Developing World

The Second Shockwave

Michael T. Klare | Posted 04.19.2009 | World


Michael T. Klare

While it's perhaps too early to specify where outbreaks of "regime-threatening instability" might occur as a result of the economic crisis, many developing nations are at significant risk.

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

Al Jazeera English | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


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...

The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Developing World

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business


Michel D. Kazatchkine

Among the contrite bankers and shell-shocked politicians in Davos, I wish to remind them that if the world's rich think they have never had it so bad, the developing world is having it worse.

Time of Crisis and Opportunity

Kofi Annan | Posted 02.27.2009 | World


Kofi Annan

At Davos, our business and political leaders must show they understand that our world has shifted for good and that we have to change with it or perish.

Hello, Mr. Obasanje? The Doctor Will Text You Now

Shari Cohen | Posted 01.05.2009 | World


Shari Cohen

People in Asia and Africa are leading the way in how they access and use their cell phones. It's amazing to see someone living in a mud hut, with oil lamps for lighting, and there's a cell phone on the table.

Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living


Jim Luce

As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...

$12 Laptop Proposed By Researchers For Developing World

ABC News | ASHLEY PHILLIPS | Posted 09.07.2008 | Business


As the prices of educational laptops for children in developing countries creep upward, a group of researchers attempts to create a new, even lower-te...

U.S. Remains Largest Arms Dealer In Developing Countries

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


he United States maintained its role as the leading supplier of weapons to the developing world in 2006, followed by Russia and Britain, according to ...