Importance of branding - SMEs still unaware

Namrata Kath Hazarika | 11 Jul, 2009 Most Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are still lagging behind in branding strategies due to inadequate infrastructure, capital, management and other amenities, says...

The Women’s Crusade

Shameless mag references below a piece by the NYT on the importance of global feminism in increasing opportunities for women all over the world. Shameless commends this piece for drawing attention to women's issues in the developing world, about which our awareness in the...

Tetanus kills 140 000 newborn babies every year

Every three minutes, somewhere in the world - but mainly in developing countries - a newborn baby dies of neonatal tetanus. That comes down to ± 140 000 infants a year. The use of unclean instruments to cut the...

A NEW WORLD ENVIRONMENT ORDER IS MY DREAM

India has once again proved that it can protect its own and developing countries’ interest at international fora. It all happened at the Indonesian holiday resort, Bali, where about 190 countries from across the...

Norway to spend $1 bln to save poor mothers, babies

"Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said the money would be spent in innovative ways -- such as paying poor mothers to give birth in clinics -- during a 10-year campaign targeting Africa. "The main idea with the campaign, with the money, is to try to find more new...

Australia wants OECD memberships to cover developing countries including RI

"Downer said last May OECD had agreed to invite Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia, and Slovenia to start discussing the admisssion of these countries into the organization and offer Brazil, China, India, Indonesia...

Why Import of E-waste In Developing Countries?

Millions of pounds of electronic waste (E-Waste) from obsolete computers and TVs are being generated in the U.S. each year and huge amounts an estimated 50% to 80% collected for recycling are being exported.For...

Adoption of e-Government by Developing Countries

E-government initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region are catalyzed by three different scenarios, which take place in varying degrees in different nations. First, e-government has been driven by a vendor/consultant push that stands to benefit from increased investments in...

Fair Trade: An alternative economic model

"Globalization. Its supporters say it's opening up world markets to producers from Montreal to Maputo. Its detractors claim globalization does little more than allow producers to acquire their goods from...

Business Can Do Amazing Things!

As MBAs Without Borders (MWB) continues to bring better business to developing countries, I have launched a new blog, forum, etc to share the behind the scenes, successes and struggles that are the everyday world...

Benn against the big bad Wolfowitz

"Ignore UK development minister Hilary Benn's posturing against the World Bank: both agree that Africa is incapable of self-government."In September, Hilary Benn, the UK international development secretary, announced on BBC Radio 4'€™s Today programme that his Department...

WORLDwrite film Premiere 'Damned By Debt Relief' 28/10/06

The premiere of a new 25 minute documentary made by 'Chew on it Productions' (WORLDwrite's production company) in partnership with Afrikaworld Syndications and WORLDwrite. The screening will be followed by a...

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