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Economics & Business · August, 2009
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Stories about Economics & Business from August, 2009

31 August 2009

29 August 2009

Russia: Two Photos of Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Blogging About Poverty And Development In The Arab World

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

In some Arab countries, more than half of the population lives in hunger and want. In this post we hear from bloggers writing about poverty and development around the Arab...

28 August 2009

Puerto Rico: “Such is Life”

Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · Latin America

The executive director of the government project Portal del Futuro defended the construction of a luxury mega-resort by telling residents of neighboring communities that they would not have access to...

Bahamas: Economic Priorities?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Barbados: Dialysis Crisis

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

27 August 2009

Japan: Falling Asleep on Trains

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

Bahamas, Jamaica: Thoughts on the IMF

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago: Productivity

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Making It Last

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

26 August 2009

Poland: Microsoft's Photoshopped Ad

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

China: Cheap money policy

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

Bahamas: A Woman's World

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Laos: Expensive face masks

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

25 August 2009

India: A wave of suicides among farmers

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

Increasingly, Indian farmers are resorting to extreme measures, including suicide, to escape complex problems of poverty, crop failure and growing debt. Indian bloggers analyze the situation.