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 Now Driving 
 Innovation 
 in India: 
 the Poor 

As developed economies slump, it markets directly to the lower class

Oct 20, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indian engineers once did little but cater to Western companies, while consumers at home made do with hand-me-down products from the developed world. That is changing in a big way as foreign economies crater and the 1.1 billion consumers of the subcontinent reveal a taste for, well, consuming. And... More »

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India • consumer • outsourcing • innovation • market • poor • engineers • developing countries • rural area • product

West Eases Off Carbon Demands for China, India

Copenhagen deal closer, but 2050 goal less likely

Oct 20, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Industrialized nations backed away from long-term carbon cut demands on developing nations yesterday, in the hopes of reaching a deal at December's Copenhagen summit. The US and EU have pushed for a 50% reduction in global carbon emissions by 2050, but China and India refused to sign up, wary of... More »

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China • climate change • India • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • developing countries • carbon emissions • Copenhagen climate change conference

Global Rates of Alzheimer's Disease Soar

Aging populations drive increase; developing world will be hit hard

Sep 21, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rising life expectancy in the developing world will lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people stricken by Alzheimer’s disease, HealthDay News reports. The number of dementia cases worldwide will reach 35.6 million in 2010, a 10% increase over the total in 2005. That number is... More »

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Middle East • dementia • globalization • public health • aging • medical research • North Africa • developing countries • developing world • Alzheimer's Disease

GLOSSIES

 Turlington 
 Models a More 
 Charitable Path 

At 40, she's earning a master's and educating the world on maternity risks

Jul 15, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christy Turlington still considers modeling her work—“It’s the only thing that pays me; everything else is school or volunteerism,” the Columbia masters candidate, often described as one of the world’s most beautiful people, tells Vogue. “My face is a dime a dozen in many... More »

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pregnancy • Columbia University • public health • celebrity • documentary • childbirth • developing countries • supermodel • Christy Turlington • Ed Burns

(Newser) - The various sectors of the global economy have become so entwined with food production that prices are acting in a very “puzzling” manner, the Economist reports. Last year, the market responded rationally to the global food crisis of 2007-08, increasing production and thus lowering prices. But with another bumper... More »

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farming • developing countries • food prices • Third World • supply and demand • food production • global food crisis • cereals • yield

 US Doctors Look to Africa 
 for Lower-Cost Treatments 

Developing nations offer cheap, effective solutions for health care

Jul 2, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - When an AIDS clinic at the University of Alabama wanted to boost the number of patients who returned for treatment, they didn't look to programs in the rich West for ideas. They went to Zambia, where strategies for treating patients with HIV have succeeded despite widespread poverty. With US health... More »

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health care costs • AIDS • HIV • doctor • medical treatment • University of Alabama • Zambia • developing countries • HIV/AIDS • women's issues

GLOSSIES

 How the US Became 
 a Banana Republic 

America is a textbook IMF case—but one without a solution

Mar 30, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - As chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, MIT professor Simon Johnson saw a pattern in bankrupted countries from Argentina to Indonesia: "The powerful elites within them overreached in good times and took too many risks." The current US crisis, Johnson writes in the Atlantic, is "shockingly... More »

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depression • International Monetary Fund • recession • IMF • US economy • developing countries • emerging markets • Great Depression • oligarchy

 Bombed-Out 
 US Economy 
 Blasts Globe 
 Into Recession 

Developing nations hit especially hard in first world recession since World War II

Mar 9, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world economy is plunging into its first global recession since World War II, and sending 46 million people in developing countries back into poverty, warns a World Bank report. The global lender is urging leading nations to pledge a portion of their stimulus packages to stem the mounting crisis... More »

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World Bank • International Monetary Fund • recession • poverty • developing countries • developing world

Glaxo to Cut Drug Prices
in Developing World

No. 2 pharma firm will open 'patent pool' to outside scientists

Feb 14, 09 11:25 AM CST
(Newser) - GlaxoSmithKline’s new boss has proposed a radical rethinking of big pharma in developing countries: He plans to cut prices, offer portions of profits to hospitals, and loosen his firm’s grip on patents that keep prices up, the Guardian reports. “I think it's absolutely the kind of thing... More »

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drug companies • GlaxoSmithKline • price • developing countries • pharmaceutical industry • patent

(Newser) - Today's summit of world leaders may have found broad agreement on the need for bold reform of the global markets, but it left the toughest decisions to future meetings, the Wall Street Journal reports. The broad strokes include greater oversight of banks and credit-rating agencies, a review of executive pay,... More »

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global economy • developing countries • economy • G20

Toilet Summit Tackles Issue of 'Potty Parity' for Women

Organizations discuss worldwide sanitation in Macau

Nov 4, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The World Toilet Summit began in Macau today, as UN agencies, civil-society groups and the World Toilet Organization discuss how to provide sanitation for the 2.5 billion who still lack access to a clean lavatory, LiveScience reports. The summit will also address the issue of “potty parity”—... More »

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United Nations • restrooms • sanitation • developing countries • public restrooms • toilet

Eggbeater Helps Scientists Whip Disease

Harvard researchers fashion a household item into a diagnostic device

Oct 16, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Centrifuges separate blood from plasma—but at considerable expense, in a bulky package. That leaves them beyond the reach of underfunded medical facilities that could use the help in diagnosing blood-borne ailments, such as hepatitis and other diseases. The solution, Discover reports, could be as close as the nearest kitchen.... More »

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medicine • health care • infectious diseases • developing countries • diagnosis • Harvard • developing world • hepatitis B

 World Bank 
 Vows to Stand 
 Behind Poor 

Aid to developing nations must be maintained, bank president warns

Oct 13, 08 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the World Bank cautioned yesterday that the economic crisis could hit developing countries the hardest, and pledged the bank’s support in helping those nations protect their poor, reports AP. Bank president Robert Zoellick warned that aid to impoverished regions must continue to flow even as the... More »

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World Bank • Henry Paulson • Robert Zoellick • developing countries • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

American Capitalism Is Dead. The Culprit? America


Oct 10, 08 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Wall Street banks collapse like a house of cards, American capitalism isn’t just failing in practice; the very idea of unregulated, free-functioning markets has received a serious blow, writes Anthony Faiola in the Washington Post. Once the symbols of American economic might, there's a real possibility that many... More »

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capitalism • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • AIG • developing countries • emerging markets • bailout • bank failure • banks • financial crisis

 The Battle 
 for India's 
 Largest Slum 

Developers see 'brand-new beautiful suburb' near Mumbai; residents beg to differ

Sep 8, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Indian economy booming, developers have their sights on Dharavi, the vast Mumbai slum that sits at the intersection of two popular commuter train lines and conveniently close to the Mumbai airport. Visions of shanty houses and refuse-filled streets replaced by glass high-rise apartments and office parks—"a... More »

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India • Mumbai • developing countries • developing world

 China, India Reject
 G8 Carbon Plan 

Developing countries show impotence of conference

Jul 9, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neither China nor India agreed to adopt the G8's targets for cutting carbon emissions by 2050 at their joint meeting today. Asia's two big developing economies, joined by Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, said carbon reductions would endanger their growth and exacerbate poverty, and that rich nations should clean up... More »

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China • climate change • environment • Nicolas Sarkozy • G8 summit • developing countries • Yasuo Fukuda • carbon emissions

 Recycled
 'E-Waste'
 Can Be Toxic 

Old TVs, PCs can pollute developing countries

Jul 7, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Recycling old computers, cell phones, and TVs may sound like a good idea—but be sure you know the destination before you dump such material, USA Today advises. While such “e-waste” recycling programs are springing up everywhere these days, some pose a threat. Often, the materials end up in... More »

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environment • recycling • toxin • developing countries • consumer electronics • e waste

OPINION

Global Econ Puzzle Awaits New President

Kick-starting economy means looking abroad, write Goldman chiefs

Jun 27, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whether it's John McCain or Barack Obama, the next president will confront a global economic landscape unlike anything his predecessor confronted, write Robert Hormats and Jim O'Neill. In an op-ed for the Financial Times, the two Goldman Sachs executives explain that the new president's greatest challenge will be the rise... More »

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globalization • Goldman Sachs • economics • United States • developing countries • Election 2008 • BRICs

 Another Key Shortage: Fertilizer 

Prices skyrocket, ingredients scarce as growing population demands more food

Apr 30, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the less touted factors behind the global food crisis is a shortage in chemical fertilizer, which has helped boost crop yields dramatically and particularly benefited the developing world. But while growing demand is unlikely to be met for many years, the environmental impact of producing and using chemical... More »

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farming • corn • crops • fertilizer • rice • developing countries • food prices • food supply

 Peru Distributes '$100 Laptop' 

One Laptop per Child effort faces on-the-ground test

Apr 24, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - One Laptop per Child got a bumpy start, with the “$100 laptop” soaring to $188, for-profit competitors snatching customers, and developing countries hesitating to buy. But the true test for the nonprofit comes now, as Peru prepares to send 486,500 computers to its poorest schoolchildren. The country faces... More »

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philanthropy • Peru • developing countries • One Laptop Per Child • XO laptop

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