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Reporters Uncensored: Underdogs And Social Innovators

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Ashoka Foundation, Solar Energy, Social Change, Nepal, Third World, Human Trafficking, Impact News
Reporters Uncensored

In a time where people are cynical about the excesses of capitalism, and corruption in the developing world is rampant there is a lone beacon of light: the social entrepreneurs.

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Genius: a Talk With Edwidge Danticat

Martha St Jean | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Florida, Author, Third World, Writer, Edwidge Danticat, Haitians, Malcolm Gladwell, Grid, Haiti, Wyclef Jean, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Third World Countries, MacArthur Genius Award, Edwidge-Dandicat-Memoir, Haitian-American, Aids, World News
Martha St Jean

"When [my first novel] was just published, people walked up to me and told me that someone who worked at their house is Haitian," Danticat said. "Now there are a number of people telling me that their doctor is Haitian."

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Birth Control Could Help Developing World Combat Climate Change

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Population, Population Growth, Reproduction, Reproductive Rights, World's Population, Third World, Climate Change, Birth Control Pill, Sexual Rights, High Population, Birth Control, Contraceptives, Developing World, Condoms, Global Warming, World News

LONDON — Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Frid...

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Return to Shangri-La

Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.19.2009 | World

Read More: Developing World, Peace Corps, Underclass, Poverty, Development, Nepal, Third World, World News
Laurence Leamer

God left Kathmandu long ago, and I know this journey of mine will be far different from what I had anticipated.

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The Four Pillars of the New Architecture

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: Poverty, Capitalism, Africa, New Architecture, Third World, World News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

The four pillars are dream, love, cornucopia and eutopia. We must dream and love to reach the world of cornucopia and eutopia.

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A Near-Zero-Cost Approach to Do-Gooding: My 375th Kiva Loan

Bob Harris | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Microloans, Uganda, Philippines, Yunus, Grameen, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Maria Shriver, Mozambique, Third World, Muhammad Yunus, Costa Rica, Kiva.org, Peru, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Kiva, Developing World, Hillary Clinton, Development, Nicaragua, Business News
Bob Harris

Metaphorically, micro lending is not giving someone a fish, and it's not teaching someone to fish; it's helping a fisherman patch a hole in his rowboat so he can get on with life.

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The Birth of the Bold New Peace Corps

Laurence Leamer | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rep. Berman, Developing Countries, State Department, House Foreign Affairs Committee, House Democrats, Development, Third World, Rep. Farr, Peace Corps, Obama Administration, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Laurence Leamer

This bold new Peace Corps needs a bold new leader with the initiative, energy and decisiveness to turn the organization from a child of the Sixties until a vibrant creature of the 21st century.

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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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World Health Day: Mobile Technology Revolutionizes Healthcare Delivery In Developing World

Huffington Post Contributor | Dr. Daniel J. Carucci | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Developing World, Health Care Systems, United Nations Alliance, Health Workers, World Health Day, Millenium Development Goals, Third World, Contagious Diseases, United Nations Foundation, Technology in Developing World, World Health Organization, Healthcare, Mhealth, World News

In places where there are few cars, where roads remain unpaved, where basic infrastructure services such as clean water and electricity are scant, mob...

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NGO Leaders Challenge G-20 Summit To Expand Scope

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Greenpeace International, G8, Rich Versus Poor Countries, Plan International, Global Economy, G20 Summit, Low Income Countries, International Save the Children Alliance, Third World, President Barack Obama, Action Aid, World Bank, Imf, China, Amnesty International, London, Care International, Unemployment, Global Financial Crisis, World Vision International, Global Poverty, Oxfam International, g20, G-20, G-20 Summit, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

By: Irene Khan - Secretary General, Amnesty International Dr Gerd Leipold - Executive Director, Greenpeace International Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Dir...

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G-20 Must Look To Needs Of Developing World: Commentary

Times Online | Wang Qishan | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Group-of-20-Economy-Meeting, Developing Countries, World Economic Crisis, England, Group of 20, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, World Financial Crisis, Third World, London, G-20, China, World Economy, g20, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

The global financial crisis that started last year has taken its toll on the world economy on an unprecedented scale. To cope with the crisis, a stron...

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Timothy Geithner and his Father's Legacy in Microcredit

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Grameen, Ford Foundation, Peter Geithner, Nobel, Ann Dunham Soetero, Timothy Geithner, Hillary Clinton, Microcredit, Muhammad Yunus, People's Banks, India, Thailand, Poverty, Zimbabwe, Third World, Third World Countries, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary Nominee, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary, Global Poverty, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Geithner grew up in Zimbabwe, India and Thailand. It would have been impossible for him to not have seen what true poverty is and how his father was helping to establish part of the solution.

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The Hypocrisy of the West

Ben Cohen | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Poverty, Global Economy, Third World, Brazil, World Bank, Economic Crisis, Capitalism, Nicaragua, Global Economic Crisis, Third World Countries, Economic Stimulus Package, Zimbabwe Hyperinflation, Imf, Global Financial Crisis, World News
Ben Cohen

The Third World exists in a precarious state of neo colonial dependency and cannot follow our path out of economic disaster because we insist they don't.

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Larry Mellon's Inspiring Mid-Life Crisis

Diana Odasso | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

Read More: Health, Haiti, The Giving Life, Charitable Gifts, Poverty, Charity, World, Third World, Hopital Albert Schweitzer, Midlife Crisis, Tuberculosis, Infant Malnutrition, Mid-Life Crisis, Third World Countries, HIV/AIDS, Charitable Organizations, Starvation, Aids, Port-Au-Prince, World News
Diana Odasso

As I reflect on my holiday experience last year and in light of this year's economic and moral climate, I marvel on the ability of a few to change the lives of many.

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Greening Hollywood: "Globalization on Acid" Is Sleep Dealer's Theme

Paige Donner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Environment, Darren Aronofsky, Moving Image Film Festival, Sleep Dealer, Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival, Bioneers Conference, Globalization, Alex Rivera, Technology, Third World, Sci-Fi, Drones, Nodes, Privatization of Water, Global South, South, The Future, Entertainment News
Paige Donner

"When you look at the future from the POV of the South, labor, migration, border security...all these issues, including privatization of water, waterworks, aqua terrorism loom large."

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We Are Winning: An Interview With Battle In Seattle Director Stuart Townsend

Brad Listi | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: New Releases, WTO Riots, Third World, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Michelle Rodriguez, Presidential Election, Global Trade, Imf, Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, Seattle Riots, Stuart Townsend, Battle in Seattle, Movies, Barack Obama, Cinema, Celebrity Endorsements, Patriotism, Seattle, Brad Listi, World Trade Organization, Filmmaking, Ray Liotta, Make Trade Fair, Channing Tatum, Andre Benjamin, Charlize Theron, Wto, Home News
Brad Listi

A lot of people feel like they've lost their voice during the last eight years. This movie is a clear illustration of the fact that you do count... Things can be different. If Obama runs the country like he's run his campaign, we're in good shape.

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