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Trends in the “South” Will Have Serious Affects on the BOP
As heads of the World Bank battle it out over how to curtail corruption in beneficiary countries, a curious trend is forming that could be a far greater threat to the open, global economic system they favor than any graft or bribery scheme. Over the weekend 116 countries were represented at the...
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Inveneo is not OLPC, But It’s Wiring Rural Africa One Village At a Time
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project gets a lot of hype, which I have no problem with- the more attention the media devotes to development issues the better, in my opinion. But it always bothers me a bit that this MIT creation gets all the press when it hasn?t even reached the...
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World Bank Seminar of Private Sector Development – More of the Same?
UPDATE: Michael Jarvis has posted notes from another meeting, this one called Business Reaching the Poor. Based on his post, it sounds like the second seminar was more focused and less rhetorical than the first (although that’s not saying much.) Thanks to PSD Blogger Michael Jarvis, we...
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