]> http://www.globalenvision.org/breakingnews News clips brought to you by GlobalEnvision.org. en http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/world/asia/19india.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Land acquisition for expanding cities and industry has created pockets of instant wealth, creating a new economic caste in India: nouveau riche farmers. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:48:27 -0700 http://allafrica.com/stories/201003180933.html African science ministers are hoping to extend a high-speed fiber optic network — currently linking Egypt to the northern hemisphere — to other countries in Africa. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:45:08 -0700 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Vision%20for%20Africa/-/1056/882404/-/1fa2s0/-/index.html Africa’s economic future and the challenge of uniting people and nations drew eminent politicians and scholars into a historic public debate in Nairobi on Thursday. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:30:29 -0700 http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88395 Young unemployed men are finding opportunities in a project that also aims to introduce sustainable farming methods to Indonesia's agricultural sector. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:44:26 -0700 http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=88397 Haiti's economy depends on the estimated $1.5 billion a year in remittances sent home by its million-strong diaspora. Dilip Ratha, lead economist at the World Bank said the figure could be even higher, accounting for perhaps half the national income. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:44:26 -0700 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704416904575121923474628444.html?mod=rss_economy The battle over U.S. sugar quotas is flaring once more as the gap between domestic and much-lower global prices reaches its widest level in at least a decade. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:09:39 -0700 http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=06509d4a64d0f763a5525d81b894a7dc A World Bank report says teachers and other public servants who don't show up for work are fueling "quiet corruption" throughout Africa that is disproportionately hurting the continent's poor. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:22:51 -0700 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124694545&ft=1&f=1017 Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in February, beating expectations and marking the eighth straight monthly increase. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:45:00 -0700 http://www.mercycorps.org/koko%C3%A9visossouvi/blog/20498 Two Mercy Corps workers talk with 62-year-old Rosemarie Joseph in her makeshift tent at the Lycée Jean-Marie Vincent displacement camp in Port-au-Prince. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:23:56 -0700 http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2b77f65f4d9671f8924a5565e26c98d6 A small Kenyan-born Web site is bringing crowdsourcing to disaster relief and other humanitarian causes. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:08:25 -0700 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000162 Mitigating overly rigorous intellectual property rights lies at the core of any meaningful international mechanism for facilitating sustainable technology transfer to developing countries. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:35:00 -0800 http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/USgreenbusinessNews/~3/dFs0q8eW0L8/idUSTRE62B44520100312 Corporate America needs to track its use of energy and resources as closely as it does its hiring and cash flow if it wants to keep pace with social concern about climate change and other sustainability issues, an investor group argues in a new report. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:12:03 -0800 http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=85265 The number of poor and food-insecure people in developing countries is increasing more quickly in urban areas than in rural areas, and could be dropping off the policy radar, says new research by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:44:24 -0800 http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=85497 Slum dwellers and local NGOs have welcomed the partnership between the government and the UN Human Settlements Programme to improve service delivery, reduce poverty and create employment in slums. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:44:24 -0800 http://www.pri.org/business/globalization-economic-stimulus1557.html With few global trade barriers, fiscal stimulus measures paid for by taxpayers may boost another country's economy. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:46:00 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/business/worldbusiness/12recycle.html?partner=rss&emc=rss China’s export downturn means it has less need for the United States’ recycled waste, and that means trash is piling up in both countries. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:58:24 -0700