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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, ...
Sowing the Seeds of Sustainable Food Production Price volatility and impact on food security Balancing water, food and energy needs ... 70% of the world’s fresh water. While policy-makers often talk about the problem, aggressive action ...
The Responsible Corporation into corporate strategy? The following dimensions were addressed: From vision to action ... Competitive advantage for Latin American business Key Points If the present course of action ... strategies and translating the goals into quantifiable actions. Latin American businesses have ... ...
World Economic Forum on Latin America 2011
World Economic Forum on Latin America 2011 Corner at Rio de Janeiro to share their session highlights and discuss the ideas and actions they would ... Energy Low-carbon energy infrastructure and land use ...
Developing Smarter Cities for adopting efficient, energy-conserving lighting. LED-based technology available today can reduce electricity ... are needed in other countries to trigger this type of energy savings. Rational use of water is a priority ... the poor will escape poverty, so housing built today must accommodate their ...
Innovating for Green Growth
Innovating for Green Growth for sustainable resource management - Harnessing low-carbon technologies and renewable energies - Developing ... and civil society can judge their actions. Such policies can already be profitable for individual companies, ... consumers as to the real costs of activities and products, and the environmental ...
The Future of Asian-Latin American Relations global population; alternative energy, particularly to take advantage of incentives in this sector; ... will be consumers. As Barcena underscored, “Taking people out of poverty is good business.” Session Panellists ...
A Conversation with Josefina Vázquez Mota National Action Party (PAN), Mexico. She called for state-run oil concern Pemex to list shares ... we’re going to grow more, we need a strong energy sector,” she said. Reforms, she explained, would allow Mexico to better take advantage of its energy potential: drilling for oil in deep waters and working ...
Latin America: Delivering Growth, Strengthening Societies moved one-quarter of the population out of poverty. It has also improved the regulatory environment ... poverty and developing the educational system at all levels. A number of key economic sectors will be reformed in order to achieve higher overall growth rates. The telecommunications and energy sectors ...
Unleashing the Power of the Middle Class
Unleashing the Power of the Middle Class stability, quality public services and predictable rules. Despite the move of millions out of poverty ... decade, 70 million Latin Americans have moved out of poverty and joined the ranks of the middle class. ... This clearly represents a selling opportunity for producers of consumer goods, but actions ...
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