Tag Archives: poverty

What the West Can Do for the Bottom Billion

What power do ordinary people in the West have to alleviate the plight of the world’s poorest billion?

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Falling Behind: The Bottom Billion

How can the world get the planet’s poorest one billion inhabitants on the path toward economic development?

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Where Bangladesh Leaves India in the Dust

Why do so many farmers commit suicide in India despite the country’s booming economy?

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Dateline Detroit: Welcome to Subprime City (II)

How do the financial troubles of a Detroit family belie the notion that the United States is a consumer paradise?

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Dateline Detroit: Welcome to Subprime City (Part I)

After the collapse of the U.S. auto industry, how is Detroit being hit hard once again?

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Why Osama bin Laden Hates Microfinance

Has Osama bin Laden become the first prophet in a new line of Islamic Marxists? Or is he just another would-be dictator searching for specious arguments?

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The Global Economy: Not on Autopilot

What must the global community do to ensure that worldwide economic growth continues unabated?

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Planet of Slums

How are the world’s bustling slums coping with the issue of sanitation?

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Body Hunting: The Outsourcing of Drug Trials

Who will hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for the outsourcing of drug trials?

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China’s Forgotten Peasants: An Element of Unrest

Can China continue its economic rise without alienating its peasant population?

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