Developing World

The Good Doctor Prescribes Health Care for the World's Poor

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home


We met Paul Farmer sitting on the steps of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. He is a very busy man. But today, he spent the afternoon talking with u...

Seeing Ability through Disability

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home


Ingrid Ioan says her wheelchair is not a disadvantage - just a small bump in the road. "I don't see disability as an obstacle," says the University o...

$12 Laptop Proposed By Researchers For Developing World

ABC News | ASHLEY PHILLIPS | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business


As the prices of educational laptops for children in developing countries creep upward, a group of researchers attempts to create a new, even lower-te...

The Big Green Gamble

Daniel Keeler | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business


Daniel Keeler

Allowing the corporate world to colonize, own and brand the environmental and social awareness movements is a dangerous strategy.

This Videogame Makes You Smarter and Helps the Hungry: The FreeRice Phenomenon

Dan Brown | Posted 01.09.2008 | Living


Dan Brown

On FreeRice.com, you get smarter and do a free good deed from the comfort of your computer chair! And you'll impress your pals when you drop "abjure" or "loquacity" in conversation.

For the IMF, Failure is Impossible . . . To See

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics


Mark Weisbrot

A version of this column appeared in the International Herald Tribune on October 19, 2007. In the Spring and Fall of each year the International Mone...

The New Meaning of "Small is Beautiful"

Alan Patricof | Posted 10.04.2007 | Business


Alan Patricof

Today many more countries have developed trained entrepreneurs awaiting the opportunity to implement well thought-out business plans to meet the enormous commercial opportunities which are available.

U.S. Remains Largest Arms Dealer In Developing Countries

New York Times | Posted 09.30.2007 | Politics


he United States maintained its role as the leading supplier of weapons to the developing world in 2006, followed by Russia and Britain, according to ...