World Development

More than 50 per cent of women in West Africa cannot read or write, which can have alarming consequences when it comes to their ability to access basic human rights.

Dec 13, 2009 - Kate Horstead

Business innovators are those who make changes to increase a company's profits. This article talks about innovators who make changes to increase the welfare of everyone.

Dec 9, 2009 - Eric Coggins

Combining sustainable agriculture with urban development could help end industrial agriculture practices and create a network of food secure, sustainable communities.

Nov 13, 2009 - Angela Higbee

The Room to Read organisation has won the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist award five years running, but 3,000 zealous volunteers in 14 countries are the key.

Nov 9, 2009 - James Parsons

Placing the indices of well-being, peace and communal responsibility within the definition of economics would restore the balance between money and real wealth.

Nov 7, 2009 - Mary Desaulniers

Mikey Arroyo, son of Philippine President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, recently made headlines when he admitted to a lack of integrity on national television.

Sep 8, 2009 - Justine Tajonera

A comprehensive United Nations report warns that, despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Jul 7, 2009 - Christian Strohmann

In these challenging economic times, the economies of Japan and the OPEC nations continue to remind us that a nation's economic recovery can depend on many factors.

May 10, 2009 - James Jackson

Clean water is a finite resource around the world that many say should be viewed as a basic human right.

May 7, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Diversity is a not just a buzz word to be examined in the workplace it is something that shapes the successful makeup of a worldly cultural experience.

Apr 27, 2009 - Alicia Michelle Morgan

The global population stands at 6.8 billion and will reach 9 billion by 2050. With numbers skyrocketing, do people have the right to have as many children as they want?

Apr 22, 2009 - Jeanne Lombardo

Shared Water - Shared Opportunities. This the theme of the 2009 World Water Day celebrated by the UN next 22 March and this year dedicated to transboundary waters

Mar 18, 2009 - Giulia de Robert

An ideal vision of society as a functional human environment is an achievable construction.

Feb 2, 2009 - Anna Lobsanova

Creation of humane conditions for a sustainable environment is necessary for the continuity of the cycle of life and to overcome the struggle of survival.

Jan 19, 2009 - Anna Lobsanova

Sustainable development is vital to the health of communities and especially important to rural communities now under pressure from high energy and infrastructure costs.

Oct 4, 2008 - Alan Sorum

Climate change policies must consider gender issues and women's involvement for the advancement of world development.

Feb 12, 2008 - Jodie Martin

Free trade in the Americas has yet to achieve that grandeur that the policies promised. Yet, the U.S. is still drafting agreements and nations continue to sign.

Jan 16, 2008 - Carmen Sofia Grant

Migration is a catalyst for change and development, and in a world that is changing at a lightning pace, not harnessing the power of migration is shortsighted

Dec 9, 2007 - Gregory G Smith

The Rwanda Initiative gives both Rwandan reporters and Canadians a chance to rebuild the Rwandan media, which was decimated during the genocide.

Aug 1, 2007 - Sarah Dion-Marquis

George Soros, radical philosopher and billionaire, is intent on creating a global open society; a one-world government based on the tenet that it cannot succeed.

May 10, 2007 - Juliette Riitters

Bill Gates warned of the "digital divide" between techology "haves" and "have nots." Smithsgate explores the reality of the growing gap between the 1st and 2nd economy.

Nov 5, 2006 - Gregory G Smith

Clinton set a precedent for misconduct within the office of head of state. Global 'butterfly effect' is displaying itself as scandal plagued leaders trumpet his example.

Nov 3, 2006 - Gregory G Smith