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In Cambodia, China Fuels Deadly Illegal Logging Trade
On April 26, 2012, Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty was killed during an investigation into illegal logging in the country's arcane Cardamom Mountains. A...
$1.50 Per Day Challenge: How Chefs, Celebs, and TV Anchors Are Getting By
Actors, singers, and political figures are among the thousands of people living on food budgets of $1.50 per day during this week's "Live Below the Line"...
IMF Leaves Egypt After Hearing From Opposition
(CAIRO) — A team from the International Monetary Fund left Egypt without getting broad backing from the opposition for a government economic plan aimed at...
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A new World Bank report is released on sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth, Sunni candidates in Iraq are being assassinated ahead of the country's elections,...
Syria’s Leader Appeals to African Summit for Help
(DAMASCUS, Syria) — Syria's embattled and increasingly isolated president has appealed to the leaders of a five-nation economic forum meeting in South Africa to...
Mexico’s New Boom: Why the World Should Tone Down the Hype
I couldn’t be happier that Mexico’s economy is rebounding. After barely 2% average annual growth between 2000 and 2010, the country’s GDP expanded almost 4% in...
Betting on Hunger: Is Financial Speculation to Blame for High Food Prices?
Food prices have been on the rise since 2007, thanks in part to bad weather and rising demand from biofuels and developing nations. But there's one cause that...
Tale of Two Corruptos: Brazil and Mexico On Different Transparency Paths
Mexico complains, often rightly so, about being overshadowed by Brazil, but Transparency International's corruption index is a potential reminder of why one...
Home Economics: Will Rising Food Prices Ruin the Recovery?
Here we go again. On two occasions since 2007, the world economy has endured rapid and extreme increases in food prices that have inflicted great pain,...
4.9%
The expected rate of growth across Africa in 2012 according to the latest World Bank estimate; the continent is a rare bright spot amid the continuing global...
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ILO, World Bank demand labor changes in Bangladesh
The International Labor Organization and World Bank have refused to let Bangladesh join a textile industry monitoring program until the country overhauls its labor laws and...
In a drive toward reform, World Bank's Jim Yong Kim turns to a' deliverologist'
The advice Sir Michael Barber offers about public management is not warm and fuzzy. If a narrow monopoly interferes with service delivery, break it. If cronyism supplants merit...
Millions of Americans live in extreme poverty. Here's how they get by.
The decline of extreme poverty -- defined by the World Bank as living on less than $1.25 a day, which is derived from the average poverty line in the world's poorest countries...
The World Bank wants to fight climate change. Here are four ways it can help.
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says he is determined to make a difference in the world's response to global warming. In a major report...
