Thinking Small in Latin America
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President Bush has chosen a low-risk itinerary for his six-day tour &#8212; and some focused initiatives that might bear fruit
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The local-global conundrum, a thoroughly modern predicament, has found its way into a small shelfâs worth of new food books.
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ROME, Jun 21 (IPS) - The main reason that Latin America is not making  faster progress towards the Millennium Development Goals adopted  by the international community in 2000 lies in the various forms  of inequality that prevail in the region, former Dutch minister  of development cooperation Eveline Herfkens told IPS Thursday.
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Electronics manufacturers are designing products that are smaller and lighter, yet offering more and more gadgets that travelers feel compelled to take with them.
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Small additions can lead to big changes.
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In Latin America, the memory of the "disappeared" never went away. In the United States, they were hardly ever known.
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Researchers claim to have solved the mystery of the people who simply do not count. It could be because they are lost for words. The Piraha of the Amazon have almost legendary status in language research.
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LONDON, Aug 19 (IPS) - -Little Belgium and not so little India are taking   some of the boldest steps yet towards meeting the millennium  development  goals by proposing a tax in financial markets.
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We sift through the best that South America's largest country has to offer.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 7 (IPS) - In the International Year of Microcredit someone  should think also of micro-insurance for the poor, experts say.
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In many Latin American cities and towns, tiny villages and little pueblos, there is a central plaza, a square anchored by a church, government buildings, the statue of a hero. It is the design imprint of Spanish colonial rule, a place where prayer, politics and street commerce all converge.
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Many Chinese, including myself, probably have a vague idea of what Latin America looks like. President Hu Jintao&#39;s ongoing four-nation trip to the region, which has hit headlines lately, has made the image clearer.
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LONDON, Nov 16 (IPS) - Small is becoming beautiful again in the world of   finance. Or let us say, the microfinance business is beginning  to pick up.
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Cheap and adaptable, pre-recorded lectures are drawing interest from educators in the US and Central America.
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Little, cheap and sturdy, laptops designed to bring technology to the children of developing countries are rolling out after years of promises. But don't expect them to do much for high-tech kids in the U.S.
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Developing countries have criticised the IMF and World Bank for failing to give more decision-making power to smaller nations. Ministers from the Group of 24 (G24) developing countries made their statement
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By Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier; Unruh, Gregory C  Today the situation u very different. Tools such as...