Harvard prodigy Jeffrey Sachs helped take capitalism to Russia. Now he’s tackling Africa and climate change, he tells Ed Pilkington, and ‘negativism’ is all that stands in his way.
An interesting interview with a notable person, about his renewed view towards the world and his new publication Common Wealth.
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7000 world languages. 6 official UN languages. 127 official languages of UN member states
The year 2008 has been declared by the UN as the International Year of Languages, in the hope t give more publicity and raise awareness about dying-out languages and universal communication. Exactly this diversity in languages can also form huge obstacles an [...]

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New Trailer for the project Rebuild Your Future. In co-operation with the Dutch National Youth Council, The Netherlands Refugee Foundation and UN Youth Representative Wouter Thiebou.
See also www.rebuildyourfuture.nl

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Complexity thinking and social development
By Alan Fowler. How are societies ‘developed’? For years, international aid has failed to provide a convincing answer. This article offers a potential path to improving both aid performance and development in a broader sense.
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