Global Development
Worthless cash fights corruption
Indian citizens are fighting corruption by paying out worthless zero rupee notes instead of paying for bribes.
Is China helping or hurting Africa?
China is pouring investment into Africa, with no political strings attached. But is that investment hurting Africans?...
Designing social change for the rich
While westerners design products to aid the "developing world," Carolina Vallejo created a competition for people from the developing world to design for the west....
China's house slaves and real estate bubble
Home prices are skyrocketing in China, leading to a class of people calling themselves "house slaves." But is this overheated market a bubble ready to burst?...
Charter Cities: Curing poverty or neo-imperialism?
Instead of pouring aid into poverty-stricken countries like Haiti, Stanford economist Paul Romer thinks building new "charter cities" is a better option....
Poultry farming in Uganda
In East Africa, poultry farming may be the answer for women farmers struggling to get out of poverty....
Forgiving Haiti's debt
Advocacy groups call for lenders to forgive Haiti's $1 billion dollar debt as it struggles to recover from this month's devastating earthquake....
Technology and the developing world
Why technological fixes often fail to deliver in the developing world – a story with a lesson and an online discussion....
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....
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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