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Posted By:  BethP
Posted On:  Sep 26, 2008

  Ramping Up: Africa and the MDGs

It’s been a historical week in international development as leaders worldwide have ramped up discussions around meeting the 2015 Millennium Development Goals.  Increasingly (though not exclusively) Africa-specific concerns, the MDG conversation has generated some significant news over...... [view]

Posted By:  BethP
Posted On:  Sep 12, 2008

  2 Views on Development & Doing Good Well

Cross-posted at the Online Fundraising Blog If you've been involved in the discussion about poverty and international development in the past few years, you probably know the name Jeffrey Sachs. Sachs is a development economist at Columbia University , advisor to the UN on the Millennium...... [view]

Posted By:  ictlogist
Posted On:  Aug 24, 2008

  The digital war on poverty is not won. A comment to Jeffrey Sachs

Economist Jeffrey Sachs signed on August 21 2008 an article at — The digital war on poverty — in which, summing up, he explains that [t]Thanks to market forces, even the world’s poorest people are beginning to benefit from the flow of digital information . Not that I do not...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency
Posted On:  Mar 31, 2008

  State of the Planet Puts Nuclear on the Table

  The State of the Planet Conference convened at the Earth Institute at Columbia University this past Thursday and Friday. Man, have special interests grabbed the environmental movement like a bulldog by a throat, or what? Perhaps I’m getting increasingly hypersensitive as we continue...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency
Posted On:  Mar 31, 2008

  Top Three Quizzical Quotes at State of the Planet

coal at terminal getting ready to export #3. “The Amazon Rainforest is not being used for sugar cane for ethanol. This is absolutely wrong! The Amazon region is far from the consumer centers and ports to ship. It needs water in the soil. It is a stupidity to grow cane in the...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih
Posted On:  Mar 31, 2008

  State of the Planet Puts Nuclear on the Table

  The State of the Planet Conference convened at the Earth Institute at Columbia University this past Thursday and Friday. Man, have special interests grabbed the environmental movement like a bulldog by a throat, or what? Perhaps I’m getting increasingly hypersensitive as we continue...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih
Posted On:  Mar 31, 2008

  Top Three Quizzical Quotes at State of the Planet

coal at terminal getting ready to export #3. “The Amazon Rainforest is not being used for sugar cane for ethanol. This is absolutely wrong! The Amazon region is far from the consumer centers and ports to ship. It needs water in the soil. It is a stupidity to grow cane in the...... [view]

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