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Cooper-Hewitt features affordable housing design

petersigrist — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:12:10 GMT

This is an entry I posted today for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. It includes pictures and commentary on China's new Tulou affordable housing prototypes, which are currently on display at the Cooper-Hewitt.

Quoted: While Ouroussoff praises its “graceful balancing act between historical and contemporary values,” some of his terms (such as monks' cells ...

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Crusader Sees Wealth as Cure for India Caste Bias - NYTimes.com

shiwani — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:08:43 GMT

Great piece from the NY Times about how economic liberalization could help India break free from the caste system.

Quoted: Chandra Bhan Prasad’s argues that India’s economic liberalization is about to destroy the caste system.

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Vogue’s Fashion Photos Spark Debate in India - NYTimes.com

shiwani — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:32:03 GMT

Okay, this is seriously effed up.

Quoted: The juxtaposition between poverty and growing wealth presents an unsavory dilemma for luxury goods makers jumping into India.

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Vogue’s Fashion Photos Spark Debate in India

misaacs — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:57:49 GMT

Poverty chic !

Quoted: A family of three squeezes onto a motorbike for their daily commute, the mother riding without a helmet and sidesaddle in the traditional Indian way — except that she has a Hermès Birkin bag (usually more than $10,000, if you can find one) prominently displayed on her wrist. Welcome to the new India — at least as Vogue sees it.

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Bill and Melinda Gates Name New Foundation Head : NPR

deborealis — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:33:02 GMT

Quoted: Jeff Raikes, a 27-year veteran of Microsoft, will take over the $37 billion Gates Foundation in September. Bill and Melinda Gates tell NPR that they picked Raikes because he shares their passion to try to help minimize poverty around the globe.

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Amazon.com: The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good: William Easterly: Books

phelps — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:07:35 GMT

Refaving because we are reading it this month for book club. To be honest, I have very mixed feelings about his arguments, but it is really interesting to read a not-so-academic critique of the international development industry by someone who:
a) Has academic standing (NYU proffessor)
b) Has experience writing for popular audiences (publishes in magazines as well as journals)
c) Has worked on the inside (World Bank economist for many years...admits to having been initially in favor of structural adjustment policies)

Quoted: Amazon.com: The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good: William Easterly: Books

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Is India more equal than the United States? - Slate Magazine

shiwani — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:53:05 GMT

Excellent article raising a lot of points about measuring inequality and using a quantitative index to assess qualitative concepts...

Quoted: Inequality is important, but the way we measure it is stupid.

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Amazon.com: The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good: Books: William Easterly

phelps — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:01:31 GMT

Saw this at Third Place, looked interesting

Quoted: Amazon.com: The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good: Books: William Easterly by William Easterly

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Poverty Tours - Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism?

misaacs — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:22:55 GMT

Quoted: Slum tourism, or “poorism,” as some call it, is catching on. From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the townships of Johannesburg to the garbage dumps of Mexico, tourists are forsaking, at least for a while, beaches and museums for crowded, dirty — and in many ways surprising — slums.

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The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV

derek — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:45:58 GMT

Quoted: It\'s become a TV ritual: Every year in mid-January, around the time of Martin Luther King\'s birthday, we get perfunctory network news reports about \

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