Global Development
Inventor works to save lives in the developing world
The Lemelson MIT Prize recognizes inventors whose designs improve lives. This year's winner, Ashok Gadgil, helped bring light to 100 million people in the developing world, designed fuel-efficient cook stoves and created a simple way to purify water.
Big Macs provide good glimpse of global economy
Orley Ashenfelter is a professor at Princeton University and the author of the Big Mac Index, a measurement of a nation's wealth based on the average wages of a McDonald's employee over the cost of a Big Mac. For example, McDonald's employees in poorer countries would not be able to afford the food they serve....
Africa builds Great Green Wall to fight desertification
Eleven African countries are working to build a green wall of trees on the southern border of the Sahara. Their goal is to fight desertification in the Sahel region....
Journalism soldiers on in Pakistan despite obvious dangers
Despite living in a country named "The most dangerous in the world for journalists," Pakistani students at four universities are embracing journalism education. They hope to improve journalism education and provide an alternative to the Mullah Radio stations broadcasting from across the border in Afghanistan....
Nightlife returns to Ciudad Juarez as drug violence is more contained
In Juarez, Mexico, the once-bustling nightlife had been dead for years as violence erupted in the city. But, in recent months, as police have setup checkpoints and drug violence has stabilized and perhaps even subsided, the nightlife is returning....
In Iowa, China's vice president will reconnect with friends made 30 years ago
As a low-level bureaucrat in 1985, Xi Jinping made a visit to Iowa on an agricultural mission. He's said to have fond memories of his trip. Now he's China's vice president and the most likely next leader for the country, he's heading back to Iowa on a more high-profile mission....
Building collapse in Pakistan a reminder of an uncomfortably common occurrence
A recent string of building collapses serve as a deadly reminder of the costs of not maintaining and inspecting aging infrastructure....
Peru's cash crop, asparagus is bleeding key region dry
Growing asparagus has taken many in Peru from poverty to profitability. No, they're not rich, but lives have gotten much better. But there's a big downside. The country's agricultural heartland is going dry, as its aquifer runs low....
Nicaragua distillery trying to bring its rum to the world
The Flor de Caña distillery nearly went under during the Sandinista revolution — but with that episode past, the rum maker is growing and expanding....
VIDEO: Residents of Nome get set to offload emergency tanker shipment
The tanker Renda has anchored off the coast of Nome, Alaska. All that's left now is for the 1.3 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel to be off-loaded into town, using a pipe stretched a half a mile over ice-covered ocean....
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