May 2010 - Global Health - The Network of Care

To Fight Corruption and Crime, Change Your Currency

It's known as the "Bin Laden" — one of the most valuable bank notes in the world. The bill you hear about but no one ever actually sees. That, says the U.K.'s Independent , is because most of them are getting stashed away by organized...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 8:39 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Transparency for Big Oil and Coal? Not if They Can Help it.

It doesn't take more than a glance at a country like Equatorial Guinea to see that wealth from natural resources tends to exclusively line the pockets of the already rich. But that doesn't have to be the case. Oil, gas and coal should boost the...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 6:50 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Big Pharma Lets Others Play in Its Patent Pool

It's a lesson we all learned in preschool: sharing is good. And maybe — just maybe — Big Pharma is finally learning that lesson too. It's hard to imagine that major pharmaceutical companies have much of an incentive to make their research public...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 2:16 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

What Makes a Blood Diamond? The UN Dodges the Question

To judge the quality and value of a diamond, jewelers typically consider its cut, carat, overall clarity and hue. And, of course, its provenance. Sample questions include: Was it produced through the forced labor of women and children? Was it extracted...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 9:13 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Development vs. Environment: A Tough Choice in Guyana

It's a choice every developing country needs to make at some point or another. Do we push ahead toward development as Western nations did before us, with no regard for our environmental surroundings? Or do we take development slower, moving at an...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 6:59 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Is Globalization Killing Democracy?

It's not as far-fetched as it sounds, at least according to a new study. German political scientist Nils Steiner says globalization hurts voter participation. Not in a, "Well, it's only a mid-term election, and it's the last Grey's...

Published Sat, May 15 2010 7:58 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The Earthquake Shouldn't Stop Haiti's Elections

“Should there be an election?” In the wake of Haiti's Jan. 12 quake that killed 270,000 people, millions of Haitians are wondering. But a better question might be: “Can Haiti afford not to have one?" Elections were scheduled for Feb. 28 this...

Published Fri, May 14 2010 3:16 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

How Poor Are These Kids? It's All in the Lens

You don't need to read a research paper on NGO Appropriation of Images of Poverty (A Hermeneutic Analysis) to know what developing world poverty looks like. Or at least how NGOs in the field want you to perceive it. We've all seen the photos:...

Published Fri, May 14 2010 1:03 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Where the Fight Against Malaria is Being Won

Anyone who's ever felt disheartened about the fight against malaria — the fact that a child dies in Africa every 45 seconds from the disease, to take just one statistic — would do well to turn their sights towards Rwanda. As recently as five years...

Published Fri, May 14 2010 9:14 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

For Many Children, Not Working Isn't an Option

Want to know the latest good news about child labor? According to the International Labor Organization, child labor actually declined by 10% among kids aged 5-14 between 2005 to 2008. And wait, it gets better. Even among child laborers, the number engaged...

Published Fri, May 14 2010 6:26 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

The World's Future Megacities

By 2050, it's estimated that nearly seven out of 10 people in the world will be living in a New York City, a Tokyo, a Beijing or a New Dehli. Or any one of dozens of as-yet nameless megacities currently sprouting up around the world. The United Nations...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 4:22 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

A Tale of Two UNICEF Leaders

This month, Anthony Lake became UNICEF's executive director. He's the agency's sixth such figure, joining the agency — like his predecessor Ann Veneman — after an impressive career in the U.S. government. In fact, in many ways...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 12:34 PM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

Wiring Africa's Internet Deserts

Would you pay $4,000 a month for a home internet connection? Marc Andreessen does . That amount, the Bay Area-based Netscape creator says, affords him an unbelievably zippy 100mpbs line. Which at $4,000, you'd expect. But what sort of speed would...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 11:22 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

FIFA Takes on World Cup, Poverty All at Once

On Monday, I published a piece on the contradictions that arise out of the fact that South Africa is hosting of the 2010 World Cup — namely, the contrast between the glitz of the competition and the extreme poverty of much of the host continent. One thoughtful...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 9:54 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

First World Problems, Third World Solutions

It's a smart, even snarky, reversal of conventional wisdom. For years, advocates in the West have been urging politicians to "do something" about "insert-developing-world-problem-here." Now, if the Design for the First World competition...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 6:46 AM by Change.org's Global Poverty Blog

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