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To Give Is To Gain: Bobby Sager's Philosophy Of Philanthropy

Michael Macher | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Darfur, Sting, Philanthropy, Afganistan, Charity, Developing Countries, The Power of the Invisible Sun, Children, The Giving Life, War, Donna Karan, Bobby Sager, Travel, Development, Rwanfa, Living News

Bobby Sager is on a mission to change our understanding of what it means to give. Rather than teach an ethics of guilt, he shows how we might use philanthropy as a strategy for leading a fuller life.

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AIDS Is The No. 1 Cause Of Death, Disease For Women 15-44, Says WHO

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Maternity, Girlhood, Aids Rates, Developing Countries, Pregnancy, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, Girls, Education, West, Breast Cancer, Health, Sex, Africa, Women's Health, Aids, Safe Sex, Contraception, Cancer, Adults, Unsafe Sex, Health Care, Medicine, World News

GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cau...

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From Chewing Gum To Chocolate: 76 Innovations To Improve Global Health Backed By Gates Foundation

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Globalgiving, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Developing World, Developing Countries, Pneumonia, World Health, Malaria, Bill Gates, Global Poverty, Tuberculosis, Living News

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding 76 projects using innovative ideas from chewing gum to chocolate to improve global health, and that of ...

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Environmental mayhem in Pakistan

Saad Khan | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Developing Countries, Deforestation, Environmental Pollution, Pakistani Military, South Asia, Zardari-Government-Fodpyworld, Swat Valley, Green News

Along with other South Asian nations, Pakistan is one of the countries worst affected by environmental pollution.

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Liquid Spectacles: A Bold Vision For World's Poor

cnn.com | Mark Tutton for CNN | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Developing World, Poor, Charity, Developing Countries, Mark Tutton, Glasses, Health, The Giving Life, Living News

In the developing world millions of people struggle to operate machinery, read from a blackboard, or just see the world around them, because they don'...

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The World Is Moving Forward Without Us

Dr. Seth Berkley | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Developing Countries, AIDS Vaccine, Iavi, Sabin Vaccine Institute, International Health, World News, HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Science Research, Pneumococcal Vaccine, Science, Seth Berkley, Advance Market Commitment, Orin Levine, Amc, World News

Advance Market Commitment (AMC) is a new market-based financing mechanism that accelerates the delivery of life-saving vaccines for children worldwide.

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Innovation Improves Quality of Life Even When Incomes Lag

Dennis Whittle | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Innovation, William-Easterly, Developing World, Progress, Bill Easterly, Developing Countries, Childrens' Vaccines, Income Disparity, Tetanus, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, Technology, International Aid, Vaccines, World News

The standard of living in developing countries has increased much faster than growth in income because of innovation, which has driven down the cost of goods and services.

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Women Can Plow Under A Global Hunger Crisis

Ritu Sharma | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Developing Countries, Women Farmers, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Gender, Third World Farming, World News

This week, 4 million more people worldwide will go to bed hungry. Seven out of 10 of them are women.

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Girlfriends' Guide To Global Warming: How Having Teenagers Makes Me An Expert On Developing Countries

Vicki Iovine | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Global Warming, Parenting, Developing Countries, Bruce Springsteen, Family, Teenagers, Living News

It's no coincidence that I waited till the Huffington Post moved all the environmental stuff out of the Living section before I began posting for it. ...

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Developing Economies Showing Improved Energy Efficiency

WSJ | Spencer Swartz | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Uae, Energy Efficiency, Gas, Developing Countries, Economy, Economies, Crude Oil, China, Oecd, Green News

A few developments Monday suggest some of the world's most inefficient energy users are starting to tighten up how they use their energy resources, wi...

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Texting The Doctor For Help

GOOD | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Sms, Developing Countries, Texting the Doctor, Personal Health, Health, Africa, Texting, Living News

In the developing world, most communities don't have access to a hospital, let alone a doctor. Valiant community health workers sometimes serve rural ...

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China: Rich Nations Must Cut Emissions By 40 Percent

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 06.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Developing Countries, Climate Change, Rich Countries Pollution, China, Pollution, Green Politics, China Pollution, Green News

SHANGHAI — Wealthy nations, as history's biggest polluters, should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, China sa...

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The Birth of the Bold New Peace Corps

Laurence Leamer | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rep. Berman, Developing Countries, State Department, House Foreign Affairs Committee, House Democrats, Development, Third World, Rep. Farr, Peace Corps, Obama Administration, Foreign Policy, Politics News

This bold new Peace Corps needs a bold new leader with the initiative, energy and decisiveness to turn the organization from a child of the Sixties until a vibrant creature of the 21st century.

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Science for Us, but Also for the World

Dr. Seth Berkley | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Usaid, Foreign Aid, Obama Budget, Science Research, Developing Countries, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, AIDS Vaccine, Capacity-Building, Science, Scientific Capacity, Iavi, World News

The Obama administration should extend its fervor for science to its foreign aid policy, putting science and technology at the heart of U.S. assistance to the developing world.

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Leading the Way to Make Mothers Day Every Day

Donna E. Shalala | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Developing Countries, Countdown to Mother's Day, Newborns, Mother's Day, Health, Newborn Health, Maternal Health, Healthcare, Infant Mortality, Health in Developing Countries, Maternal Mortality, Mothers Day Every Day Campaign, Living News

Progress is being made to save the lives of mothers and newborns around the world. Still, every minute, a woman dies of complications in pregnancy and childbirth.

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The G-20 & Africa: Rethinking the Aid Model

Olivia Sterns | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: African Aid, Foreign Aid, Developing Countries, Development, Foreign Affairs, G-20, Africa, World News

Between 1970 and 1998, while aid flows were at their peak, poverty in Africa actually rose from 11% to 66%. Instead of extending credit lines and throwing celebrity rock concerts, perhaps it is time to re-examine what has worked.

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G-20 Must Look To Needs Of Developing World: Commentary

Times Online | Wang Qishan | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Group-of-20-Economy-Meeting, Developing Countries, World Economic Crisis, England, Group of 20, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, World Financial Crisis, Third World, London, G-20, China, World Economy, g20, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

The global financial crisis that started last year has taken its toll on the world economy on an unprecedented scale. To cope with the crisis, a stron...

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The Tragedy of the Peace Corps

Laurence Leamer | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Peace Corps, Peace Corps, Developing Countries, Shriver, Economic Development, Kennedy, Obama, Development, Politics News

At what should be the most promising moment for the organization in decades, the Peace Corps is at its most dangerous moment in its history.

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America's Restored Funding to UNFPA Sends Strong Message to Women Worldwide

Thoraya Ahmed Obaid | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: Developing Countries, Women's Health, Millennium Development Goals, Stimulus Funds, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Advocacy, World News

As the head of UNFPA for the past eight years, I have traveled the world and can tell you that the issues of women's rights and reproductive health have in the past been egregiously neglected by the international community.

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World's Poor Left To Fend For Themselves As Rich Nations Cope With Budget Pressures

Al Jazeera English | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Remittances, World Trade, International Monetary Fund, Developing Countries, World Bank, Developing World, Global Financial Crisis, World News

Developing countries may face a financing gap of $270bn to $700bn this year as trade income dwindles and rich nations vie for capital to deal with a g...

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Girls' Session Steals the Show at Davos

Maria Eitel | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Girl Effect, Davos, Global Economy, Developing Countries, Girls, Davos 2009, World Economic Forum, World News, Business News

In a meeting where people were tripping over each other to hear ideas about how to move beyond this economic crisis, CEOs and heads of state wanted to learn what girls have to do with it.

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Girls Are on the Davos Agenda... Before It's Even Started

Maria Eitel | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Developing Countries, Davos, Global Economy, Girl Effect, Davos 2009, World News, World Economic Forum, Business News

I promised to blog about the girl effect from Davos, but I have to admit I didn't expect the buzz to surface before the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting had even started.

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Girls Take Center Stage At The World Economic Forum

Maria Eitel | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Girls, Global Economy, World Economic Forum, Davos, Developing Countries, Girl Effect, Davos 2009, The Girl Effect, World News

This financial crisis intensifies the need to invest existing resources more effectively, and a new and effective approach is right under your nose. It's called the girl effect.

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Goldman Sachs Invests In Company That Delivers Clean Power to Developing Countries

Green Inc. | Kate Galbraith | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Clean Power, Goldman Sachs, Carbon Credits, Developing Countries, E+Co, Cap-and-Trade, Green News, Carbon Offsets, Bluesource, Green News

Goldman Sachs has recently invested in another carbon-offset company, in the latest sign of investment banks' interest in the area. On Monday E&Co, a...

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