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Poverty Alleviation

Amidst Conflict, Pakistanis Persevere

Susan Davis | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Education, Poverty, Microfinance, Social Entrepreneurship, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Working Women, Women in Business, Taliban, North-West-Frontier-Province, Nwfp, Poverty Alleviation, Brac, World News
Susan Davis

The impoverished North-West Frontier Province lays claim to devastating maternal and child mortality rates, and scant education for girls. But courageous women here are increasingly agents of change.

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Is Bjorn Lomborg Dangerous or Helpful?

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Bjorn Lomborg, Climate Change, Poverty Alleviation, Green News
Andrew Winston

Bjorn Lomborg's most famous argument is that we shouldn't prioritize climate change over other pressing social priorities like poverty alleviation -- as if they're all separate.

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Why the G-20 Protestors Were Astoundingly Wrong and Naïve

Steve Strauss | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: G-20 Summit, China, Capitalism, Poverty Alleviation, G-20, g20, Business News
Steve Strauss

The G-20 protesters have it completely backwards. Capitalism is not the problem, capitalism is the solution.

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People Are Hungry: How Can We Fix It?

Lisanne Finston | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Poor, Helping the Needy, Government Assistance, Poverty, Charity, Donating to Charity, Soup Kitchens, Poor and Needy, Donating to Non-Profits, Helping the Poor, Charitable Organizations, Hunger, New Jersey, Soup Kitchen, Food, Donations, Poverty Alleviation, Politics News
Lisanne Finston

What are we to do to address the problem of hunger around the nation? We must move beyond the quick fix emergency system that band aids the problem, to a long term approach that builds food security.

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Obama is an Expat's Dream Come True: The Son of a Global Citizen

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Mother, Microcredit, Hillary, Poverty Alleviation, World Peace, Nobel Peace Prize, Texas, Bush Era, Obama, American, Global Citizen, Social Business, Un, Future Generations, Muhammad Yunus, Politics News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Obama's mother gave a precious gift to her son, the life of both an Americanand that of human being who feels at home in many different cultures, allowing to see the similarities between us all.

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