Developing Nations

International Diabetes Federation Congress in Dubai

Riva Greenberg | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Developing Nations, Diabetes in Middle East, Ncds, Diabetes, Health Care, International Diabetes Federation, President Jean Claude Mbanya, IDF World Congress, Healthy Living News
Riva Greenberg

Almost 15,000 participants have descended upon Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and where I am now, for the IDF World Congress.

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Loopholes, Corporate Tax Dodging Costing Developing Countries Billions: Report

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Developing Nations, Multinational Corporations Tax Dodging, Video, Multinational Corporations, Multinational Corporations Taxes, Corporate Tax Breaks, Corporate Tax Reform, Corporate Taxes, Corporate Tax Loopholes, Business News

It's no secret that many multinationals have become particularly adept at exploiting tax loopholes. Nor is it a surprising that the U.S. federal defic...

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Ben Bernanke: U.S. Should Learn From Emerging Economies

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Developing Nations, Free Trade, Emerging Economies, Public Investments, Education, Video, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, u.s. Lawmakers, Budget Deficits, Business News

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that long-term unemployment is a "national crisis" and suggested that Congress...

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The Backlash In Microfinance

Shivani Siroya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Developing Nations, India, Mexico City, Research, Microfinance, Microfinance Impact and Innovation Conference, Suicide, Ghana, Online Investing, Development, Small Business America, Business News
Shivani Siroya

For me and my team at InVenture, it's a strange time to be entering the microfinance industry. Recently, the only news about this industry has been ...

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ActionAid Estimates Global Hunger Costs Developing Nations $450 Billion Annually

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Developing Nations, Millenium Development Goal, Global Hunger, Hunger, Poverty, World Hunger, Ending World Hunger, Global Poverty, Actionaid, Impact News

LONDON (AFP) - The effects of hunger could be costing developing countries 450 billion dollars a year, an aid agency warned Tuesday, ahead of a United...

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Libraries: Investing In The Kids

Forbes | Nilofer D'Souza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Developing Nations, Literacy, Child Development, Children, Books, Libraries, Reading, Hippocampus, Ngo, Bangalore, Books News

A little over a decade ago, if anyone had told Vimala and Umesh Malhotra that their mission in life would be to set up libraries for children, they wo...

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Juan Mendez on International Human Rights

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

"The U.N. simply does not have adequate support of the world powers," Juan E. Mendez told me. Coming from anyone, this might be less important. From...

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WATCH: 'Pray The Devil Back To Hell' Documentary Celebrates Bravery Of Liberian Women Against War

Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Developing Nations, War Crimes, Women's Rights, World Events, Liberian Civil War, Women's Health, Iraq Violence, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, War, Oppression, Liberia, Video, Healthy Living News

In commemoration of International Day of Peace this past September, a crowd gathered for a screening and subsequent discussion of activist Abigail Dis...

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Obama In Copenhagen: No Final Climate Deal To Present To World Leaders

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Clinton, $100 Billion, Obama, cop15, Denmark, Developing Nations, Climate Debt, Copenhagen Protests, Climate Finance, Climate Talks, Climate Change, Global Warming, China, Green News

From The AP: COPENHAGEN — A clearly frustrated President Barack Obama displayed impatience Friday with world leaders' failure to reach a new cl...

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Colorado Nonprofit Brings Education to Pakistan's Women And Children

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Developing Nations, Education, Women's Issues, Children, Marshall Direct Fund, Pakistan, Impact News

The Marshall Direct Fund (MDF) was established to eliminate global poverty through investing in females, with the goals of increased school enrollment...

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India Signals They Will Be a Dealmaker in Copenhagen & They Will Take Action

Jake Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, cop15, Unfccc, Copenhagen, Jairam Ramesh, Developing Nations, Jairem Ramesh Speech, Climate Change Negotiations, Copenhagen Countdown, Monsoon, Project Syndicate, Global Warming, Green News
Jake Schmidt

If India does add concrete specifics to its environmental goals and is willing to stand behind them in a meaningful way, then India might just be helpful in getting a strong deal in Copenhagen.

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Gov't eyes plan to take ownership stakes in banks

AP | HARRY DUNPHY and TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Imf, Global Meltdown, Financial Crisis, Developing Countries, Developing Nations, Business News

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreadin...

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