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Category Archives: Rural poverty

Biogas Offers Poor Countries a Cleaner, Safer Fuel

April 3, 2012by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune October 27, 2011 NEPALGANJ, NEPAL — Here’s an unlikely starting point for clean energy: No toilets, and plenty of dung. In developing countries where domestic animals are […]

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Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Nepal, Public health, Rural poverty, Water

Soil Renewal Puts Pakistan’s Poor on Stronger Ground

March 12, 2012by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune November 16, 2011 LAHORE, PAKISTAN — In the Pakistani village of Sharbaga, about 130 kilometers from Lahore, a 70-year-old farmer named Mohammed Ali and his wife plant […]

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Business solutions to poverty, Environment, Pakistan, Rural poverty

Lidartector

February 15, 2012by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

The Economist May 26, 2011 IN AN isolated forest in the Sivalik hills of south-western Nepal, intense sun beats down through the treetops. A sweaty trek up a steep, rocky […]

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Business solutions to poverty, Environment, Nepal, Rural poverty

Working in the Himalayas to Prevent Disastrous Flooding

November 27, 2011by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune November 27, 2011 NEW DELHI — With its massive chalk-white face of ice and snow, Thorthormi glacier in northern Bhutan looms high against a bright blue sky, […]

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Environment, Rural poverty, Water

Organic Farming Finds a Growing Fan Base in India

June 3, 2011by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune June 3, 2011 DEHRA DUN, INDIA — On Thakur Das’s farm in northern India, rice fields stretch into the distance, creating a chartreuse sea of waist-high stalks. […]

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Business, Business solutions to poverty, India, Rural poverty

A Healthier, More Efficient Way to Cook

September 29, 2010by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune September 29, 2010 NEW DELHI — In tens of millions of homes in rural India, the kitchen is a cramped space with walls blackened by soot from […]

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Business, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, India, Public health, Rural poverty

Hard graft

June 12, 2008by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Financial Times June 12, 2008 Within the first couple weeks of arriving in India, I asked an Indian friend whether corruption was really as widespread as I had heard. To […]

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Business, India, Rural poverty

India finds cheap energy may be an easy nut to crack

March 10, 2008by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Financial Times March 10 2008 When police bring the traffic to an abrupt halt in Raipur, capital of the remote Indian state of Chhattisgarh, drivers know what to expect next. […]

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Business, Clean energy, Environment, Rural poverty

Healthcare, powered commerce

December 14, 2007by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Financial Times December 12, 2007 In the village of Dorogram, two hours’ drive from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, Asia Begum sits on a chair in front of huts made of […]

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Bangladesh, Business solutions to poverty, Public health, Rural poverty, Women & Children

Bangladesh weathers climate storms

December 12, 2007by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Financial Times December 14, 2007 Dhaka –For generations Mohammed Alam Khokshabari and his forebears lived in a village near the mighty Jamuna River in Bangladesh. Each year this farmer from Sirajgonj […]

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Bangladesh, Environment, Rural poverty, Water

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