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Exposing the myth of Third World aid
Abstract: In a review of William Easterly’s new book, White Man’s Burden, Michael Duffy explores the problems of aid to the developing world and asks what can be done about them....
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Indian medical care goes global
Excerpt: With hospitals in India’s cities boasting first world medical care at third world prices, the country is poised for a major share in the multibillion dollar global healthcare market....
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- South Asia
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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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