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Civil Society Sounds Off on IFC Policies in Istanbul

Chad Dobson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Istanbul, Social Justice, Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice, Economic Development, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, International Financial Institutions, Indigenous Rights, Civil Society, Indigenous People, Business News
Chad Dobson

One German participant summarized: "The IFC places all of the burden of environmental and social safeguards on the client ... The whole world is re-regulating and you should too."

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'Half The Sky' With Nicholas Kristof: A Morally Persuasive Call to Action

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Microlending, Economic Development, Sex Trafficking, Maternal Health, Somaly Mam, Happiness, Sheryl WuDunn, Microsavings, Education, Half the Sky, Oppression of Women, Grameen Bank, Slavery, Nicholas Kristof, Meaningful Work, Childbirth, Alex Benzer, Women's Rights, Living News
Dr. Alex Benzer

In their lucid and levelheaded way, Kristof and WuDunn build a powerful moral case for fostering economic progress in the developing world by unleashing the potential of women.

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Losing Jobs to Jersey

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Taxes, Empire-State-Development-Corporation, Empire Zones, Biotechnology, Tax Credits, New Jersey, David Paterson, New York State, Economic Development, Recession, New York City, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, New York News
Kathryn Wylde

Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. is just the latest in a string of firms lured across the Hudson by state incentives. Since the '80s, major New York employers have moved tens of thousands of jobs.

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Budget Woes Meet the Blake Street Boys -- Rocktober Here We Come!

Judy Montero | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: City Council, Stadium District, Judy Montero, Denver, Budget, Colorado Rockies, Lower Downtown Denver, Denver Lodo, Economic Development, Rocktober, Denver News
Judy Montero

The Rockies success couldn't come at a better time because our restaurants and night clubs have been feeling the sting of this economy as much as anyone.

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Time for Congress to Face Facts: They Are the Death Panel

David Paul | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Outsourcing, Debt, Congress, Federal Budget Deficit, Death Panels, Budget, Economic Development, Exports, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Jobs, Health Care, Federal Budget, Politics News
David Paul

For two decades now, we have become accustomed to justifying any manner of spending, from education to tax cuts, as an investment in our future.

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Midwest High-Speed Rail Development: On the Fast Track

Howard Learner | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Trains, Livable Communities, High Speed Rail, Midwest High Speed Rail, Economic Development, Green News
Howard Learner

This structural transformation of our transportation system will improve mobility with a new modern, fast, comfortable and convenient transportation option for everyone.

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Never Again: Rembering the Balkans

Zainab Salbi | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Bosnia, Ethnic Cleansing, Eastern Europe, Ethnic Tensions, International, Economic Development, World, War Crimes, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Zainab Salbi

I wonder how we have allowed ourselves to forget Bosnia and Herzegovina when it is still as fragile as an eggshell.

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Craft Statewide Force to Spur Jobs, New Kinds of Businesses

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Kathy Wylde, Empire Zones, Albany, David Paterson, New York State Senate, New York State, Economic Development, Public/Private Partnerships, Richard Ravitch, Economic Recovery, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Partnership for New York City, New York News
Kathryn Wylde

From a business perspective, nothing could be worse during this period of economic uncertainty than the chaos and instability that have characterized New York state government during the past two years.

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Economic Development Corporation To Develop Harlem Kitchen For Entrepreneurs To Share

New York Times | Patrick McGeehan | Posted 09.04.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Economic Development, Harlem, La Marqueta New York, New York Harlem, New York City Counsil, Economic Development, La Marqueta, Entrepreneurism, Amy's Bread, New York Entrepreneurism, Economic Development Corporation, Harlem New York, New York News

The Economic Development Corporation is seeking someone to operate a large, shared kitchen that would be rented by entrepreneurs with dreams of develo...

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Nepal's Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Concrete and Chemical Fertilizer

Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.26.2009 | World

Read More: Dhankuta, Peace Corps, Kathmandu, Development, Nepal, Rajeev Goyal, Green Revolution, Laurence Leamer, Economic Development, Kathmandu-Nepal, World News
Laurence Leamer

I am traveling around Nepal with a group of leaders from eastern Nepal who are exploring what has happened to their country in the name of development.

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It's Over: The Tragedy of the Millennium Development Goals

William Easterly | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Global Financial Crisis, Global Poverty, Millennium-Development-Goals, United Nations, Economic Development, Africa, World News
William Easterly

The point of the Millennium Development Goals campaign was that it precisely defined success and failure using specific goals. So on its own terms, it is a failure.

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The Juggling Contest -- Balancing the Global Economy: An interview with Economist James Quilligan

Christiana Wyly | Posted 08.03.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Global Economy, Common Good, James Quilligan, United Nations, Economic Development, Global Economic Crisis, World News
Christiana Wyly

James Quilligan: "The immediate crisis we are facing is to shift from seeing energy, nature, food and water as monetized commodities to recognizing them as reserve values... essential for our survival."

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Dear Mr. President

Ben Hecht | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Obama Auto Industry, Economic Development, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Obama Economy, White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, Auto Industry, Industrial Cities, Business News
Ben Hecht

A philanthropic collaboration of 21 of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions, Living Cities applauds the focused, inter-agency approach you are taking to revitalize industrial cities.

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Attacking Hunger at Its Roots

Hillary Clinton | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Administration, Food, Dr. Gebisa Ejeta, World Hunger, World Food Prize Ceremony, Economic Development, Hillary Clinton, World News
Hillary Clinton

We have the resources to give every person in the world the tools they need to feed themselves and their children. So the question is not whether we can end hunger. It's whether we will.

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Amnesty International Confuses Poverty and Human Rights

William Easterly | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Amnesty International, Human Rights, Global Poverty, Economic Development, World News
William Easterly

Calling poverty a "human rights violation" does not point to any concrete actions that the "violator" must stop in order to restore rights to the "violated."

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Girls: Society's Primary Educators

Payam Zamani | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Tanzania, Social Economic Development Project, Development, Girls Education, Africa, Economic Development, World News
Payam Zamani

A social economic development project is much different than a charity. These projects represent grassroots undertakings that have local support and are self-sustained.

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For Small Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries, Mobile Phones Can Be Path Out of Poverty

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mobile Phones, Foreign Aid, Growth, Indonesia, Fiji, g20, Kenya, Economic Development, Telecom, Phones, Cell Phones, World News
Terra Lawson-Remer

Mobile phones are already breaking the economic stranglehold of elites with access to capital, and giving poor entrepreneurs a chance to build their own businesses and be their own bosses.

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Why Countries Like Haiti Matter to the Well-Being of Everyday Americans

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Environmental Degradation, Poverty, Marshall Plan, Illegal Drugs, Third World, Deforestation, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Breaking News, Immigration, International Security, Development, Un, International Republican Institute, Economic Development, Haiti, Barack Obama, World News
Robert Creamer

The world economy is not a zero sum game. For us to be richer, someone else doesn't have to be poorer. In fact just the opposite is true.

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Africa: the New Edge, the New Green

Magatte Wade and Michael Strong | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Aid, Foreign Aid, Development, Economic Development, Africa, World News
Magatte Wade and Michael Strong

How can we help Africans develop companies that produce some of the coolest products and services on the planet, while producing them in a socially and environmentally responsible way?

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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
Laurence Leamer

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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China's Water Woes: Past, Present, and Future

Kenneth Pomeranz | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

Read More: Environment, China, Water, Economic Development, China Water, World News
Kenneth Pomeranz

Water has always been a problem in China, and effective control of it has been associated with both personal heroism and legitimate sovereignty for as far back as our records go.

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After the White House: A Retirement Plan for President Bush

Dr. Stephen Forman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, George Bush, 4000 Dead, US Military, Former President Bill Clinton, Iraq Deaths, Economy, George W. Bush, Veterans, Childhood Obesity, Iraq Veterans, Military, Richard Nixon, Former Presidents, 4000 Soldiers Deaths, Hurricane Katrina, Climate Change, Visiting Each Other, Bill Clinton, Ex-Presidents, Veterans Affairs, Vets, Iraq Death Toll, Retirement, Economic Development, U.S. Presidents, Presidents, HIV/AIDS, Iraq War, Tsunami, Iraq Soldier Deaths, Hospitals, Jimmy Carter, Iraq, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Politics News
Dr. Stephen Forman

As President Bush leaves the White House and returns to Texas, we can only hope for him what we want for ourselves; to learn from our mistakes and to do good in the world with the time.

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Welcome to Chaos, General Shinseki

Hal Donahue | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Economic Development, Obama, Senate Confirmation, Health Care, Eric Shinseki, President Elect Obama, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News
Hal Donahue

A patient at Walter Reed Army Hospital, I am constantly seeking to educate and assist veterans and returning military concerning access to benefits and opportunities. The news is not good.

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Green Edge 10: Can Government Create Green Jobs?

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Bloomberg, Environmental Policy, NYC Comptroller, Green Jobs, New York City, Salomon Brothers, Economic Development, Edc, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

I propose that the Mayor of New York should spend the money and time to convene meetings of green thinkers and entrepreneurs to launch new businesses.

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An Obama Boom in Hyde Park?

David Hoyt | Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Kenwood, Chicago Inner City, Hyde Park, Economic Development, Barack Obama, Obama Economic Development, Obama Tourism, Chicago Tourism, President Obama, Obama Chicago Tourism, Obama Hyde Park, Chicago News
David Hoyt

It will take a lot more than the impulse spending of a presidential entourage to provide the housing, transit, jobs, and retail amenities that are needed in the President-elect's own back yard.

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