Here's the hook Jul 31, 2009
Kenya provides rare success story of managed fishing in less developed countries. (CNN) -- Efforts to curb overfishing in five of the world's marine ecosystems are starting to show signs of working. (CNN -- International)
Unproven Remedies: Herbal sales dominated by big companies Jul 29, 2009
Big companies are more likely to seek out bulk ingredient suppliers in less developed countries, said Jana Hildreth of the Analytical Research Collective, a group of scientists advocating better supplement testing. They re going to demand lower prices, and with the prices they demand comes lower quality. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
An imperfect science Jul 27, 2009
Whoever it was that wrote the book under Holdren's and the Ehrlichs' names expressed only one regret about the notion of involuntary fertility control: "Unfortunately, such a program ... is not practical for most less developed countries" where doctors can't be there at a birth to then sterilize the woman. Senators did ask Holdren about earlier doomsday predictions -- and, in response, Holdren said he still holds to the possibility that global warming could wipe out one-sixth of Earth's human... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Will the Crisis Reverse Global Migration? Jul 24, 2009
Most of these migrants hail from developing countries: in the developed world (excluding the former USSR) the share of migrants in total population more than doubled between 1960 and 2005, from four percent to nearly ten percent, while it has declined in less developed countries. As the crisis unfolded, there was fear that international migration and associated remittances would be among the first casualties. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Capping gas emissions, Please! Jul 21, 2009
And, technologies like capturing carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants and storing it should be extended to the less developed countries. The big emitters ought to coordinate on climate policies closely and try to reach a worldwide agreement on capping emission standards, without it, a tit-for-tat trade war might erupt, because the countries limiting emissions will find them face mounting domestic pressure to levy punitive tariffs on goods produced in countries that do not cap emissions. (People's Daily Online, China)
Poor countries 'need to change' Jul 17, 2009
The commodity-dependent African less developed countries (LDCs) will be hardest hit, it says. Those reliant on commodity exports are more vunlnerable, the report says. (BBC News -- Business)
Nuclear power, taxes needed Jul 10, 2009
Some funds from allowance sales are set aside to reward less developed countries (China. which have taken verifiable and measurable emission reduction programs. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
The food crisis will be back Jul 7, 2009
The argument advanced usually is that lowering protectionist barriers will hurt agriculture in less developed countries. It must be assumed now that the new level of commodity prices may allow local agriculture to become more competitive. (Xinhuanet, China)
Africa: Civil Society Struggles to Access AU Summit Jul 4, 2009
"Within the framework of the (Doha) Round, Brazil is going to grant access to its market, free from tariffs and quotas, to products originated in relatively less developed countries," he declared. He also sought African support for Brazil's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council and asked AU leaders to make a declaration against the coup that deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya on Jun. (allAfrica.com)
An Open Letter To President Barack Obama On Africa Jul 2, 2009
The World Bank estimates that dismantling import barriers by rich economies can raise national income in the Less Developed Countries (LDC), by about $100billion. Urge them to end their sugar-coated hypocrisy in the form of words about how African countries would benefit from more trade while at the same time they impose heavy tariffs on their commodities. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
* The poet behind the music Jun 29, 2009
He sees parallels with the global north-south divide, which refers to economic inequality between the industrialized north and the less developed countries of the south. Also in the backdrop are the empty promises of industrial development in Zhongs home of Kaohsiung County. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Big companies dominate herbal sales Jun 24, 2009
Big companies are more likely to seek out bulk ingredient suppliers in less developed countries, said Jana Hildreth of the Analytical Research Collective, a group of scientists advocating better supplement testing. "They're going to demand lower prices, and with the prices they demand comes lower quality. You basically get what you pay for," she said. (North County Times)
BRIC not yet full-blown Jun 18, 2009
All the more, the four largest emerging economies have an obligation to form a strong voice to speak for the interests of the vast less developed countries, in Africa, Latin America, Asia and elsewhere. Now, weathering the global financial crisis better than the developed economies, the four could prop up their own recoveries, and invest more in the Third World poor countries. (People's Daily Online, China)
China outlines tighter anti-flu measures following WHO's pandemic declaration Jun 16, 2009
"The world and in particular the Western Pacific Region needs to be on its toes," said Dr Shin Young-soo, WHO's Regional Director for the Western Pacific, warning of "more severe disease" riding on the next waves of the flu pandemic to attack less developed countries which may have poor health care systems and many people with underlying health problems. GENEVA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised its pandemic alert to the highest level of six, formally... (Xinhuanet, China)
Fake Drugs Kill 700,000 Yearly May 27, 2009
The IPN report says that most of these fake drugs are deliberately mislabelled and shipped to less developed countries such as Ghana. Interestingly, only one percent of fake drugs are found in the developed countries. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
China pledges continued aid to Sierra Leone May 27, 2009
Amid the global downturn, Wen urged the international community to support less developed countries. China was willing to cooperate closely with African countries to implement follow-up actions to the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in November 2006, and work out new cooperation plans to cement the China-Africa new strategic partnership, he added. (Xinhuanet, China)
Africa: Counterfeit Drugs Kill Over 700,000 People Every Year May 23, 2009
A new report from the International Policy Network and sponsored by IMANI Center for Policy & Education details the shocking burden of fake drugs in less developed countries. Fake tuberculosis and malaria drugs alone are estimated to kill 700,000 people a year. (allAfrica.com)
Avoid sick pitfalls of family vacation May 5, 2009
Some gardens may have been hydrated with human sewage water in less developed countries. Drink bottled water or use a water filtration system. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Join 'the grid' May 1, 2009
He explained that voluntary computing may help research aimed at developing drugs from dengue fever, which is found in less developed countries. Big pharmaceutical companies did not necessarily have enough incentive to develop a drug for the condition but grid computing could offer a solution and lead to a drug screening programme, Mr Lin added. (BBC News -- Technology)
An imminent pandemic May 1, 2009
Seasonal influenza is one of the top ten causes of death in America, and in less developed countries the toll is higher. Influenza viruses are also astonishingly mutable. (The Economist)
Capitalism Still Has Legs That Are Long and Sexy Apr 30, 2009
Latin Americas less developed countries of the 1970s and 1980s may have morphed into Asias emerging markets by the 1990s, but that did nothing to change the nature of risky loans. Regulation is unlikely to prevent the next crisis either, Peltzman said. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Turnpike finances slip further Apr 30, 2009
These are not the kind of things you see in the commonwealth of Massachusetts but in less developed countries, she said. I think it s very sad. (Burlington Union, MA)
The global politics of swine flu Apr 30, 2009
This is as we witness the huge disparities and fluctuations in access to preventive medicine in less developed countries, which are keenly concerned about a lack of adequate health financing. The disease's proliferation in Africa would be especially devastating as the continent is still struggling with the exorbitant ramifications of other infectious diseases. (Asia Times Online)
Some essential figures Apr 18, 2009
According to TI, those surveyed in the past were often business people and country analysts from industrialised countries, and thus, the viewpoint of less developed countries was under-represented. This has since changed. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
New world order emerges from financial chaos Apr 4, 2009
Leaders of less developed countries such as Brazil can no longer be ignored. Then there was China. (BBC News -- Business)
Foreign-policy hackers Apr 1, 2009
The Cambridge researchers say, What Chinese spooks did in 2008, Russian crooks will do in 2010 and even low-budget criminals from less developed countries will follow in due course. And so the future belongs also to those who can secure the Internet against the hackers. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Businesses for health reform Apr 1, 2009
Less developed countries would be getting a 46-yard jump. Higher U.S. health spending also has resulted in fast-growing health insurance premiums, which have cost growing numbers of workers their insurance coverage. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
China dismisses cyber-espionage claims Mar 30, 2009
"Russian crooks will do (it) in 2010, and even low budget-criminals from less developed countries will follow in due course.". The computer systems of businesses are almost certain to be hacked by similar means, if they have not been already, the experts claim. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Chinese hackers strike 103 countries Mar 30, 2009
"What Chinese spooks did in 2008, Russian crooks will do in 2010 and even low-budget criminals from less developed countries will follow in due course," the Cambridge researchers, Shishir Nagaraja and Ross Anderson, wrote in their report, The Snooping Dragon: Social Malware Surveillance of the Tibetan Movement. In any case, it was suspicions of Chinese interference that led to the discovery of the spy operation. (India Times, India)
Population: Some Boom, Some Decline Mar 26, 2009
Fertility rates in less developed countries, in contrast, are often well above replacement at 3 or more births per woman. In sub-Saharan Africa, for example, the average fertility level is 5 births per woman. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Zimbabwe: Western Double Standards Exposed Mar 24, 2009
The Western media has no problems portraying to the world the lucidity of the democracy of their own countries while they bestow upon themselves the righteous role of being the custodians of the feelings and emotions of people in far away less developed countries. The furious denunciation of the crimes of others is but one specialty of many journalists in the mainstream Western media. (allAfrica.com)
India want say in subsidy cut in cotton Mar 21, 2009
The WTO had ruled in 2004 that the subsidies given by the US to its cotton farmers were unfair and it put cotton farmers in less developed countries at a disadvantage. Following the ruling, West African countries had proposed in 2006 that US cotton subsidies should be reduced by 82. (India Times)
Simple Filter Delivers Clean, Safe Drinking Water, Potentially To Millions Mar 17, 2009
The only way to practically deploy a system to the people of less developed countries is for it to be inexpensive and simple. Amburgey, an assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, specializes in drinking and recreational water treatment. (Science Daily)
Obama reassures China on bonds Mar 15, 2009
"At the same time, I believe that to conclude the Doha round could be one of the components to relieve the poorest or less developed countries of the world vis-a-vis this crisis.". Obama said he was committed to closing "the gap" that had blocked an agreement from being reached. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
East Asia, the G20 and global economic governance Mar 12, 2009
Regional arrangements also include a mix of developed, emerging market, and less developed countries. The new global economic governance structure will need to be based on representative institutions. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
British professor: invisible hands rarely works Mar 12, 2009
LONDON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- "Don't follow us, we're lost too" was the message sent out by a senior British professor for the less developed countries in the current financial crisis on Wednesday ... policies, such as financial liberalization, bank privatization and non-intrusive/passive regulation which have been prescribed to Less Developed Countries (LDCs) by the U.S. Treasury through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, are the root cause of the current crisis across... (Xinhuanet, China)
Don't follow us, we're lost too Mar 11, 2009
Policies, such as financial liberalisation, bank privatisation and non-intrusive/passive regulation, have been prescribed to Less Developed Countries (LDCs) by the US Treasury through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. These policies, the root cause of the current crisis across developed nations, have sometimes been forced on LDCs through structural adjustment programmes. (EurekAlert!)
Church calls for 'just' recovery Mar 8, 2009
In a speech he asked for a "rejection of protectionism", avoiding increasing taxes on imports or restricting trade with less developed countries. Patience was needed to achieve a strong global economy long term, he said. (BBC News -- UK)
10 beneficial reasons to travel now Mar 4, 2009
You can put your troubles in the rear view mirrorTraveling to other parts of the world, particularly less developed countries, is a way of simultaneously escaping your own problems and putting those problems into perspective. Seeing new things and meeting new people can help you get out of the cycle of working and worrying, and your own problems may not seem so large when you see the context of how most of the rest of the world lives. (MSNBC -- Travel)
How absurd to "kidnap" cultural relics with human rights Feb 26, 2009
It is well known that in modern history Western powers not only stole numerous cultural relics from less developed countries throughout the world by means of war, but also seized natural resources from those countries, making them struggle in long-term poverty without basic rights for their people. Now the developing countries have walked on the path of independence and self-striving, yet some people in the West like Berge choose to ignore human rights development in those countries,and... (Xinhuanet, China)
Pope lines up UK trip Feb 21, 2009
A Vatican spokesman said they had discussed "the duty to pursue initiatives benefiting less developed countries". The German-born Pope, 81, had earlier dedicated the front page of the Vatican newspaper to an article by the PM, in which he spoke of a "common duty" to fight poverty. (Mirror.co.uk)
Ungreen Minister at odds with duty to protect environment Feb 11, 2009
The less developed countries will suffer most from climate change and the consequent extreme weather conditions, famines and water shortages. These advertisements, which the Minister is banning us from seeing, would hopefully have had some effect in making us aware that each one of us can do something to save the world for future generations. (Belfast Telegraph)
