Brian DaRin, Representative/Director, USAID Investment & Business Development Project, Global Technology Network/ International Executive Service Corps-Mongolia, 23 September 1999

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Indonesian Food Company Helps Itself by Making Farmers More Efficient

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY The current global economic crisis is taking place at the same time as a global food crisis. Food inflation took off at the beginning of 2011. This is having a devastating affect on countries dependent on food imports and experiencing decreasing domestic production capabilities. The least developed […]

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African Tourism Leads the World and Brings New Opportunities

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY Tourism around the world is growing rapidly again after the setbacks caused by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Tourism is also finally acknowledging Africa – home to 888 million people (2005, UN) – and where 46 percent of sub-Saharan Africa’s people live on less than US$1 […]

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African Innovation Eco-system Taking Shape

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY How to increase the rate of innovation in Africa? And specifically, innovation that actually improves people’s lives and reduces poverty. It is a hard question to answer, but some are putting in place the building blocks of a 21st century innovation culture by riding the information […]