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What's an Underemployed Gal to Do? Run For Office.

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Elections, Voting, World Bank, Women in Politics, Joblessness, History of Women in Politics, Diane Tucker, Caroline Kennedy, Layoffs, Bailout Bandits, Stimulus Package, Nancy Pelosi, The Giving Life, Carly Fiorina, Senate Races, The Recession, Happiness, Careers, Npr, Survival Jobs, Kathleen Sebelius, Martha Coakley, Women in American Politics, Recession, Why Aren’t Women Running for Office, Michele Bachmann, catalyst.org, House Races, Sarah Palin, Anne Doyle, White House Project, Christine Todd Whitman, Hillary Clinton, Inside DC, Economy, Groundbreakers, World Economic Forum. Women in American Politics, We-Need-More-Women-in-Politics, The Bailouts, Womens Rights, Politics News
Diane Tucker

The experience of running convinced me that women have a tremendous natural ability for politics. We just have to get over our fear of it and go for the brass ring.

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For Disappearing Glaciers, How About a Whitewashed Solution?

Elyssa Pachico | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Melting Ice, Glaciers, Peru, Copenhagen 2009, Melting Glaciers, World Bank, Green News
Elyssa Pachico

Nobody at the Copenhagen summit is painting a very rosy picture right now when it comes to climate change.

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World Bank Loans India $1 Billion To Clean Ganges River Pollution

AP | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Ganges River, Ganges Clean Up, World Bank, India, Cleanup, Ganges, Ganges Pollution, Pollution, World News

NEW DELHI — The World Bank has agreed to loan India $1 billion to help clean the Ganges river, sacred to hundred of millions of Hindus and also ...

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Judicial Reform Puts Saudi Women Lawyers in a Position of All Show and No Play

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Civil Courts, Saudi Women's Rights, Judicial Reform, Saudi Arabia, World Bank, Sharia, World News
Sabria Jawhar

About 10 years ago Saudi women started returning home from abroad with fresh law degrees and were ready to take on the world. And they are still waiting.

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Women Farmers in the Developing World

Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Unifem, Developing World, Women in Agriculture, Agra, World Bank, Tom Vilsak, Agribusiness, Micro-Finance, Department of Agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, African Development Bank, Gender Governance, Women, Grameen Bank, UNDevelopment Program, Food and Agricultural Organization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Decade for Women, Beijing Conference, Un, Green Heron Tools, Catherine Bertini, Gender Mainstreaming, Usaid, World Food Program, Dfid, World News
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.

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Sustainable Agriculture: The Unrecognized Key to Reversing Climate Change

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Copenhagen 2009, John Kerry, World Bank, United Nations, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Agribusiness, Climate Change, Gmo, Industrial Agriculture, Global Warming, Green News
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.

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Africa's Seat at the Table

President Abdoulaye Wade | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: G-20 Summit, Governance, President Barack Obama, Malaria, Reform, G-20, Accra Speech, World Bank, g20, Senegal, Food Shortage, Robert Zoellick, Senegal President, United Nations General Assembly, Aids, President Abdoulaye Wade, World News
President Abdoulaye Wade

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

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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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Herding Big Cats Won't Save the Wild Tiger

Jan McGirk | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Cites, Bio-Diversity, Aphrodisiac, Lixin Huang, Tiger, World Bank, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Poaching, Tiger Bone Wine, Environmenal Investigation Agency, Green News
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.

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

Max Keiser | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Imf, Latvia, Michael Hudson, World Bank, Sweden, Dr.Michael Hudson, Business News
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...

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

Georges Ugeux | Posted 10.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Finance Ministers, Financial-Stability-Board, Nouriel Roubini, Economy, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Fixed Income, Federal Reserve, Aig, Regulation, Gross Domestic Product, Istanbul, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Bank for International Settlements, G-20 Summit, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Derivative Market, Bear Stearns, Home News
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.

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A Surprisingly Successful G-20 Summit

Georges Ugeux | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

Read More: Emerging Nations, G-20 Summit, Financial Services, Bank of International Settlements, Voting Rights, President Barack Obama, G-8, Global Governance, G-7, Financial Crisis, Imf, Pittsburgh, Bonuses, Board for Financial Stability, World Bank, Istanbul, World News
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.

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

Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Undp, Wfp, Fao, Yum! Brands, World Bank, TNT Group, Food for Peace, International Food Policy Research Institute, Howard Buffet, Ethiopia, The Green Revolution, Farm Bill, Josette Sheeran, Spencer Bachus, Roger Thurow, Archbold OH, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Scott Kilman, World Food Programme, Usaid, Norman Borlaug, Puchase for Progress, Alliance to End Hunger, Agra, Universities Fighting World Hunger, Business News
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.

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G-20 Doesn't Offer Much Reform

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Imf, G20 Summit, Wto, Obama g20, g20, World Bank, Gordon Brown, World News
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.

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Saving A Billion People from Starvation

Dan Glickman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Starvation, Agricultural Chemical, India, Norman Borlaug, Biotechnology, Hunger, Poverty, Pakistan, World Bank, Agriculture, Mexico, Malthus, The Green Revolution, Green News
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?

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

Johann Hari | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Debt, Depression, Salvador Allende, Naomi Klein, Mixed Economies, Apartheid, Conservatism, Michale Winterbottom, Capitalism, Pinochet, Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Communism, Freedom Charter, Channel 4, Margaret Thatcher, Anc, Shock Doctrine, Cia, World Bank, Tianamen, Imf, Milton Friedman, Soviet Union, World News
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.

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When You Educate A Girl, Everything Changes

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Africa, Ann Cotton, World Bank, Caroline Daniel, Kofi Annan, New Radicals, School, Girls, Goldman Sachs, Education, 000 Women, Julia Moulden, Careers, Nicholas Kristof, 10, Camfed, Living News
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...

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

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Social Change, Kevin Jones, Paul Richardson, Social Capital Partners, Grassroots, World Bank, Giirs, New Radicals, Venture Capital, Tim Draimin, Investing, Smart Cookies, Julia Moulden, Derek Dent, Bill Young, Careers, Un, Social Capital, Socap, Sig, Renewal2, Vancity, Kickstarter, Socap Conference, The Giving Life, Living News
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).

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

Vijaya Ramachandran | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: International Finance Corporation, International Financial Institutions, Centerfor Global Development, World Bank, Business News
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.

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Put the Brakes on the Bank: Carbon Finance in Indonesia

Chad Dobson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Sustainable-Forestry, Governance, Human Rights, Indonesia, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Finance, World Bank, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Indigenous Rights, International-Financial-Institutions, Reducing Deforestation in Developing Countries, Civil Society, Deforestation, Indigenous People, Business News
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.

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Climate Change and Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Urbanization, Sandstorms, Desertification, Environmental Degradation, World Bank, Food-Insecurity, Turkey Dam, Green News
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.

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Climate Follies: Bankrolling Dirty Power in Developing Countries

Mindy S. Lubber | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Climate Change, Coal, Climate Bill, Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Green News
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.

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G8 in Italy Should Launch Global Fund for Education

Desmond Bermingham | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Education for All Fast Track Initiative, Education, Unesco, Global Fund for Education, Climate Change, United Nations, World Bank, Financial Crisis, G8 Summit, FTI Catalytic Fund, Food Security, World News
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.

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Where's the Beef?

Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Ifc, Sustainable Agriculture, Globalgiving, Climate Change, Green Energy, Global Warming, World Bank, Green News
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.

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

World Vision | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Foreign Aid, G8, Un, Africa, Health, Millenium Development Goal, Marshall Plan, World Bank, g20, G-20, World News
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.

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