knew that it was an island paradise somewhere in the South Pacific much beloved by vacationers and honeymooners and that, despite being an island nation surrounded by seawater, they export a lot of high-priced bottled water. As I’ve ...1 week ago -
Coping With Climate Change: Which Societies Will Do Best?
CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com —
Authority: 477
As the world warms, how different societies fare in dealing with rising seas and changing weather patterns will have as much to do with political, social, and economic factors as with a changing climate. Following the disastrous tsunami of December 2004, the government of Bangladesh embraced upgraded storm-alert ...1 week ago -
MultiCat Program to offer developing countries a risk transfer alternative
www.Artemis.bm —
Authority: 128
The World Banks MultiCat Program has received a lot of coverage across the non-trade press and is rightly exciting finance ministers of developing countries. The hope is that it will open up the catastrophe bond market which has previously been difficult for them to access. There’s much talk about who will be the ...1 week ago -
Developing World: model of cost-effective medical practices that deliver good results
Trends Updates —
Authority: 604
Developing countries such as those in Africa serve as a showcase of how ‘cost-effective medical practices deployed in poor nations deliver good results.’ The strategies hope to be replicated in rich countries such as the US. One example is “Project Connect,” a program used in AIDS clinics in Zambia, now being ...1 week ago
