poverty alleviation

Hot topic: The ‘Girl Effect’ – Stopping poverty before it starts

1 December 2012

Maria Eitel, CEO of the Nike Foundation, talks about The Girl Effect campaign.

Posted in All Posts, Global Forum, Hot Topic | Tagged adolescent girls, Adolescent Girls Initiative, Berhane Hewan, Binti Pamoja, developing world, early marriage, éducation, Ethiopia, Kibera, Liberia, maria eitel, Nike Foundation, poverty alleviation, Rahim Kanani, Sub-Saharan Africa, The Girl Effect, World Bank

Africa’s superpower

18 November 2011

A country feature on South Africa, with an exclusive interview with International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Maite Knoana-Mishabane

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2010 World Cup, Africa's superpower, agents of change, BASIC Group, BRIC, business, carbon capture and storage technology, carbon emissions, coal, competition, COP17/CMP7, country feature, decline in poverty, development, Dipuo Peters, Durban, empowering and educating women, Energy Minister, entrepreneurship, environmental authorities, exclusive interview, Finance Minister, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, health problems, HIV/AIDS, how to be resourceful with limited resources, human systems, income and wealth, Industrial Development Organization, industrializing countries, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, International Relations and Cooperation Minister, inventions, issue 8, Jacob Zuma, labour costs, labour productivity, limited access to economic opportunities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Making It, manufacturing, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, minerals, New Growth Path, OECD, planet, population, poverty alleviation, Pravin Gordhan, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, social grant system, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, trade, UNFCCC, UNIDO, United Nations, Vienna Energy Forum, water and sanitation, what to do to save the environment, women's education, working-age population

On the road again – with a new roadmap

11 November 2011

European Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potočnik, on why environmentalists and industry in Europe must work together to decouple growth from resource depletion

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Antonio Tajani, Asia-Pacific, business, cobalt, competition, development, earth, environmental authorities, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Commissioner for Environment, European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Union, gender, global market economy, globalization, green industry, how to be resourceful with limited resources, import-dependent, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, innovation, interconnectedness, issue 8, Janez Potocnik, labour costs, labour productivity, latin america, Making It, Middle East, minerals, North Africa, planet, platinum, population, poverty alleviation, prices and costs, resource depletion, resources, roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, titanium, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, vanadium, what to do to save the environment

Engineering eco-friendly solutions

1 November 2011

Carolina Guerra is a pioneering eco-entrepreneur from Colombia who turns hazardous waste into useful products. In October 2011, she won the prestigious Cartier Women’s Initiative Award for Latin America

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged aluminium recycling, Asia-Pacific, business, Carolina Guerra, Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, Colombia, competition, development, entrepreneur, environmental authorities, ethical solutions, Europe, gender, gender discrimination, green industry, hazardous waste, Industrial Development Organization, Ingerecuperar, INSEAD business school, international business, issue 8, latin america, Making It, McKinsey & Company, Middle East, Ministry of Environment, North Africa, poverty alleviation, prize, Regional Autonomous Corporations, small business ideas, Sub-Saharan Africa, UNIDO, United Nations, women entrepreneurs, Women's Forum

poverty alleviation

Hot topic: The ‘Girl Effect’ – Stopping poverty before it starts

On the road again – with a new roadmap

Engineering eco-friendly solutions

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