From the Voice of America, the story of an American business that sells water pumps to African farmers. The water pumps sold from the business KickStart can help small farmers increase their yields and make more money.
A California social entrepreneur is fighting poverty in Africa.
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Comments OffEconomist Paul Romer has a crazy idea that some say boarders on colonialism. He wants developed nations to create charter cities within under-developed countries.
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Barmak, Charter Cities, Charter City, China Rules, Chinese Government, Chinese Workers, Colonialism, Crazy Idea, Developed Countries, Economic Zones, Economist, Foreign Aid, Model Charter, Paul Romer, Preview Series, Referee, Referees, Star Writer, Successes, Toronto Star Comments OffIn Thailand the income inequality gap is the widest in the world, almost double the size of the US and wider than any of it’s neighbors.
Posted in World News Tags: Asian Neighbours, Average Income, Casual Labour, Developed Countries, Economic Inequality, Egalitarianism, Formal Economy, Globalisation, Human Insecurity, Income Inequality, Informal Economy, Launch, Markar, Millennium Development, Poor Policies, Public Policies, Resident Representative, S South, United Nations Development, United Nations Development Programme, World News Comments OffAs a part of the World Bank’s spring meetings changes in the voting shares for member countries were made. A country will get more or less votes on decisions made by the Bank loosely based on how much capital they contribute.
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