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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: developing countries

developing countries stories: 25 news summaries

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 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

Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

Guatemalan kids given supplement earn 50% more as grown-ups

Feb 1, 08 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Eating a nutritious diet as an infant has a significant effect on income later in life, a study published in the Lancet finds. Researchers looked at Guatemalan males over a three-decade period and found that those who had received a nutritious food supplement were earning close to 50% more per... More »

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nutrition • income • Guatemala • developing countries

Plasma TV Back From the Dead

Finds niche in developing countries, but boom may not last

Jan 11, 08 6:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Plasma TV's rollercoaster ride continues as the technology given up for dead more than a year ago has made a booming sales comeback, Reuters reports. Demand in the developing world, especially in China, is driving the upswing. LCD technology seemed until recently to have trampled plasma, but it turns out... More »

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China • Samsung • developing countries • Panasonic • LCD TV • Plasma TV

Climate Reps at Odds Over Deforestation

Rich countries balk at paying poorer nations to stop hacking trees

Dec 8, 07 5:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The triumph of the Bali summit may be its plan to stop deforestation, but rich and poor nations are still clashing over details, the Washington Post reports. A dozen developing countries want incentives to stop tree-cutting, but some developed nations wince at paying them for actions not taken. "The... More »

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United Nations • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • Kyoto Protocol • deforestation • developing countries • Bali • developed countries • tropical rain forests

Budget Batters FDA Oversight of Foreign Drugs

Commissioner to testify before Congress today

Nov 1, 07 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal Food and Drug Administration's spotty record inspecting foreign drug manufacturers will be even worse next year as its budget drops just as developing countries are flooding the market with new medications, reports the Washington Post. Foreign drug plants are inspected only once every eight to 12 years because... More »

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China • FDA • India • Congressional investigations • imports • oversight • prescription drugs • developing countries • House Energy and Commerce Committee

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