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Can Growth and Sustainability Be Achieved in Uganda At The Same Time?
Written by Ruth Aine Tindyebwa
… is it possible for a country like Uganda to experience growth and sustainability at the same time? Are we able to have a country and continent that delivers enough opportunity for its own people and provides a higher standard of living for everyone? There are very pertinent […]
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La lucha hacia el desarrollo sostenible en Bolivia
Written by Diego Salama
Abstract: In the past three decades, States began to realize the importance of crafting long-term public policies to achieve sustainable development. However, due to the economic and financial crisis many countries have had to put their sustainable development goals on hold in order to achieve economic growth. In 2011, the President […]
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Banking on Mobiles: Africa leading the way
Written by The Oxonian Globalist
The rise of telecommunications in Africa is causing a revolution in mobile banking Some people are the bringers of new sounds. Whilst Elvis Presley sent the rumbling of rock and roll to the UK through the radio, Mo Ibrahim brought the dial tone to Africa through telecommunications and for the […]
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“Globalization and the Internet” Kick-Off Workshop in Berlin
Written by Mario Wiedemann
Last month Future Challenges and the Internet and Society Collaboratory organized a kick-off workshop for the “Globalization and the Internet: Information, People, Goods” project in Berlin. Some 30 experts with various professional backgrounds came to a former supermarket in Berlin to form different working groups. Four working groups will discuss […]
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Brazil and the limits of the possible
Written by Luciano Sobral
Meet Marina Silva. A former senator and minister of the environment for the ruling party, PT (the Brazilian Workers Party), in 2009 she left to joing the PV, Brazil’s small green party. Next year she finished third in the presidential race, with almost 20 million votes – an astonishing feat […]
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The Cost of Economic Growth in the Dominican Republic
Written by Jonathan Welle
(Para una versión en español de este artículo, entrar aquí). Nina needed a place to put her trash. The rusty garbage bin near her house, like the bin down the street, was filled to the brim just days after the town’s garbage collectors made their weekly visit to Nina’s street […]
