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Global Development

PRI's coverage of global health and development is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Lao rice farmers move from subsistence to cash crops

Scientists working with Lao farmers to increase profitable harvests by finding higher yielding varieties of sticky rice.
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Women and global economic and political stability

Poverty, racism and the systematic oppression of women contribute to political and economic instability around the world. ...
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New trade route in South America

An ambitious plan to create an overland trade route in South America will allow for the movement of goods from Pacific to Atlantic....
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Outsourcing agriculture to poor countries

Some of the richest countries are buying large swatches of land in some of the poorest countries to plant crops -- essentially outsourcing agriculture....
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Colombian farmers find alternative crops

Efforts to help Colombian farmers find alternatives to growing coca -- the plant used to make cocaine -- yield promising results....
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The effect of the global financial crisis on Indonesia

Once fueled by great stores of natural resources and ensuing investment, Indonesia is once again suffering the effects of a harsh economy....
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Return to South Africa

A look at South Africa in the post-apartheid era, where the gap between rich and poor has not closed -- it has whitened. ...
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Rwanda rebuilds and re-brands

Fifteen years after the genocide, Rwanda has become a place of tourist hotels, gourmet cafes, wi-fi and shopping malls....
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Rethinking aid in Africa

Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo and journalist Lynn Sherr debate whether aid to Africa is helping that continent's growth....
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African economist calls for less African aid

Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo argues that stopping most aid to Africa would spur economic growth....
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