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Mobile phones bridging rich-poor divide
Abstract: Even in some of the world’s remotest locations, cell phones, which were once unheard of, have become an integral part of everyday life....
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Nigeria: Small Businesses and Economic Growth
Abstract: Anas A. Galadima explores the challenge of small business devevlopment in Nigeria....
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PCs for Third World, by design
Abstract: Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) are taking their fierce rivalry to the Third World. At stake is an untapped emerging market of 3.8 billion people, whose purchasing power, according to World Bank figures, is less than $4,000 per household....
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Banking on Sustainability
Abstract: On Monday, The Financial Times, in association with the International Finance Corporation (the private-sector arm of the World Bank), announced its 2006 Sustainable Banking Awards. Sustainable banking incorporates social, environmental, and corporate-governance objectives into a bank’s operations, all based off the concept of sustainable development....
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Rural Kenyan women on vanguard of African ’solar revolution’
Abstract: A growing number of Kenyan women are part of a business movement to sell solar panel cookers in the region....
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Group Pressures U.S. to Help End Global Poverty
Abstract: A group of prominent business leaders, many of whom are Republicans, are working to encourage government and business to invest in products and services that meet the needs of the BOP....
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Will women reach their potential?
Abstract: The role of women in the global economy is on the agenda at the "Davos for Women" summit taking place in Cairo. Among the topics being discussed is the impediments that women still face as they try to contribute to economic development....
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LA Times: Four part series on remittances
Abstract: In an depth series, the Los Angeles Times explores the global practice of remittances as a substitute for foreign aid. Special thanks to Worldchanging.com....