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Developing World

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Name: Developing World

description: " Those countries that are underdeveloped and are not industrialized to the extent of the developed world. Characterized by high infant mortality rates, lack of proper sanitation, low literacy rates, poverty, etc. Most organizations, including the United Nations, estimate that 60 to 80 per cent of the world fits into this category. Also referred to as the ""South"", ""Underdeveloped"" or ""Third World."""

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents (in Environment)

World toilet day highlights third world sanitation

A London toilet was transformed into a 'loo form hell' by a leading water charity to highlight the fact 2.5billion people live without proper sanitation.As part of World Toilet Day today (November 19) WaterAid and award-winning ad director Kit Lynch-Robinson ... [Web 4 Water - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Sanitation, WaterAid, Luke Walsh, Developing World

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

US Still Has Internet In Its Grip

According to participants at a recent internet governance forum, the Internet is still under the control of the U.S., despite a move by America to loosen its grip over the private corporation that administers the net.The US Commerce Department and Internet ... [Red Orbit - 11/19/2009]

Entities: ICANN, Developing World, Jean-Jacques Subrenat, International University of Japan

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Building a world fit for children

Twenty years after the launch of the , we must do more to listen to vulnerable childrenTo 13-year-old Mumo Katumo, the anniversary of the (CRC) is an utter irrelevance. For the past year Mumo and her family have been struggling to stay alive in the drought-ridden ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Developing World, Child Soldiers, Amnesty, United Kingdom

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Tech Awards recognize innovation

Silicon Valley, the launch pad of technology dynamos like the iPhone and Google's search engine, recognized innovations of a less flashy sort that may still prove to be game-changers.The Tech Awards, a humanitarian program recognizing technological solutions ... [San Francisco Chronicle - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Invention, Silicon Valley, University of Linz, Methane

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF)

New UNICEF REport on Health of Palestinian Children

In spite of JVP's squeals about 'starving Palestinian children', a new UNICEF report shows that Palestinian children fair much better than their Arab neighbors. Children in the disputed territories suffer less from stunted growth due to maternal and childhood ... [Boston IMC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF), Yemen, Egypt, Tuvalu

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Want to Double Your Good Karma This Holiday Season? Support Developing World Entrepreneurs through UnitedProsperity.org

Using an innovative microloan guarantee, non-profit United Prosperity.org revolutionizes giving to developing world entrepreneurs by enabling individual givers to nearly double the impact of their small contributions to fund the poorest entrepreneurs ... [Earthtimes.org - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Microloan, Entrepreneur, Developing World

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Toyota Motor Corporation

This guy will need specially fitted front seat if he wants a Toyota

There are lots of ways, I suppose, to illustrate how a hybrid engine works, but few get the point across like this Toyota ad from Saatchi & Saatchi Australia. Here's the setup: A guy is reading the paper (headline: 'G20 must not forget the developing ... [BrandFreak - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Toyota Motor Corporation, Petra Haden, Saatchi & Saatchi, The WHO

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

2.5 billion need the toilet (say campaigners)

Christians sent Gordon Brown some loo seats today (19 November) to draw attention to the sanitation crisis in the developing world.Comedian Tim Vine also handed in 20,000 postcards from Tearfund supporters for Gordon Brown today (19 November), demanding ... [Ekklesia - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Tim Vine, TEARFUND, Sanitation, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Financial crisis hits women hardest

From the rights of children to the rights of women and more than 300 women's representatives from 60 Asia Pacific countries are in Bangkok reviewing gains made since the world conference on women in Beijing in 1995 and coming ahead of a major meeting ... [ABC Radio Australia - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Devaki Jain, Financial Crisis, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Developing World, Bangkok

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Country Internet Registries: One African Perspective

Paul Wilson, Secretary-General of APNIC, was correct when he reminded the panelists of the IGF2009 workshop ' that 'countries don't typically get IP address allocations, network service providers do'. The ITU stills seems to cling to the notion that countries ... [CircleID - 11/20/2009]

Entities: IP Address, Internet Protocol Version 6, Allotment

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Comprehensive report on world cancer therapies market

Seattle Genetics reports its third-quarter financial resultsSeattle Genetics, Inc. today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended ...Early diagnostic for ovarian cancer to be developedBioProspecting NB Inc. (BPNBI) and the ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Food and Drug Administration, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Xeloda

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biology)

HEALTH: STRATEGY TO CUT VACCINE PRICE IS PAYING OFF

The price of a major combination vaccine called the 'pentavalent' has fallen considerably over the past year, bringing the cost per dose below three dollars - a decrease of almost 50 cents, according to data released Wednesday by an alliance of public ... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Developing World

Quotes

..."If I were using a cool description, those are either gross misperceptions or deliberate distortions," he said in clipped British English. "The Indian approach on this has been, 'Let's first decide a fair pollution entitlement for different countries.' " India's position on climate change -- as the hard-line negotiator standing up for the moral rights of the developing world -- is a familiar one...

Miranda Kennedy -- The Indian attitude on climate change [Washington Post - 1 hour ago]

More Content

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ASTMH Symposium Showcases Efforts To Meet the N... [Forbes.com - 18 mins ago]
Miranda Kennedy -- The Indian attitude on clima... [Washington Post - 1 hour ago]
Toby Ord's philosophy is one we all could learn... [Telegraph - 1 hour ago]
Christian Aid seeks tax superheroes [Christian Today - 6 hours ago]
By 2050 India will be among world's 'Big 3' [msn.co.in - 6 hours ago]
Global conference must deliver on road safety s... [AutoWired - 6 hours ago]
Finance seen as key to climate talks [Manila Bulletin - 6 hours ago]
Oxfam Unwrapped campaign launched for Christmas [Organic Matters - 6 hours ago]
Small island youth at risk due to climate change [Xinhua News Agency - 8 hours ago]
Experts Put Heads Together To Tackle Mental Hea... [Nigeria Guardian - 9 hours ago]
Stand-up Tim highlights a sit-down problem [Inspire - 10 hours ago]
Climate bar set too high [Denver Post - 10 hours ago]
Privatised Care More Placebo Than Panacea by Ma... [Third World Network - 11 hours ago]
Banana wars ending [MSN UK - 12 hours ago]
Climate: G77/China attack downgrading of Copenh... [Third World Network - 13 hours ago]
Climate Rage by Naomi Klein (17 Nov 09) [Third World Network - 13 hours ago]
Organic practitioners celebrate outstanding agr... [Third World Network - 13 hours ago]
Climate change to have a profound impact on glo... [News-Medical.Net - 13 hours ago]
Don't be dumb [Bangkok Post - 13 hours ago]
Pfizer inks pact with DNDi to fight human Afric... [PharmaBiz - 13 hours ago]
Publication serves as a guide to build producti... [News-Medical.Net - 13 hours ago]
India will be among top three economies by 2050... [Yahoo! India - 13 hours ago]
November 20, 2009--Guardians of World Treasures... [Institute of Museum and Library Services - 13 hours ago]
Whats stopping us from feeding the world? [Spiked Online - 15 hours ago]
More innovators with an impact [San Francisco Chronicle - 17 hours ago]
Research Centers Promise a Break on Medical Pat... [Science Magazine - 17 hours ago]
Small island nations plead for survival: Cook ... [Individual.com - 17 hours ago]
Letters: Treating dementia [The Independent - 18 hours ago]
Agency urges rich countries to act on child deaths [ChurchTimes - 18 hours ago]
Climate crunch [Guardian.co.uk - 19 hours ago]

Blogs

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Africa: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Pl... [textually.org - 11 hours ago] Another way cell phones are being used in the developing world, by providing family planning information. allAfrica.com reports. ...
Some Reality into Apps Store Hysteria on the Ma... [Communities Dominate Brands - 23 hours ago] Lets have some realism in the apps stores hysteriaThis industry is so prone to hype and hysteria. Right now the hot buzz in mobile is "apps stores", and every ...
The EU's nice stich-up \| Ilana Bet-El [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 23 hours ago] Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxesIf someone held the patent for the word "nice" ...
Leaked Climate Change Documents [Built on Facts] [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 11/20/2009] Around ScienceBlogs, people who don't accept global warming as a real phenomena tend to get called denialists. In the interests of full disclosure, I should admit ...
Investments that Could Hold Up to a Double Dip [Housing Sector News and Analysis from Seeking A ... - 11/20/2009] David Rupprecht submits: The US economy has officially lifted itself out of recession, the EU has followed closely after the world's biggest economy, and Australia ...

Audio/Video

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GDP linked to light density [Reuters Video: Business - 08/31/2009]
GDP linked to light density [Reuters Video: Technology - 08/31/2009]
UK EXPERT ON AFRICAN WATER ISSUES [Mefeedia Video Tag : chemist - 08/24/2009]
UK EXPERT ON AFRICAN WATER ISSUES [Mefeedia Video Tag : chemist - 08/24/2009]
Resolving the Potable Water Issue [Mefeedia Video Tag : chemistry - 07/16/2009]

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