Environment

Leading the Charge for Low-Emission Sustainable Development

http://www.usaid.gov/press/frontlines/fl_jun11/FL_jun11_LEDS.html

Why do airlines fight rules to help the environment?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/26/uk-column-airlineemissions-goldmark-idUSLNE76P02I20110726

Global Warming a Hoax? NASA Reveals Earth Releasing Heat into Space

http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/189649/20110730/global-warming-hoax-nasa-earth-releasing-heat-space.htm

Poverty

When Wealth Breeds Rage

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/opinion/sunday/24africa.html?_r=2

Are We Prepared as World Population is Set to Breach 7 Billion Soon?

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/189799/20110731/world-population-prepared-seven-billion-united-nations-japan-and-germany-2050.htm

Globalization

Keep immigration door open, Lee tells Singapore

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/keep-immigration-door-open-lee-tells-singapore/142094/on

Poverty

Web site of the week: Girleffect.org

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/14/3013300/web-site-of-the-week-girleffectorg.html 

Apple and the 80-Cent iPhone Problem

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/07/apple-and-the-80-cent-iphone-problem/ 

Media

End Murdoch's Criminal Empire

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_murdoch_mafia_2/?vc 

Social Media: a double-edged sword in Syria

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/13/us-syria-social-media-idUSTRE76C3DB20110713 

Environment

A Human-Waste Gold Mine: Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2082509,00.html 

Environment

All for saving the environment, but at what cost?
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/all-for-saving-the-environment-but-at-what-cost-20110710-1h8zy.html

Poverty

Surging BRIC middle classes are eclipsing global poverty

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2011/0517/Surging-BRIC-middle-classes-are-eclipsing-global-poverty

Want to slash poverty? Look to Latin America.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/2010/1122/Want-to-slash-poverty-Look-to-Latin-America 

Environment

Singapore backs proposals for stronger global nuclear safety framework

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137152/1/.html

Oceans on brink of catastrophe

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/oceans-on-brink-of-catastrophe-2300272.html

Poverty

Wealth of world’s richest rose nearly 10 percent in 2010

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/jun2011/rich-j25.shtml

Poverty in an overpopulated world

http://www.theunion.com/article/20110625/NEWS/110629837/1024

Ghana makes strides in poverty reduction

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=211652

Singapore

Singapore to Leapfrog Switzerland as Top Wealth Center

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/singapore-to-leapfrog-switzerland-as-top-wealth-center/2011/06/21/AG4ET9dH_video.html

Technology

Internet minders OK vast expansion of domain names

http://newsok.com/internet-minders-ok-vast-expansion-of-domain-names/article/3578924

Media

FBI uses social media in search for long-time fugitive

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-uses-social-media-in-search-for-long-time-fugitive/2011/06/20/AGvefNdH_story.html

Environment

Scientists See More Deadly Weather, but Dispute the Cause

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/science/earth/16climate.html?ref=science

I.E.A. Says World Will Increasingly Turn to Americas for Oil

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/business/energy-environment/16oil.html?_r=1

Berlusconi's nuclear power plans crushed

http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC110615-0000037/Berlusconis-nuclear-power-plans-crushed

Media

OMG, the news is making itself new!

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110615-0000021/OMG,-the-news-is-making-itself-new!

 

Technology

Quiet China Giant Embodies Technology Aspirations

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13843903 

Poverty

Poverty wrecks the mind, not just the wallet

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/poverty_wrecks_the_mind_not_just_the_wallet_20110612/?ln

Politics

Election rules lost on the Arab world

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/election-rules-lost-on-the-arab-world/story-e6frg6ux-1226073914775 

Media

The Future Of Media Doesn’t Need the Feds

http://blogs.forbes.com/adamthierer/2011/06/12/the-future-of-media-doesnt-need-the-feds/ 

Poverty

Ministry says Ethiopia will keep on creating conducive investment environment

http://www.waltainfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27147&Itemid=45 

Media

Who Will Win the Facebook and Google War?

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/05/13/facebook-google-war-social-media-smackdown-ages/

It’s no fiction: Amazon Kindle eBook sales and the impact on booksellers

http://www.weberbooks.com/selling/2011/05/its-no-fiction-amazon-kindle-sales-and-the-impact-on-booksellers.html

Poverty

Zambia: World Bank Changes Strategy to Arrest Poverty

http://allafrica.com/stories/201105121204.html

UN: Food Prices Deepening Global Poverty

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/UN-Food-Prices-Deepening-Global-Poverty-121591139.html

Environment

Climate change bringing infection, hunger, illness

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/13/us-climate-change-illness-idUSTRE74C6WF20110513

Health

Is McDonald's Betraying Our Kids By Barraging Them With Junk Food Ads?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/mcdonalds-ads-kids_b_864956.html 

April Snippets 02

Media

Old (Media) Habits Die Hard

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-pollack/old-media-habits-die-hard_b_848408.html

 

Chinese editors, and a Web site, detail censors’ hidden hand

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-editors-and-a-web-site-detail-censors-hidden-hand/2011/04/01/AFpMiRSD_story.html

Poverty

World Bank: Fight Poverty With Political Reform

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/11/135302949/world-bank-fight-poverty-with-political-reform

 

The poverty impacts of climate change : a review of the evidence

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2011/04/04/000158349_20110404100435/Rendered/PDF/WPS5622.pdf

Technology

Technology and Options: Goodbye Living. Hello Deciding.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-pell/technology-and-options-go_b_845772.html?ir=Media

International Relations

Five myths about the United Nations

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-the-united-nations/2011/03/24/AFWSzmXB_story.html

April Snippets 01

Education

SINGAPORE: NUS-Yale tie-up to proceed despite controversy

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110401190823948

Media

Media distorts dangers of radiation in Japan

http://www.kentucky.com/2011/04/03/1694907/media-distorts-dangers-of-radiation.html

Happiness

Beautiful People Happier, More Successful Than Plain-Looking Counterparts
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/04/01/beautiful-people-happier-successful-plain-looking-counterparts/

Environment

Obama pushes for oil use reduction, clean fuel technology

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/02/us-obama-radio-idUSTRE73123J20110402

Poverty

World must plan to defeat urban poverty

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/apr/03/tdcomm03-world-must-plan-to-defeat-urban-poverty-ar-944599/
Fighting Poverty with Better Nutrition for Women
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/decapua-women-hunger-poverty-31mar11-118977039.html

Technology/Media

New Law Requires Sites To Have 'Explicit Consent' Before Tracking

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/09/do-not-track_n_833523.html 

Globalisation

A New China: Playing by the Global Rules of Engagement

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-attias/a-new-china-playing-by-th_b_833486.html 

 

How a Revolution of Hope Is Changing the Way Americans Look at Islam

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-carroll/the-disappearance-of-the-_b_833654.html 

Economy

BRIC leads billionaire boom

http://www.todayonline.com/Business/EDC110310-0000456/BRIC-leads-billionaire-boom 

 

Brighter growth prospects seen in Singapore

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Business/Story/A1Story20110310-267356.html 

Poverty

Corruption risks, perceptions and prevention in humanitarian assistance

http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/2385.pdf

The Poverty Impacts of Climate Change

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTPREMNET/Resources/EP51_v4.pdf 

 

To Address Climate Change We Need to Measure Poverty Better

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/otaviano-canuto/to-address-climate-change-poverty_b_833529.html 

Wen Jiabao vows to eradicate Chinese poverty 

Wen Jiabao Addresses Global Imbalances And Vows To Eradicate Chinese Poverty By 2020

http://blogs.forbes.com/afontevecchia/2011/03/07/wen-jiabao-addresses-global-imbalances-and-vows-to-eradicate-chinese-poverty-by-2020/ 

Society

Gender discrimination must end for Singapore to flourish, says AWARE

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1115093/1/.html 

GP Poverty Essentials - Articles on Aid

Somalia Food Aid Bypasses Needy, U.N. Study Says

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/world/africa/10somalia.html?ref=africa

Obama Wins More Food Aid but Presses African Nations on Corruption

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/world/europe/11prexy.html?_r=1

UN confirms Somalia food aid corruption

http://www.afrol.com/articles/35603

Why Foreign Aid has Failed to Develop Africa

http://www.suite101.com/content/why-foreign-aid-has-failed-to-develop-africa-a105438

 

Why Foreign Aid Is Hurting Africa

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123758895999200083.html

Ethiopia aid diverted for rebel arms: BBC

http://www.probeinternational.org/foreign-aid/ethiopia-aid-diverted-rebel-arms-1980s-bbc

Aid corruption 'a serious threat'

http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161251/1/

Poverty – Focus on your generation

Investing in Adolescents Can Break Cycles of Poverty & Inequality

http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Report-2011/

The State of The World’s Children 2011

http://www.unicef.org.uk/Archive/SOWTC-2011/

One billion people forgotten in fight against poverty

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/feb/25/unicef-state-of-worlds-children-adolescents

The pot boils over: development lessons from Tunisia and Egypt

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/feb/22/egypt-tunisia-development-lessons-middle-east

More Snippets! 25/26 Jan 2011

Media
Social media change the landscape for politicians
Examples of important Canadians riding the social media tidal wave. Notice the witty and entertaining writing style.
o The benefit to politicians of using new media is obvious -they can get their message out for free, and unfiltered by the mainstream media
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Social+media+change+landscape+politicians+reporters/4167723/story.html#ixzz1C8KJnpHa

Google and Mozilla Announce New Privacy Features
o Mozilla and Google announced features that would allow users of the Firefox and Chrome browsers to opt out of being tracked online by third-party advertisers.
o It recognizes that consumers want a choice about who is tracking their movements online, and it’s a first step toward giving consumers choice about who will have access to their data.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/google-and-mozilla-announce-new-privacy-features/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Poverty
Poverty's success story
Latest Stats and Research on global property. Download and digest!
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2011/01_global_poverty_chandy/01_global_poverty_chandy.pdf

A brilliantly enlightening article. A must-read for all!
oWe know that growth lies at the heart of poverty reduction. As the growth of developing countries took off in the new millennium, epitomized by the rise of emerging markets, a massive drop in poverty was only to be expected.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/25/AR2011012506906.html

World needs global food system overhaul
o it is unsustainable, with resources being used faster than they can be naturally replenished.. Secondly, a billion people are going hungry with another billion people suffering from 'hidden hunger,' whilst a billion people are over-consuming.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20110125-316460/World-needs-global-food-system-overhaulreport

Website - UN: We can end Poverty by 2015
http://www.un.org/en/mdg/summit2010/
http://un.org//millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_FS_1_EN.pdf
http://un.org//millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_FS_4_EN.pdf
http://un.org//millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_FS_8_EN.pdf

Environment
A win for environment and for energy
Useful article with some insights on Biomass energy
o States now have a legal and scientific basis for concluding that biomass for energy is the “best available control technology’’ to curb greenhouse gases.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/01/26/a_win_for_environment_and_for_energy/

Globalization
Singapore government fund to take stake in Georgia power plants
o Singapore’s GIC continues to diversify and expand its asset base internationally
http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/6773189