What a year it has been in the Middle East! Among the good news from 2009:
• Qatar Airways completed the world’s first commercial passenger flight powered by natural gas
• The fully automated Dubai Metro became the first urban train network in the Middle East
• In Saudi Arabia, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology opened its doors. [...]
Filed under: News on January 5th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: entrepreneur, global economy, israel, middle east
According to a recent report by Reuters AlertNet, international aid agencies have been forced to scale back their operations due to the global economic downturn and falling donations, and face the possibility of having to take more extreme measures in 2010.
Although some countries and regions are showing signs of recovery, charitable giving around the globe [...]
Filed under: News on December 31st, 2009 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: charity, currency, donations, global economy, international aid, philanthropy, recovery, relief groups
Innovation has always been about people in rich nations getting the latest stuff and the rest of the world getting the castoffs as markets scale and prices come down. So why is Nokia looking to use Kenya to debut a free classifieds service, complete with a first-ever feature that allows people to shop using voice [...]
Filed under: News on December 23rd, 2009 @ 9:00 am
Tagged with: developing nations, economy, emerging markets, global economy, innovation
Electric cars have always been the subject of more talk than action, and to date, only a handful of fully electric vehicles are on the road. But now, the biggest Danish power company is working with a Silicon Valley start-up in a $100 million effort to wire the country with charging poles and service stations [...]
Filed under: News on December 8th, 2009 @ 5:02 pm
Tagged with: electric car, global economy, green energy, innovation
British charity group ActionAid has recently drawn up a league table of countries that have done the most to reduce hunger. Brazil topped the list, followed closely by Ghana, Vietnam, and Malawi. ActionAid’s list was determined by such things as social-protection programs, constitutional and legal guarantees against poverty, and the rejection of free markets. [...]
Filed under: News on December 3rd, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
Tagged with: global economy, government, markets, sustainability
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.