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The ethical poverty line: a better measure of global poverty - 13-02-2007
The standard poverty line measure of US$1-a-day is unrealistically low. It disguises the real level of global poverty and understates the challenge of eliminating poverty. A poverty line of between US$2 and US$3-a-day would provide a more adequate measure ...
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Web focus - Climate Change - 13-02-2007
Scientific understanding of climate change impacts on developing countries has grown markedly over the last few years, as have policies designed to both help mitigate and adapt to the problem. This new web resource from the ODI looks at current areas of re...
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A round up of this year's World Economic Forum - 07-02-2007
Top representatives of business and government gathered recently in the Swiss resort of Davos to discuss global economic and social topics and shape the global agenda for the year 2007. Eldis editor Martina Gernet discusses the forum's achievements.
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The Free Market Does Not Work... - 07-02-2007
When Nobel-Prize winning economist, Joseph E. Stiglitz, visited Paris recently he was interviewed by progressive daily L'Humanité. In this interview, Stiglitz discusses many of the ideas in his new book "Making Globilization Work". Summing up, he says that...
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