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The Rise of Citizen Media via Mobile Phone in Cambodia
Written by Chak Sopheap
Mobile technology gives Cambodians a voice, which signals the rise of more citizen media and social activism, reports Chak Sopheap. Mobile phones have gained popularity since 2000 due to affordability and indispensability. For those at the bottom of the economic pyramid, this has been a boon. Here in Cambodia, the […]
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Internet Access. A Human Right
Written by Kosta Grammatis
Over five billion people do not have internet access, ahumanright.org plans to change that. Kosta Grammatis explains why the internet is important in the first place. As of 2009, 83% of the world is literate, and another 80% has access to electricity, these two factors are all that is required […]
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Immigration and remittances in Europe
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The issue of remittances within Europe is very differently perceived whether one is the “exporter” or recipient of people. For Western Europeans, the specter of the specter criminality-prone foreigners and the “Polish plumber’s” threat to working people’s wages looms large. For Central and Eastern Europeans, the remittances of their expatriates […]
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Avoiding the Resource Curse in Russia. Mission Impossible?
Written by Alexey Sidorenko
Russia is the largest country in the world – that’s what all the Russian kids learn in school. The next they learn is that it’s also one of the richest countries in the world. Then, an average geography teacher, with a regular salary of about 600 US dollars per month, […]
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Big City Boys (and Girls)
Written by Corina Murafa
An article exploring a curious animal – the megacity – and ways in which cities offer solutions to future challenges they themselves created. Skyscrapers, concrete, steel, smog, sewage, slums, traffic jams, crime, exclusion, broadband, wi-fi, gentrification, commuting, expats, fast-food, bio-markets, land-use planning, alienation, citizenship, identity. Sounds familiar? I am talking […]
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Is there anything else interesting except Mining in Mongolia?
Written by Otgoo Jargal
Global political and business leaders only see Mongolia as a source of money. Over the past 5-6 years, the map of Mongolia has become a paper where they plot their business plans. They talk openly about their dreams of accessing these natural resources as a way to become enormously rich. […]
