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25 Jun 2012 |
Energy
Rio+20 failed to deliver any significant globally binding agreements on energy. Will voluntary Sustainable Energy For All initiative commitments fare any better?
27 Jan 2012 |
Energy
After a week of protests, the Nigerian government has partly backed down on proposed fuel subsidies while achieving a partial increase in fuel prices. With the privatisation of the power... ›
27 May 2011 |
Governance
The informal sector has so much innovation that often goes unnoticed by academics, government and mainstream businesses alike. My month in Chile working with a grassroots movement of... ›
24 Feb 2011 |
Governance, Energy
In the run up to Nigeria’s April elections the political lobbying, with the usual round of underhand payments for support, has Nigerians hoping for a fairer competition in the grab for... ›
20 Jan 2011 |
Urban environments
Driven by subsidies for small cars and an ever increasing middle class, the Chinese year of the tiger saw a ferocious increase in the car industry — a whopping 18.1 million vehicles (... ›
29 Nov 2010 |
Climate change
Dubbed “mother of the nation”, Dilma Rousseff was elected as Brazil’s first female president this month. But this has been an election of two women. Taking the reins at a time of... ›
19 Sep 2010 |
Sustainable markets
Last month C Prahalad, co-author of the high profile Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) approach died. What of his legacy in big business realising the untapped fortune at the ‘bottom’ - the... ›
04 Aug 2010 |
Climate change
For much of the developing world producing clean energy that also mitigates carbon emissions is a very low priority. After all, why should countries that haven't significantly contributed... ›
10 May 2010 |
Economics
When recession hits the developing world, it is often women who bear the brunt of falling incomes and joblessness. But how do women in differing contexts across the South respond to these... ›
30 Mar 2010 |
Economics, Sustainable markets
In the global recession, have so called ‘emerging' economies got a toehold in the trade, aid, and investment big-league?