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Her team started UNICEF’s open source RapidSMS platform which has been adopted in developing countries worldwide. She co-teaches a class ”Design for Unicef” in NYU’s ITP Program, and has lectured at Harvard, Yale, and Columbia University ...
May 27, 2012 at 22:42 | Source: TechCrunch
The new head of a major research organization says the key to food security is to farm smarter, not to plow more land. The strains on agriculture are growing as the global population rises and emerging economies demand more types of food. “Agriculture ...
May 28, 2012 at 16:00 | Source: Voice of America
Big Idea: The Adventure Project is an alternative funding organization that supports entrepreneurs in developing countries, with the goal to produce one million jobs within the next ten years. Why It’s Working: With a series of ambitious ...
May 23, 2012 at 23:58 | Source: Mashable.com
China wants to maintain a decades-old division between developed and developing countries, bearing in mind that, historically, the West has released most of the heat-trapping gases that scientists say could cause catastrophic changes in climate.
May 26, 2012 at 00:10 | Source: Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has alarmed global health experts by opposing a new international fund that would fight disease in the developing world. The new fund would require other countries to share a cost burden currently borne ...
May 26, 2012 at 01:58 | Source: Huffington Post
Apple will not discontinue the iPhone 3GS and it may stay in production so it can be sold for $250 contract-free in developing countries, a report said today. In the developing world, where prepaid smartphones are popular, the iPhone 3GS could be ...
May 21, 2012 at 18:46 | Source: NBC Bay Area
ZHENGZHOU, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Scholars and officials from developing countries are benefiting from ongoing training on food security in central China's Henan Province. A total of 30 trainees from 18 developing countries will have learned food security ...
May 23, 2012 at 12:17 | Source: Xinhua News Agency
Campaigners on Saturday welcomed a World Health Organization pledge to tackle research and funding gaps concerning some of the developing world's biggest killer diseases. Member countries are expected to hold talks later this year on an expert group's ...
May 26, 2012 at 14:08 | Source: YAHOO!
Climate impacts are already being felt, with the greatest vulnerabilities in the developing world. Despite these transition costs, developing countries are beginning to turn to more sustainable practices and approaches. These range from investing in ...
May 23, 2012 at 21:14 | Source: Brookings Institution