In developed countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, mobile banking — describing the use of mobile phones to make financial transactions — is transforming banking from a physical…
Methane-capture technology in Grantham, Queensland, could earn carbon credits through Australia’s Carbon Farming Initiative.
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Today, nearly 1.3 billion people – almost a fifth of the world’s population – live on “fragile” agricultural land. Just one-third of the rural poor in developing countries live on productive agricultural…
Almost 90% of the world now has access to drinking water, but there is still a long way to go.
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Did you hear about the latest success for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? Don’t be ashamed to say no – most of the world missed it with you.
So what happened? You’ll remember that the MDGs are…
Forest agreements were among the positives from Durban.
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DURBAN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: Amongst the general brouhaha of the Durban Climate Change Conference, progress of sorts on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, plus measures…
The Green Climate Fund needs to attract developed countries' money with a few nest eggs.
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DURBAN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: One of the main achievements of the Durban climate change conference was establishing the Green Climate Fund. This is expected to channel a fair amount of the US$100 billion…
Developing countries such as Cambodia can provide opportunities for the entrepreneurial, not just aid.
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AusAID has just joined the litany of calls for business to become more involved in development. NGOs and governments want to encourage business to deliver better quality of life in poor countries.
But…
Women will be the key to dealing with the growth in population.
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SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE: I had better write fast. Sometime between my deadline to submit this story and the time it goes live, the estimated world population will exceed 7 billion for the first time ever…
Developing smaller urban areas may mean better employment and living conditions for migrant workers.
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SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE: The world’s seven billionth person is likely to be born today. Beatriz Carrillo Garcia, lecturer in China Studies at the University of Sydney looks at effect a growing population…
Protecting coral reefs means thinking about people, not just marine species.
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Overfishing is a serious problem on many of the world’s coral reefs – a problem that is generally attributed to too many people. But our research has found that economic development, rather than population…
Like other “dollarised” developing economies, Timor Leste will feel the pain of a US dollar decline.
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Although the US debt ceiling crisis has been resolved for now, the saga has obvious implications for developing countries.
Yet, as is often the case, political conflict is obscuring the persistent and…
How does the high cost of academic journal subscriptions impact the developing world?
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Universities libraries in the developed world are struggling to pay academic journal subscription costs — so how can universities in developing countries hope to pay?
In this Q+A, Professor Adam Habib…
