Articles by Courtland Walker
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Thursday
September 14
2006Whose Technology Is it?
The global cell phone market recently passed 2.5 billion connections, having grown by 500 million in 12 months. A quarter of this growth is attributable to India and China. In the latter country 5 million new connections are added every month. As a result of this staggering growth rate,...
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Tuesday
June 13
2006Building Opportunity for the Majority: Quotes (Day One)
"I compare vaccines to water. I compare vaccines to education.” -Jean R. Stephenne, President, Biologicals, GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium “When you request 100-200 million units, you’re able to influence corporate strategy.” -Professor Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman, One...
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Friday
June 2
2006“The Tool to Send Your Money”
Not an hour after Tuesday’s post on an apparent remittance service offered by The Home Depot, I received an email, from their Media Relations Department, in reply to my request for more information.Here’s what The Home Depot had to say:"On May 8, 2006, The Home Depot launched a...
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Wednesday
May 31
2006Stop the Bus!
Riding the 42 to work last week, I was surprised to see a poster advertising a remittance service offered by Home Depot; familiar orange and white logo, copy half written in English, half in Spanish. A multi-national retailer testing the remittances waters? A lure to bring in new customers?...
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Friday
December 9
2005Following Remittances Around the World
With international remittance flows to the developing world set to top $167bn this year, a newly released report by the United Nations shows that remittanceflows to the African continent, averaging US$17bn per annumbetween 2000 and 2003, havesurpassed Foreign Direct Investment during...
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