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Global Development: Solutions to Poverty - 0 views
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Solution to poverty this article suggest using housing vouchers on government developed property. Among other solutions it proposes is to educate and provide better health care. The education they propose is to enable people to find some kind of trade to support themselves.
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Again, good analysis of the problems but no actionable plans.
Global Warming and Clean Energy Main - Sierra Club - 0 views
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This website is dedicated to promotoing solutions to global warming using the latest technology. This website is for those who love the planet and who want to protect it. There are a variety of articles that state what global warming is and a lot of solutions to global warming posted on there as well.
Alternative Energy Solutions - 0 views
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This is the history of windmill energy. This company focuses on helping individuals set up private energy solutions like solar, wind, and hydro.
Social Solutions to Poverty Weekly - 0 views
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Planners solution to solving poverty in Louisiana by using celebrities to donate and rally support. The intentions are earnest becasue they aim to supply at least 100, 000 jobs to rebuild for Katrina victims.
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A Private-Sector Solution to Poverty - 0 views
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Mark Skousen uses a Searcher approach to solving poverty. Instead of useless charitable donations, he proposes breaking the World Bank down into self employed institutions. Individuals borrow money with specified limits. If the borrower defaults, then he must be reducated in the borrowing process and repayment process. The only negative aspect about this is that these lending agents act like a Cash-n-Go and the interest is very high at over 18%.
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Reversing Africa's 'brain drain': New initiatives tap skills of African expatriates - 0 views
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Good statistics, again. Describes the exodus of people from Africa, and the solution that SANSA proposes to reverse it.
AFRICA HEALTH STRATEGY: 2007-2015: - 0 views
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as the potential to achieve even more if it can overcome the large burden of disease which continues to be a barrier to faster development.
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has the potential to achieve even more if it can overcome the large burden of disease which continues to be a barrier to faster development
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Challenges & plans
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This is one solution to help solve healthcare issues in Africa. It was developed by Africans, and looks like one of the solutions it would be worth examining in a presentation.
US Doctors For Africa - 0 views
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V. P. of Ghana joins US Doctors for Africa
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Has recent news relating to U.S. Doctors for Africa. Particularly interesting is the section about the VP of Ghana joining. Ghana is one country highly affected by the "brain drain" in Africa, and they are very active in trying to find a solution, but they still have a huge healthcare problem.
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Has recent news relating to U.S. Doctors for Africa. Particularly interesting is the section about the VP of Ghana joining. Ghana is one country highly affected by the "brain drain" in Africa, and they are very active in trying to find a solution, but they still have a huge healthcare problem.
Visions of Success: US Doctors For Africa Episode - Google Video - 0 views
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This video explains one "grassroots" solution to the healthcare crisis in Africa called "U.S. Doctors for Africa. The video comes from a meeting and has a lot of other stuff, but the important part is the explanation of how U. S. Doctors for Africa planned/plans to make a difference.
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This video explains one "grassroots" solution to the healthcare crisis in Africa called "U.S. Doctors for Africa. The video comes from a meeting and has a lot of other stuff, but the important part is the explanation of how U. S. Doctors for Africa planned/plans to make a difference.
child soldiers solutions - Google Search - 0 views
YouTube - Microcredit debate - 0 views
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Debate on microcredit and its effectiveness as a solution to poverty. One of the ladies says that microcredit is only a solution in some contexts, and that it others contexts it can actually create problems, where it can create a new kind of debt trap.
Most Poverty Solutions Miss Central Issue - The George Foundation - 0 views
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Article that was written in response to Jeffrey Sachs "The End of Poverty". This article, like that of Easterly's, states that what is needed is a new model of poverty solution, His suggestion is that government's role should not be of manager or director of change, but rather just a catalyst for change. Also the author believes there needs to be a focus on farming, and incentives, loans, and tax breaks to help build rural areas.
Stir : Issues : War on Poverty - 0 views
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This site looks at multiple issues, one being poverty, and different definitions, facts, stories, discussions, and proposed solutions. Its solutions focuses on the Millenium Developmental Goals that Easterly talked about in his discussion of Planners.
The nuclear fallacy | Greenpeace International - 0 views
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Nuclear power remains dangerous, polluting, expensive and non-renewable. More nuclear power means more nuclear weapons proliferation, more nuclear-armed states, more potential "dirty bombs" and more targets for terrorists. It also means less resources invested in real solutions to growing energy demands.
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If we would replace all fossil fuels with nuclear power, the world would run out of uranium in less than four years.
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Currently, nuclear is a marginal energy source, supplying only two percent of the world energy demand, and there is no realistic scenario in which this could be significantly increased.
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Although nuclear power seems to be an option, this article claims that, with our current technology and resources, it is a non-renewable option that will promote, rather than solve, problems concerning global warming, nuclear arms proliferation, etc.
Sustainable solutions - 0 views
Save Our Planet Earth - 0 views
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This site has many interesting facts about how we are destroying our Earth. I think some of this information would be very useful during the "shock and awe" introduction.
Unitus. Innovative Solutions to Global Poverty - 0 views
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defines the difference between a microcredit and a microfinance. answers some other important questions that are asked frequently.
Unitus. Innovative Solutions to Global Poverty - 0 views
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explains what poverty is and shows some nice statistics.
Unitus. Innovative Solutions to Global Poverty - 0 views
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explains the way microfinance can help poor countries and how it works.