global development
China: The new World Bank
The world's biggest investor in developing countries is no longer the World Bank. It's China.
Colombians reclaim their land
Millions of Colombians have been forced off their land in the country's long civil war. Now some of those people are getting their land back.
Why some American farmers are moving to Mexico
Some US farmers say a steady supply of legal immigrants has become too unreliable, so they're moving to where many of the workers come from: Mexico.
Secession challenges for South Sudan
Africa may have a new country soon, as South Sudan looks at seceding from the North, but the future of that region is anything but certain.
Thousands of deaths caused by China's coal energy
China's industrial growth is powered by coal but mining and burning the energy source is causing health problems across the nation.
Is China's one-child policy coming to an end?
As China's population ages, many consider overturning the country's controversial policy.
Making bread to fight the Taliban
A new program aims to curb terrorism and fight the Taliban by teaching former Taliban fighters to make bread.
In Aruba, tourism goes green
On the tiny Caribbean island of Aruba, the booming tourism industry turns an eye to its environmental impact.
Violent Pakistani group provides services to the poor
A group accused of involvement in ongoing political violence and the drug trade in Pakistan has started clinics, schools and services for the poor in its community.
Corruption in Kiev
An American expat sets out on a difficult undertaking: to open a business in Ukraine without paying any bribes.
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