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Latin American Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2010 awarded in Cartagena, Colombia
Tecnosol works to provide customers with alternative energy solutions. In the 12 years since ... a “staircase out of poverty” – a model they developed to ensure that Fonkoze services can reach the poorest ... colombia) (Africa, Asia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, electricity, energy, finance, ...
Pakistan and Its Neighbours
been proclaimed by the government. “We know that army action is not the only solution,” said Gillani. Poverty, illiteracy and unemployment are the root causes of terrorism, and it has to be fought by tackling ...
Shaping the Post-Crisis World: Views from the Next Generation
met in Guildford, United Kingdom, for a week of intensive workshops to shape their call to action ... Africa will not develop and there will be a widening of the poverty gap.” Ohm Gore , 19, USA, works ...
IdeasLab with the Young Global Leaders
and suggest ways of taking action. Insights • This crisis is not about governance or malfeasance, but bad ... so is poverty. The poor have been excluded from the market economy and a socio-economic pyramid has ...
IdeasLab with Harvard Business Review
in renewable energies? • Institutional Memory Goes Digital: New technology may soon enable total recall ... for fear of reprisal. How will individuals behave in a setting when they know that their actions are being ...
A Conversation with
(1993-2001), called for urgent action to stem the current financial crisis and restore the global economy. ... in alternative energy technologies, and the broad confidence and security that will result from a re-engineered ...
Brazil: Policies for Productive Development
Senator of Brazil, noted that Brazil has shown substantial economic growth and significant poverty ... also said that the country’s strength lies in clean energy and food production, and agriculture ... • The agriculture, technology and energy sectors represent potentials for further development ... ...
Latin America: Economic Slowdown and Income Distribution
• Robust and concerted growth in the region between 2002 and 2008 helped reduce poverty and income inequality. Some 60 million people were lifted out of poverty during this period, lowering the number of poor to 180 million. • The number living in extreme poverty fell to 41 million from 73 million during ...
Sustainable Bioenergy: Harnessing Opportunity
production. Sugarcane in Brazil Brazil has the most complete use of agriculture to produce energy ... energy consumed in the United States and 14% of potable water consumption. Clean building technology can reduce overall energy use by as much as 50%, carbon dioxide emissions by 35-40%, water use by ...
Climate Policies: From Kyoto to Copenhagen
cars sold are flex-fuel cars, those that can run on petrol or ethanol. • Energy-efficiency efforts in Latin America should include integrating the energy matrixes of all countries in the region. This could ... commitments. • To avoid deforestation, especially in the Amazon, efforts must be made to reduce ...
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