On AlterNet: developing countries
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "developing countries"
Agence France Presse June 21, 2009.
The economic weakness in the developing world after recent years of robust growth heightens the risks of social unrest and deepening poverty, according to the World Bank.
Julie Chowdhury, The Wip. October 1, 2008.
It is our era's greatest scandal that 1.6 million children die of preventable illness each year. We can fix that.
Arthur MacEwan, Dollars and Sense. October 1, 2008.
In many low-income countries, economic expansion comes along with severe inequality.
Rachel Olivieri, AlterNet. September 18, 2008.
Decades ago three new dams were started every day. But the debts of temporary prosperity are all coming due and payable today.
Jacques Leslie, AlterNet. January 27, 2007.
The battle over dams is at the core of worldwide conflicts involving water scarcity, environmental degradation, globalization, social justice, and the growing gap between rich and poor.
Bill McKibben, OnEarth Magazine. December 8, 2006.
A review of author Jacques Leslie's new book, which lays bare the high environmental and social price that people in the developing world often pay for damming their rivers.
