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Why the World Bank Needs Jeff Sachs at the Helm

Michael Shank | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Robert Zoellick, United Nations, World Bank, Larry Summers, Asia, Climate Change, Michael Shank, Ban Ki-Moon, George Mason University, Kathmandu, Timothy Geithner, Earth Institute, Portugal, Greece, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, National Peace Academy, Italy, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Jeffrey Sachs, Institute for Economics and Peace, Africa, Latin America, Income Inequality, European Union, Jeff Sachs, The End of Poverty, Columbia University, Millennium Development Goals, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Hillary Clinton, Development, Poverty, Spain, Kenya, Jeffrey Sachs World Bank, World News

Given the World Bank's focus on poverty, economics and climate, and given Sachs' wealth of experience in all three, there is no better candidate.

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PHOTOS: 10 Lessons Learned Between Kathmandu And Delhi

Anne Peterson | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Tourism, India, Kathmandu, New Delhi, Nepal, Slidefreestyle, Road Trips, Slidepollajax, Travel News

There are many times when I was in the poorest sections of India when I struggled to justify why I would travel to a place with such dramatic poverty for my own amusement.

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Nepal: No Amnesties for Wartime Abuses

Human Rights Watch | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Kathmandu, Nepal, Slidepollajax, World News

(Kathmandu) – Five years after the end of Nepal’s civil war, victims are still waiting for justice, Human Rights Watch and Advocacy Forum ...

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Romancing the Snake

Jeff Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nag Panchami, Gematria, Snakes, Nepal, Snake Lake, Kathmandu, Hinduism, Buddhism, Kabbalah, Messiah, Serpent, Jeff Greenwald, Vishnu, Travel News

When Nepalis make their offerings to the snake this Saturday to celebrate Nag Panchami, they'll be thinking less about molting than about primal power.

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'Himalayan Viagra' Murders Ruling Delayed

AFP | Claire Cozens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Himalayan Village, Himalayan Viagra, Fungus, Murder, Nepal, Tibet, Himalayan Murders, Viagra, Kathmandu, China, Nar, Himalayas, Manang, Ohchr, World News

KATHMANDU (AFP) -- A tiny court in one of Nepal's most remote areas Wednesday postponed its verdict on 36 men charged with murdering a group of farmer...

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Aubrey Sacco Search In Nepal Hampered By Lack Of Witnesses, Records

CNN | Jason Hanna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiking Nepal, Nepal, Missing Woman, Paul-Sacco, Kathmandu, Lost in Nepal, University of Colorado, Buddhism, Langtang National Park, Aubrey Sacco, Himalayas, Denver News

(CNN) -- Three weeks into his personal search for his daughter in Nepal, Colorado lawyer Paul Sacco keeps running into this: The last trace of 23-year...

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'Water' by Steven Solomon: A View From the Melting Himalayan Glaciers

Kai Bird | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nepal, Steven Solomon, Water Shortage, Kathmandu, Nepal Water Shortage, Books, Water, Steven Solomon Water, Water Crisis, Books News

Water is more important than petty feuding nationalisms and achieving water security is a more life-threatening issue to us all than the war on terrorism.

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One Man's Tireless Effort to Provide ICT Education to Nepalese Students

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Village, Allen Tuladhar, Ict, Technology, Computer Nepal, Nepal, Microsoft, Sysco, Tele-Centers, Millenium Development Goal, Intel, Optical Character Recognition, ICT Development Center, Kathmandu, World Outreach, Panauti, Ibm, OCR, Technology News

With few exceptions, Nepalese business and political leaders often dismiss young people when they come up with ambitious ideas. Unless they change their attitude, Nepal's future remains gloomy.

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Nepal Hit By Severe Goat Shortage

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Nepal Exports, Goat Shortage, Religious Customs, Goat Shortage Nepal, Nepal Goat Shortage, Goats, Kathmandu, Goat, Durga, Sacrificial Animals, Durga Festival, Nepal Food Corporation, Religious Rituals, Nepal, Nepal Goats, Nepal Goat, Animals, World News

The authorities in Nepal have ordered officials to find more goats for ritual slaughter ahead of the country's biggest religious festival of the year....

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

Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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If Pigs Could Fly: Traveling in a Time of Swine Flu

Sandip Roy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Singapore, Nepal, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Mexico, Airports, Travel, USA, Health, Kathmandu, Air Travel, Swine Flu Mexico, World News

All US-bound passengers were handed a little gift bag. I thought it had the usual toothbrush, toothpaste and socks. Instead we got 1 disposable thermometer, 2 surgical masks and 3 wipes.

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Nepal Mob Beats, Strips And Parades Woman Around

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Nepal Protests, Kathmandu, Nepal, Foreign Affairs, Nepal Violence, Advocacy, World News

Reports emerged this week of a heinous act of mob savagery in Kathmandu, Nepal, that occurred last week against a lone woman. According to the Times ...

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Rajeev Goyal Listens to the Villagers of Nepal

Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Peace Corps, Permaculture, Nepal, Kathmandu, Government Assistance, India, Development, Usaid, World News

In terms of the philanthropic world, Krisiko Asha was microscopic in purpose, serving to advance sixteen tiny villages in the remote hills of Nepal, one of the poorest, smallest countries in the world.

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Nepal Drowning In Garbage After Strikes

GroundReport | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathmandu, Pollution, Maoism, Garbage, Nepal, South Asia, Nepal Garbage Removal, Nepal Trash, Nepal Garbage, Asia, World News

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news from the ground. By Mohan Nepali KATHMANDU-- For t...

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Nepal's Political Crisis Deepens

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, World Bank, Prime Minister Prachanda, Black Market, Political Chaos, Government, Politics, Beijing, The Future, Imf, Marxism, Looting, Asia, Himalayans, Nepal Monarchy, Poverty, Terrorism, Karl Marx, Kathmandu, Maoism, Communism, Delhi, Nepal, Mao, Rebelling, Lenin, Mao Zedong, China, World News

More than 80% of Nepalese live in villages with very little access to health, education and other modern amenities. Lands seized by Maoists during the decade long war from 1996 to 2006 have not been returned to the owners.

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