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Women Farmers in the Developing World

Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Dan Silverstein

In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.

Sustainable Agriculture: The Unrecognized Key to Reversing Climate Change

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green


Andrew Kimbrell

Even though research concludes that industrial agriculture is one of the major contributors to global warming, neither international nor U.S. domestic policies are adequately addressing this sector.

Africa's Seat at the Table

President Abdoulaye Wade | Posted 11.05.2009 | World


President Abdoulaye Wade

Battling global warming, the economic crisis, food and energy shortages, and AIDS and malaria requires co-partners, not post-colonial relationships.

Civil Society Sounds Off on IFC Policies in Istanbul

Chad Dobson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business


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."

Herding Big Cats Won't Save the Wild Tiger

Jan McGirk | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green


Jan McGirk

Farming tigers in order to save them may turn out to be the equivalent of herding cats: an impossible undertaking with too many variables for sustained success.

Interview with Michael Hudson Who Advises Latvia To Default on Their Loans to Sweden

Max Keiser | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business


Max Keiser

Latvia should not pay back its loans to Sweden says renowned economist Dr. Michael Hudson. I interviewed him after reading his piece; The Specter o...

Time to Stop the Regulatory Circus and to Steer the Ship to Safe Ground

Georges Ugeux | Posted 10.08.2009 | Home


Georges Ugeux

The real issue for regulators around the globe is a serious definition of the financial world we want to live in. The current focus nearly exclusively on the banking sector could cause authorities to miss the broader picture.

A Surprisingly Successful G-20 Summit

Georges Ugeux | Posted 10.01.2009 | World


Georges Ugeux

This year, President Obama drove a very different agenda -- one focused on discussing how the world can form global governance and cooperate to stimulate the ailing economies.

Criminally Negligent Homicide: The Legacy of Wealthy Nations That Allow Millions to Die

Dan Silverstein | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business


Dan Silverstein

Two award-winning reporters have collaborated on a new book entitledEnough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty. It is a page turner. Unless you simply don't give a damn, this is a must read.

G-20 Doesn't Offer Much Reform

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 09.29.2009 | World


Mark Weisbrot

The expansion from the G-8 to the G-20 is mostly a symbolic move. Since the rich countries control the institutions with actual power, the G-20 is still mainly the G-7 with the other 13 countries sitting in.

Saving A Billion People from Starvation

Dan Glickman | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green


Dan Glickman

Norm Borlaug's life is both a symbol of what can be done, and a reminder of the enormous problem of global poverty we still face. Why not finish his work?

This Film is an Idiot's Version of Naomi Klein's Masterpiece

Johann Hari | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


Johann Hari

Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important political books of the past decade. But Michael Winterbottom's "adaptation" for film is garbled and mumbled to the point of meaninglessness.

When You Educate A Girl, Everything Changes

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living


Julia Moulden

"Your eyes, it's a day's work to look into them." American composer and performance artist Laurie Anderson wrote the line that came to me when I first...

Show Me the Money! Using Your Capital To Save The World At This Year's SOCAP Conference

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Julia Moulden

What's up? It's the second annual SOCAP conference, the world's premiere social capital markets event (social capital investments incorporate three kinds of returns: financial, social, and environmental).

On Current Path, IFC Is Set to Become Bigger Than the World Bank in Five Years

Vijaya Ramachandran | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business


Vijaya Ramachandran

If IFC stays on its current path, its portfolio will become larger than the World Bank in about five years. This is a staggering result for IFC, whose portfolio was in the $2 to $4 billion range less than a decade ago.

Put the Brakes on the Bank: Carbon Finance in Indonesia

Chad Dobson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business


Chad Dobson

The World Bank's current struggle within its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility illustrates the difficulty of building a solid programmatic foundation that incorporates civil society concerns.

Climate Change and Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green


James Denselow

A forgotten story is how the destruction and painfully slow reconstruction of the Iraq state is occurring against the backdrop of a deteriorating natural environment.

Climate Follies: Bankrolling Dirty Power in Developing Countries

Mindy S. Lubber | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green


Mindy S. Lubber

While the industrialized world is struggling to cut its emissions, it is simultaneously bankrolling the construction of thousands of megawatts of new coal-fired power in developing countries.

G8 in Italy Should Launch Global Fund for Education

Desmond Bermingham | Posted 08.07.2009 | World


Desmond Bermingham

Despite repeated pledges to help, donors and international funding agencies are not doing enough to help. National economies recover but kids will have lost the opportunity of a lifetime.

Where's the Beef?

Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green


Dennis Whittle

The job of the World Bank and other aid agencies is to promote innovation, and to do so in a way that helps rather than harms the environment.

The Italian Job: What the 2009 G8 Summit Must Deliver on Health and Aid for Africa

World Vision | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


World Vision

While non-G8 donors are responsible for a quarter of the total African aid increase since 2005, and are delivering on their side of the deal, aid from the G8 countries has actually fallen.

The Blockade of Gaza, Two Years On

Bill Van Esveld | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


Bill Van Esveld

Under Israel's blockade, only 18 food items are approved for import into Gaza, where 65 percent of people live below the poverty line. Other prohibited goods include soccer balls, ink, and paper.

Senator Leahy's Letter to the G.A.O., the Investigative Arm of the U.S. Congress

Sunil Chacko | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Sunil Chacko

The letter to the G.A.O., the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress, now over a year old, was sent by U.S. Senators Leahy, Bayh and Lugar following the disappearance of the Bayh Amendment.

Can HIV/AIDS Donors be the Lead "Gender Bender" of Global Development?

Nandini Oomman | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


Nandini Oomman

When it comes to HIV/AIDS and gender, big donors talk the talk but sometimes stumble when it comes time to walk the walk in the prevention, treatment and care programs that they fund.

Full-Spectrum Idiocy: GOP and Chavez on Iran

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Norman Solomon

When approaching Iran, the Republican Party line and the Hugo Chavez line are running in opposite directions -- but parallel.